Аватар персоны Greg Kwedar

Greg Kwedar

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Greg Kwedar is a writer, director, and producer. He made his feature directorial debut with Transpecos, which premiered in competition at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. He co-wrote and produced Jockey, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition where it won the Special Jury Award for Best Actor (Clifton Collins Jr.). Jockey also won the Audience Award at the AFI Film Festival and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for theatrical release. The film was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the John Cassavetes Award, and was one of the National Board of Review Top 10 Independent Film of 2021. Kwedar also produced Rising From Ashes, Running with Beto (Winner: SXSW Audience Award 2019), and was co-producer on Ghost Fleet (Telluride & TIFF, 2018). He has spoken to thousands of students across the country and sat on panels about his work at SXSW, Sundance, UNESCO, the United Nations, and more. His latest film Sing Sing, over seven years in the making, which he both directed and co-wrote, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival where it was acquired by A24 for theatrical release.

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Train Dreams

Train Dreams

A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. As his story unfolds, he experiences great love, unspeakable loss and unique bonds, on a journey that is both distinct and universal.
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2025

Sing Sing

Sing Sing

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
7.6

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2024

Jockey

Jockey

An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
6.0

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2021

WILDMAN

WILDMAN

A boy frees a mysterious wild man from a puddle. The man warns he may be locked up again. The boy revisits him to find him in a cage, begging freedom. The boy abandons him there to return once more and discover the truth of who he’s been all along.
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2021

Running with Beto

Running with Beto

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Beto O'Rourke's rise from virtual unknown to national political figure through his bold attempt to unseat Ted Cruz in the US Senate.
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2019

Ghost Fleet

Ghost Fleet

Ghost Fleet follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved fishermen who feed the world’s insatiable appetite for seafood. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul, a Thai abolitionist, has committed her life to helping these “lost” men return home. Facing illness, death threats, corruption, and complacency, Patima’s fearless determination for justice inspires her nation and the world.
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2018

9 Races

9 Races

An injured jockey must endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.
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2017

Transpecos

Transpecos

For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.
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2016

Dakota

Dakota

During a routine investigation of an abandoned truck, a Border Patrol Agent uncovers something that will cause him to question the very nature of his job.
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2015

I'll Remember Everything

I'll Remember Everything

A young man has an affair with an older woman, but only realizes his love for her as she's walking out of his life.
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2014

Rising from Ashes

Rising from Ashes

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the Olympic games in London. It's not about the bike. It's about second chances, how our past doesn't have to define our future, and the impossible triumph of the human spirit over one of the world's most devastating genocides.
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2013

Dared

Dared

The dark and uncertain world that Spinks inhabits is turned upside down when a drug deal goes bad...
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2012

La pluma

La pluma

A man reflects on a moment from his past where his childhood was lost in the slums of Guatemala City, then found in a worn and dirty feather.
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2009

Manos de madre

Manos de madre

Here. The mothers are the roots, the soil, and the rain.
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2009

Guest Room

Guest Room

The life of a friendship, accelerated by the road.
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2009