David Lowery (Director)

David Lowery (2013)

David Lowery (born December 26, 1980 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American film actor , director , screenwriter , producer , cameraman and film editor .

Life

Born in Milwaukee in 1980 , David Lowery is the oldest of nine children. When Lowery was seven years old, his family moved to Irving , where his father had found a job as a theology lecturer at a university in nearby Dallas.

Lowery married Augustine Frizzell on October 10, 2010.

Film career

After Lowery graduated from Irving High School, he made his first film Lullaby . Lowery's first feature film, which he directed completely independently, was St. Nick , which he presented at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2009 and was released in US theaters in 2011. For his film The Saints , which came out in theaters in 2013, Lowery won several awards at various film festivals. For the film Elliot the Dragon , which Lowery directed and also co-wrote the script and released in theaters in 2016, Disney provided him with a budget of $ 65 million. The film received mostly good reviews.

Filmography

• 2009: St. Nick
• 2013: The Saints (Ain't Them Bodies Saints)
• 2016: Elliot the Dragon (Pete's Dragon)
• 2017: The Yellow Birds
• 2017: A Ghost Story
• 2018: Ein Gauner & Gentleman (The Old Man & the Gun)

Awards (selection)

Dallas International Film Festival

• 2009: Awarded the Grand Jury Prize - Texas Film ( St. Nick )

Munich Film Festival

• 2013: Nomination for the ARRI / OSRAM Award for Best International Film (The Saints - They knew no law)

Gotham Award

• 2013: Nomination for Best Picture ( The Saints - They knew no law )

Nashville Film Festival

• 2013: Awarded the Louise LeQuire Award for Best Screenplay ( Pit Stop )

Palm Springs International Film Festival

• 2013: Award as Directors to Watch (The Saints - They knew no law)

Philadelphia Film Festival

• 2011: Received the Special Jury Award for short films ( Pioneer , as screenwriter)

Sundance Film Festival

• 2011 : Nomination for the Short Filmmaking Award - US Fiction (Pioneer)
• 2013 : Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic (The Saints - They knew no law)

South by Southwest

• 2011: Winner of the SXSW Competition Award - Narrative Short (Pioneer)
• 2011: Received the SXSW Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short (Pioneer)

Texas Film Festival

• 2005: Award and the Director's Award for Best Narrative Feature ( Dead Room )

Thessaloniki Film Festival

• 2009: Nomination for the Golden Alexander (St. Nick)

Web links

• David Lowery in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A Ghost Story In: viennale.at. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
2. ↑ Christopher Kelly: How David Lowery Became Dallas' Most Important Filmmaker In: dmagazine.com. Retrieved August 13, 2016.