Kris Lefcoe is a film director and writer based in New York City. She graduated from the

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with a degree in philosophy, before attending

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as a Director Resident. Many of Lefcoe's films are dark comedies about contemporary culture. Kris wrote, directed and produced the comedy pilot ''Giving Up,'' which won a number of awards including Overall Best of the Fest, and Best Writing, at the 2017

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, and Best Comedy and Best Director a
Seriesfest
The series is executive produced by David Wain (''

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''). Lefcoe's feature film ''Public Domain'', starring

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('' Private Eyes'', '' The Dead Zone'') and Jason Jones (''

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, The Detour''), premiered at South by Southwest

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and won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the

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. The film was installed in a curated program of video art at

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Miami. Lefcoe wrote and directed a number of notable short films, including ''Tiny Riot Project'', which screened at Rotterdam Film Festival, was installed at Havana Biennale and Art Basel Miami, and sold to The Sundance Channel, and ''Can I Get a Witness?'', starring

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, which premiered at

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. Kris Lefcoe has directed numerous

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, including Peaches ''Boys Wanna Be Her.'' Her work has been nominated Best New Artist MVA and winner of Best Music Video at

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.Ottawa Festival of Animation Award

References

*McSorley, Tom. "Short Takes - Can I Get a Witness?" Take One, Autumn, 199

*Ingman, Marritt. "Reality Really, Really Bites: Kris Lefcoe and Public Domain," Austin Chronicle, March 19, 200

*Braun, Liz. "Candid Camera: Public Domain Scornfully Peers Through the Lens of Reality TV" Toronto SUN, May 14, 2004 (fee for full article

*Anderson, Jason. "On Screen: It's All Ogre Now," Eye Weekly, May 13, 2004. ww.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_05.13.04/film/onscreen.php*Aronofsky, Rory. "Reviews: Public Domain" Film Threat, March 18, 200

*Telefilm Canad

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefcoe, Chris Living people Canadian Film Centre alumni Year of birth missing (living people)