Bob Gosse

Bob Gosse (born January 9, 1963) is an American film producer and director. He has also acted in several movies.

Background

Gosse was born on Long Island, New York. After graduating with a BFA degree from the film program at SUNY Purchase in 1986, Gosse joined the independent film scene in New York City, creating short films and features.

New York operations

Gosse founded independent film company The Shooting Gallery with Larry Meistrich in 1991. His collaborators included Hal Hartley, Ted Hope, Nick Gomez and Michael Almereyda. The company's first feature was Gomez' "Laws of Gravity" (1992). It gained wide notice for a low-budget, independent production and impressed not only critics but filmmakers—Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sidney Lumet, and Woody Allen included.Fact|date=February 2007. He also directed "The Last Home Run" (1996).

Even while specializing in production, Gosse received recognition as an actor, working in such movies as "Nowhere Man" (2005). His notoriety in the downtown nightlife scene coupled with his performances in 1991's "My Birthday Cake" (directed by Whitney Ransick) and the Hartley-helmed "Theory of Achievement" led to his courting by William Morris Agency that same year.Fact|date=February 2007

Gosse pushed the boundaries of "lo-fi" filmmaking when he produced Almereyda's PixelVision feature, "Another Girl, Another Planet" (1992). It was cited by the National Society of Film Critics in 1992 "for expanding the possibilities of experimental filmmaking." [http://fleetingjoy.fishbucket.com/filmography.php]

At The Shooting Gallery, Gosse supported other first-time filmmakers including Morgan J. Freeman, Danny Leiner and Billy Bob Thornton.

In 1995, Gosse tried his hand at directing by shooting the first screenplay by playwright Matthew Weiss. The result, "Niagara, Niagara", premiered to acclaim. Lead actress Robin Tunney took home the prestigious Volpi Cup at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival for her portrayal of a woman with Tourette syndrome. In its American premiere, the film drew praise by critics.

Gosse's follow-up was an adaptation of journalist Alec Wilkinson's non-fiction book "A Violent Act". Meanwhile, he was still developing films at The Shooting Gallery.

By late 1999, Gosse was at work on another adaptation, a play by theater scribe Wendy Hammond. The stage play, "Julie Johnson", was shot as a feature film beginning in 2000 and it starred Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton and the late Spalding Gray. It was released in 2005 by Regent Entertainment.

Los Angeles operations

The Shooting Gallery suffered from the dot-com bust of 2001, and Gosse moved west to Los Angeles to produce TV pilots and films. These would include Tim McCann's "Runaway" (2005) and Almereyda's "Tonight At Noon" (2006), the latter starring Connie Nielsen, Ethan Hawke, Rutger Hauer, and Lauren Ambrose.

Gosse is living in Silver Lake, Los Angeles and collaborating on a new screenplay about a Las Vegas filmmaker during the 1960s. He has spent time working for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination of Barack Obama.

Currently, Gosse is directing Tucker Max's new film, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Gosse lived with actress Parker Posey, whom he met when they were both students at SUNY.

On October 5, 1997, Gosse married Robin Tunney in New York City; they had met while working together on Niagara, Niagara. They separated in late 2002, and divorced in 2006 but remain close friends.

References

*Citation
last = Goldstein
first = Gregg
title = 'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment
newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter
year = 4/16/2008
url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1fd5a82c656c44fcc
* [http://fleetingjoy.fishbucket.com/filmography.php Michael Almereyda filmography] , at Fleeting Joy: The Films of Michael Almereyda website, retrieved April 16, 2006
* [http://my.barackobama.com Bob Gosse's support for Barack Obama presidential campaign]
* [http://hollywood.com/celebrity/Bob_Gosse/ hollywood.com website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331606/ IMDB]
* [http://rottentomatoes.com/m/julie_johnson/about.php rotten tomatoes website, information on Julie Johnson movie]
* [http://askmen.com/women/actress_300/362_robin_tunney.html Robin Tunney's biography and a description of her career]