Chris Fuller (director) explained
Chris Fuller |
Birth Name: | Christopher Elwin Fuller |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1982[1] |
Birth Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.[2] |
Years Active: | 2006present |
Occupation: | Filmmaker |
Christopher Elwin Fuller is an American film director and producer.
Career
In 2006, he released Loren Cass, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in under the name Lewis Brogan.[3] The film is set against the backdrop of the St. Petersburg, Florida riots of 1996.[4] Fuller wrote the film at the age of 15[5] and filmed it in 2004 at the age of 21.[6] The movie was released theatrically and on DVD in 2009 by Kino International.[7] The film played in competition at Dennis Hopper's CineVegas Film Festival,[8] the Filmmakers of the Present section of the Locarno International Film Festival[9] and the Museum of Modern Art.[10]
Fuller founded independent film company Jonesing Pictures in 2002, web development company Electric Fly in 2007.
Awards and recognition
Fuller was nominated for an IFP Gotham Award,[11] a Locarno Golden Leopard for Filmmakers of the Present, the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Starz Denver Film Festival[12] and won the One+One Award for use of music in a feature film at Janine Bazin's Entrevues Belfort film festival in France.[13]
Notes and References
- News: Foundas . Scott . Little Big Man: Chris Fuller on His Microbudget Loren Cass . 28 August 2021 . LA Weekly . 9 September 2009.
- News: Foundas . Scott . Little Big Man: Chris Fuller on His Microbudget Loren Cass . 28 August 2021 . LA Weekly . 9 September 2009.
- Lee, Nathan. "Down and Out (and Disaffected) in St. Petersburg", The New York Times, 23 July 2009.
- Lim, Dennis. "DIY filmmaker Chris Fuller's years of effort pay off", Los Angeles Times, 3 January 2010.
- Lowery, David. "Director Chris Fuller on Loren Cass", Filmmaker Magazine, 29 July 2009.
- Virella, Kelly. "It's a wrap for two young filmmakers", St. Petersburg Times, 29 May 2004.
- Brooks, Brian. "Loren Cass Goes to Kino for Late July Release", IndieWire, 7 July 2009.
- http://cinevegas.festivalgenius.com/2007/films/lorencass_cinevegas "Jackpot Premieres Competition"
- Andrew, Geoff. "Locarno Film Festival", Time Out London, 2007.
- http://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1011?locale=en "Best Film Not Playing at a Theatre Near You"
- http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2007.html "Gotham Independent Film Awards"
- http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=21450&fid=39 "Emerging Filmmaker Award"
- http://www.festival-entrevues.com/en/awards-and-jurys-2007 "One+One Award"