This screening includes Rick Alverson
- Date and time:
- Fri, Dec 14, 2012, From 3–4:10 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 10 min
- Cost:
- Free
Series: Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Series
About Rick Alverson
- Year Released:
- 2012
- Genres:
RICK
ALVERSON, director,
writer,
editor
–
(b.
1971)
is
a
filmmaker
and
musician
from
Richmond,
Virginia.
His
previous
films
include
THE
BUILDER
(2010),
an
existential
character
study
of
an
Irish
immigrant
at
odds
with
the
promise
of
America.
NEW
JERUSALEM
(2011),
starring
Colm
O’Leary
(THE
BUILDER)
and
Will
Oldham
(MATEWAN,
OLD
JOY),
again
considered
the
immigrant
experience
but
this
time
through
the
lens
of
religious
ideology.
NEW
JERUSALEM
premiered
at
the
40th
International
Film
Festival
Rotterdam
and
SXSW
in
2011
and
will
be
released
by
Factory
25
beginning
November
30th,
2012.
Also
in
2011,
he
was
awarded
a
Visual
Arts
Fellowship
from
the
Virginia
Museum
of
Fine
Arts.
He
also
has
directed
videos
for
Bonnie
Prince
Billy
(New
Wonder)
and
Gregor
Samsa
(Jeroen
Van
Aken).
Upcoming
films
include
a
reconstruction
era
drama
entitled
CLEMENT,
to
be
produced
in
2012,
and
RABBIT,
both
of
which
continue
his
collaboration
with
Colm
O’Leary.
In
addition
to
his
directorial
work
he
has
released
9
records
on
Jagjaguwar,
most
recently
with
his
band
Spokane
in
2007.