- Victor Nuñez
Victor Nuñez (born
1945 ) is afilm director , professor at theFlorida State University College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts , and a founding member of theIndependent Feature Project . He is best known for directing "Ulee's Gold ", a critically acclaimed movie starringJessica Biel andPeter Fonda .Nuñez grew up in
Peru andTallahassee, Florida . He received his undergraduate degree fromAntioch College and an MFA in film directing from theUCLA Film School . He spent the beginning of his career directing low-budget, non-"Hollywood" projects. In the 1970s he made three fictional shorts, "Taking Care of Mother Baldwin" (1970), "Charly Benson's Return to the Sea" (1972), and "A Circle in the Fire" (1974).Nuñez made his feature debut in 1979 with the film "Gal Young 'Un". It was another six years before his next film "
A Flash of Green ", his first film to employ big-name actors. In 1993 he directed "Ruby in Paradise ", which featured actressAshley Judd in her first leading role. This was followed by his 1997 film, "Ulee's Gold", starringPeter Fonda .He lives outside
Panama City Beach, Florida , the setting of most of his films.Filmography
*Coastlines (2002)
*Ulee's Gold (1997)
*Ruby in Paradise (1993)
*A Flash of Green (1984)
*Gal Young 'Un (1979)
*A Circle in the Fire (1974)
*Charly Benson's Return to the Sea (1972)
*Taking Care of Mother Baldwin (1970)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638033/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638033/]
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