2012

Sep 11, 2017 — Connor Jessup is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in John Ridley’s ABC series American Crime (2015–2017) and the independent films Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015). His third short film, Lira’s Forest, is...

Aug 2, 2017 — Dustin Guy Defa’s first feature, Bad Fever, was named one of the best films of 2012 by the New Yorker. His short films Person to Person and Family Nightmare premiered at Sundance and won awards at the Berlinale, SXSW, and...

Apr 21, 2017 — Nathan Silver graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2005. Since then, he has written and directed four short films and eight feature films: The Blind (2009), Exit Elena (2012), Soft in the Head (2013), Uncertain...

Oct 17, 2016 — Terence Nance was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. His first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, premiered in the New Frontier section of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The film garnered him recognition from Filmmaker magazine, which selected...

Jul 10, 2015 — Sean Baker is a writer-director and cocreator of the television show Greg the Bunny. His movies include Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), and Tangerine (2015). He says, “Writing this list was a little like Sophie’s choice for me. And...

Nov 6, 2014 — These are “ten movies that taught me about movies,” writes filmmaker Robert Greene, director of the documentary features Owning the Weather (2009), Kati with an I (2010), Fake It So Real (2012), and Actress (2014), and editor of Listen Up...

Oct 22, 2014 — The Academy Award–nominated independent filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt has amassed a major cult following for his meticulously crafted animated movies, which includes the shorts Rejected (2000), The Meaning of Life (2005), Everything Will Be OK (2006), and I Am So Proud...

Nov 26, 2013 — The award-winning British author Geoff Dyer has published four novels, three essay collections, and seven works of nonfiction on various topics, from John Berger to jazz to World War II. His most recent book is Zona (2012), a much-acclaimed personal...

Oct 4, 2013 — Daniel Lopatin, a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never, is a Brooklyn-based experimental musician. His fifth album, R Plus Seven, is now available from Warp Records. Among his credits are the multimedia performance Reliquary House for New York’s Museum of Modern Art in...

Aug 9, 2021 — Edson Oda is a Japanese Brazilian writer-director based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of São Paulo with a bachelor’s degree in advertising and completed his Master of Fine Arts in film and production at the University of...