Jeremy Kipp Walker is an

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producer and director. His recent producing credits include the Oscar nominated films '' The Big Sick'' ( Amazon Studios) starring

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and ''

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'' ( THINKFilm) starring

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as well as ''

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'' ( Fox Searchlight Pictures) starring

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; '' Mississippi Grind'' (

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) starring Ben Mendelsohn and

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; '' It's Kind of a Funny Story'' (

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) starring

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; ''

Cold Souls ''Cold Souls'' is a 2009 comedy-drama, comedy-drama film written and directed by Sophie Barthes. The film features Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, and David Strathairn. Giamatti stars as a fictionalised version of himself, an anxious, ove ...

'' ( Samuel Goldwyn Films) starring

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;

Ryan Fleck Anna Boden and Ryan K. Fleck are an American filmmaking duo. They are best known for their collaborations on the films ''Half Nelson (film), Half Nelson'', ''Sugar (2008 film), Sugar'', '' It's Kind of a Funny Story (film), It's Kind of a Funny ...

and Anna Boden's Dominican baseball odyssey ''

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'' (

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); Moroccan-based thriller ''

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'' ( THINKFilm) and the space thriller ''

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'' ( Magnolia Pictures). Walker recently directed his first feature film ''The History of Future Folk'' (

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), about the acoustic space duo '' Future Folk''. The Independent Spirit Award nominated film was co-directed with J. Anderson Mitchell with whom he previously directed the award-winning short films ''Super Powers'' and ''Goodnight Bill''. His physical production credits include the Oscar nominated film ''

Maria Full of Grace ''Maria Full of Grace'' (Spanish title: ''María, llena eres de gracia'', lit., " Maria, you are full of grace") is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film was produced between Colombia and the United States. The story ...

as well as the

projects'' '' Everyday People'' and '' Angel Rodriguez''.

References

Press Kit for the 2008 film ''Sugar''

The New York Times

External links

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