Name Jay Craven Role Film director | Spouse Bess O’Brien | |
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Awards PGA Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominations Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Movies Northern Borders, Disappearances, A Stranger in the Kingdom, Approaching the Elephant, The Year That Trembled Similar People | ||
Food for thought march 20 2014 behind the scenes with filmmaker jay craven
Jay Craven is a Vermont film director, screenwriter and professor of film studies at Marlboro College.
Contents
- Food for thought march 20 2014 behind the scenes with filmmaker jay craven
- Making books into movies a conversation with jay craven and howard frank mosher
- Filmography
- References
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. He is married to Bess O'Brien, who is also a co-founder of Kingdom County Productions.
Craven attended Boston University for undergraduate studies, where he developed a lifelong friendship with Howard Zinn. He later went on to Goddard College. He lives in the Northeast Kingdom with his family .