- Shane Carruth
Shane Carruth (born 1972 in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ) is an American film writer, director, producer and actor. Carruth performed all those roles in hisindependent film "Primer", which was honored at the 2004Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize. Carruth, a formerengineer with a degree inmathematics , utilized his technical knowledge on the project.As of June, 2008, Carruth has been working on his sophomore project for over 2 years and will begin the pre-financing/pre-production phase in the coming months.Fact|date=August 2008
Awards & Nominations
Primer:
2004 Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize
2004 Sundance Film Festival:Alfred P. Sloan Prize (for a film dealing with science and technology)
2004 Nantucket Film Festival: Best Writer/Director
2004 Gotham Awards Nomination: Best Feature
2005 London International Festival of Science Fiction: Best Feature
2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination: Best Feature
2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination: Best Director
2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination: Best First Screenplay
2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination: Best Actor in a Debut Performance (David Sullivan (actor) )External links
Interviews:
* http://www.makingthefilm.com/interview21.html
* http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0441,lim,57519,20.html
* http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_041008carruth.html
* http://www.sffworld.com/mul/128p0.html
* http://www.primermovie.com
* http://www.filmstew.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ContentID=10099*imdb name|1503403
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