Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt (* 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American screenwriter and director, which preferably operates in the field of American independent scene.

Life

Your debut feature film River of Grass published Kelly Reichardt 1994. He was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, as well as for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. After this first success, Reichardt concentrated over a decade on the achievement of several short film projects. Only with Old Joy in 2006, she returned to full-length feature film. The film is based on a short story by Jon Raymond, the film stars Daniel London and singer-songwriter Will Oldham. Old Joy is about two old friends who meet again after a long time and a camping trip to the waterfalls and hot springs of Bagby, near Portland ( Oregon), open. The film won awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Sarasota Film Festival.

Also, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy subsequent project is based on a short story by Jon Raymond. This time, helped the author Reichardt person at the screenplay for the film adaptation, which was released in December 2008 and in particular received wide attention because of the performance by Michelle Williams. The film was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including the category " Best Film ".

Most of the films of the director are characterized by a deliberately minimalist staging. For example, Meek 's Cutoff, a western at the time of the Oregon Trail, which was competing for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010.

In addition to her active career Kelly Reichardt also taught the subject film at Bard College.

Filmography

Movies

Short Films

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