Jay Craven

Nascimento : , Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

História

Jay Craven is a Vermont film director, screenwriter and professor of film studies at Marlboro College. Jay Craven is known for creating award winning films on modest budgets, adopting all of the novels of author Howard Frank Mosher to film. He often casts from a regular troupe of Vermont actors including Tantoo Cardinal and Rusty DeWees, but has also worked with Rip Torn and Kris Kristofferson. Craven founded and runs Kingdom County Productions and recently launched Catamount Arts performing arts program, New England's largest independent arts producer and presenter. Jay Craven is married to Bess O'Brien who is also a co-founder of Kingdom County Productions. Craven speaks three languages (English, Spanish, Hungarian) in addition to his native Creole. Craven attended Boston University for undergraduate studies where he studied and developed a life long friendship with Howard Zinn. He later went on to Goddard College. He lives in the Northeast Kingdom with his family . Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Craven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmes

Irmãos de Sangue - A Disputa
Producer
O relacionamento de dois irmãos fica tenso quando o mais jovem recebe a notícia de uma estranha herança complicando a competição por uma jovem misteriosa que chega em sua ilha. A família inteira chega a um ponto de ruptura provocado por revelações surpreendentes sobre a fidelidade, o amor, a amizade e a traição de sua mãe.
Irmãos de Sangue - A Disputa
Writer
O relacionamento de dois irmãos fica tenso quando o mais jovem recebe a notícia de uma estranha herança complicando a competição por uma jovem misteriosa que chega em sua ilha. A família inteira chega a um ponto de ruptura provocado por revelações surpreendentes sobre a fidelidade, o amor, a amizade e a traição de sua mãe.
Irmãos de Sangue - A Disputa
Director
O relacionamento de dois irmãos fica tenso quando o mais jovem recebe a notícia de uma estranha herança complicando a competição por uma jovem misteriosa que chega em sua ilha. A família inteira chega a um ponto de ruptura provocado por revelações surpreendentes sobre a fidelidade, o amor, a amizade e a traição de sua mãe.
Projeto Wetware
Producer
Baseado no romance homônimo de Craig Nova. Num futuro próximo, os trabalhos difíceis e tediosos são feitos pelos menos afortunados, que se oferecem para sofrer modificações genéticas que os tornam ideais para tais profissões. O programador genético Hal Briggs faz diversos experimentos em Jack e, especialmente, Kay, com quem ele desenvolve uma relação perigosa. Mas as duas cobaias acabam escapando, e agora Briggs terá que rastrear seus protótipos fugitivos antes que eles descubram segredos que podem colocar em risco toda a operação.
Projeto Wetware
Writer
Baseado no romance homônimo de Craig Nova. Num futuro próximo, os trabalhos difíceis e tediosos são feitos pelos menos afortunados, que se oferecem para sofrer modificações genéticas que os tornam ideais para tais profissões. O programador genético Hal Briggs faz diversos experimentos em Jack e, especialmente, Kay, com quem ele desenvolve uma relação perigosa. Mas as duas cobaias acabam escapando, e agora Briggs terá que rastrear seus protótipos fugitivos antes que eles descubram segredos que podem colocar em risco toda a operação.
Projeto Wetware
Director
Baseado no romance homônimo de Craig Nova. Num futuro próximo, os trabalhos difíceis e tediosos são feitos pelos menos afortunados, que se oferecem para sofrer modificações genéticas que os tornam ideais para tais profissões. O programador genético Hal Briggs faz diversos experimentos em Jack e, especialmente, Kay, com quem ele desenvolve uma relação perigosa. Mas as duas cobaias acabam escapando, e agora Briggs terá que rastrear seus protótipos fugitivos antes que eles descubram segredos que podem colocar em risco toda a operação.
Peter and John
Director
A town doctor’s jealousy over his younger brother’s mysterious inheritance is compounded when they both fall for the same woman.
Approaching the Elephant
Producer
APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is a feature-length documentary about The Teddy McArdle Free School, where classes are optional and rules are made by democratic vote. Summerhill, founded 90 years ago by A. S. Neill, was the first free school - now there are more than 200 worldwide. Approaching the Elephant chronicles a free school in the making - spanning two years, from Teddy McArdle's first day when there were no rules or classes, through the changing of the school's director and the expulsion of a student by democratic vote, to the last day of the second year, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is an intimate portrait of a small group of people from a range of educational backgrounds, come together to forge a place where children are treated as equals, at liberty to spend their days however they please.
Northern Borders
Screenplay
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
Northern Borders
Editor
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
Northern Borders
Director
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie
Director
Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie is the first-ever documentary series about Vermont. The six-part film is a collaboration of over four dozen critically acclaimed Vermont filmmakers, led by award-winning filmmaker Nora Jacobson (“Delivered Vacant,” “My Mother’s Early Lovers,” “Nothing Like Dreaming”). Sponsors include the Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Humanities Council, Bay and Paul Foundation, John M. Bissell Foundation, Green Valley Media, National Life of Vermont Foundation, and the Vermont Country Store. Our advisors are well-known historians, educators, curators, authors, artists, politicians, and activists.
Sem Fronteiras
Writer
No inverno de 1932, durante a Lei seca, Quebec Bill Bohomme tenta manter protegida sua criação de gado. Com o rigor do inverno Quebec Bil decide se envolver no esquema de contrabando de bebidas da família.
Sem Fronteiras
Director
No inverno de 1932, durante a Lei seca, Quebec Bill Bohomme tenta manter protegida sua criação de gado. Com o rigor do inverno Quebec Bil decide se envolver no esquema de contrabando de bebidas da família.
The Year That Trembled
Writer
The Year That Trembled is a coming-of-age story set in 1970 in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young people facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
The Year That Trembled
Director
The Year That Trembled is a coming-of-age story set in 1970 in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young people facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
Um Estranho no Reino
Director
A Vermont town in the 1950s hires a new minister based on his war record, but are shocked, when he shows up, to find that he is black.
Os Caminhos do Rio
Director
Sleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and the modern world to maintain his way of life.
Martin Eden
Writer
Based on Jack London's autobiographical novel, "Martin Eden" tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor (Martin Eden), who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels themes of impossible love, pursuit of the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.
Martin Eden
Director
Based on Jack London's autobiographical novel, "Martin Eden" tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor (Martin Eden), who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels themes of impossible love, pursuit of the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.