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Janet Planet
''Janet Planet'' is a 2023 American Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Annie Baker in her directorial debut. It stars Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Sophie Okonedo. It follows a single mother and her young daughter who navigate their complex relationship in 1990s rural Massachusetts. The film had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023, and was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 21, 2024, by A24. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Baker's direction and screenplay, as well as Ziegler's performance. At the 40th Independent Spirit Awards, it earned three nominations: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, Best First Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, Best First Screenplay, and Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography. Plot In 1991, Lacy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Baker
Annie Baker (born April 1981) is an American playwright and film director. She is known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''The Flick'' (2013). She has written a string of plays which are set in the fictional town of Shirley: '' Body Awareness'' (2008), '' Circle Mirror Transformation'' (2009), '' The Aliens'' (2010), and '' Nocturama'' (2014). She made her feature film directorial debut with the A24 coming-of-age drama '' Janet Planet'' (2023). Early life and education Baker's family lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when Baker was born, but soon moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, where she grew up and where her father, Conn Nugent, was an administrator for the Five Colleges consortium and her mother Linda Baker was a psychology doctoral student. Baker’s father is Irish Catholic, and her mother is Jewish. Her brother is author Benjamin Baker Nugent. Baker graduated from the Department of Dramatic Writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She earned her Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |