Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #46: Lawrence Thrush, 'Pursuit of Loneliness'

"Pursuit of Loneliness" is writer-director Lawrence Thrush's second feature. His first, Japanese language "Left Handed" (2008) screened several festivals and won Best Feature awards at Milan, Japan, Rhode Island and L'Aquila. Thrush was born and raised in London and got h...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #45: Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'

Check out the guys who did the LCD Soundsystem doc, along with an exclusive look at the poster.

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #44: Marius Markevicius, 'The Other Dream Team'

"Like Crazy" co-producer Marius Markevicius is back this year with his directorial debut "The Other Dream Team," a documentary about Lithuania, his family’s homeland, and basketball, one of his life’s passions. What's it about? The story of the 1992 Lith...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #43: Michael Mohan, "Save the Date"

"One Too Many Mornings" (Sundance 2010) director Michael Mohan is back to the festival in the US Dramatic competition with his new film "Save the Date."

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #42: Aurora Guerrero, 'Mosquita y Mari'

Director Aurora Guerrero was selected as a Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation film fellow in 2005, where she and participated in the NativeLab Fellowship with her "Mosquita y Mari" script. She also worked on the project through Tribeca All Access (2006) and the Film Independent Producers L...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #41: Karim El Hakim and Omar Shargawi, '1/2 Revolution'

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #40: Rick Alverson, 'The Comedy'

Writer-director-musician Rick Alverson has worked with recording label Jagjaguwar on nine albums and since 2010 their partnership has evolved into making films. Alverson's debut, "The Builder," was an existential study of an immigrant vs. the American promise, and was followed by "...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #39: Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat, '5 Broken Cameras'

The directors of “5 Broken Cameras,” Emad Burnat (the Palestinian villager who used his camera to film the events unfolding in his life) and Guy Davidi (an Israeli filmmaker and cinema teacher) call theirs a "very unique partnership." Burnat has worked as a freelance journalist...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #38: Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush, 'Finding North'

"Finding North," screening in the U.S. Documentary competition hopes to make an impact on the US hunger problem.