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A Night for Mature Audiences

Meet and engage in a discussion with one of America’s most important independent filmmakers. Rob will take questions after each of his four films are
screened.

"Nilsson's films are beautiful, exciting, imaginative, unfamilar-and outside of that, very good." - John Cassavetes

"...like English director Mike Leigh, Nilssons encourages his cast to improvise dialogue based on previously worked out situations; the resulting performances are fiercely raw... the intensity which bleeds off the screen is undeniably effective." - TV Guide

The Director at a Glance:

Rob Nilsson directed with John Hanson), and the Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival) for Heat and Sunset. He is the first American director to have won both awards. The “Direct Action” style of digital filmmaking, that originated in his Tenderloin Group’s Actors Ensemble, has been featured in workshops around the world and currently taught at his Citizen Cinema workshop in Berkeley. He was a pioneer in video to film transfer, leading to today’s digital revolution. Signal 7 (1985) was the first small format video feature internationally distributed in film. His unique film techniques resulted in five features shot throughout the world, including Frank Dead Souls (2008), South Africa. He recently completed his nine film 9 @ Night Film Series (1996 – 2008). His awards include: lifetime achievement, Fargo International Film Festival and Kansas City Filmmaker’s Jubilee, and Filmmaker of the Year – Silver Lake Film festival. Nilsson also received the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Marlon Riggs Award for the 9 @ Night Film Series.

Other Rob Nilsson Events:

Hollywood and Politics (festival freebie)

Palace P11

Everson E11

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