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词条 Andrew Bujalski
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  1. Life and career

  2. Style and content

  3. Filmography

     As director, writer, and editor  As actor 

  4. Awards

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|29}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| education = Harvard University
| occupation = {{flatlist|
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor}}

| yearsactive = 2002–present
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| spouse = {{marriage|Karen Olsson|2009}}
| children = 2
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}}Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977)[1] is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore."[2][3][4]

Life and career

Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheila Dubman and businessman Edmund Bujalski. His father is Catholic and his mother is Jewish.[5] Bujalski studied film at Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies where the Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman was his thesis advisor.

He shot his first feature, Funny Ha Ha, in 2002 and followed it with Mutual Appreciation in 2003 – though neither film received theatrical distribution until 2005 and 2006, respectively. Bujalski wrote both screenplays and appears as an actor, playing a major role in both films. In 2006 he appeared as an actor and contributed to the screenplay of the Joe Swanberg film Hannah Takes the Stairs.

Beeswax and Computer Chess, Bujalski's third and fourth independent films, were filmed in Austin where the director lives now. Beeswax was released in the summer of 2009. While making Beeswax Bujalski wrote a screenplay adaptation of Benjamin Kunkel's 2005 novel Indecision for Paramount Pictures.

His fourth feature Computer Chess,[6][7] a period film set at a computer programming tournament in 1980, premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won the Alfred Sloan Feature Film Prize.[8] It is his first feature edited digitally and it is the only feature film shot almost exclusively with original Sony 1968 AVC-3260 B&W video cameras.[9]

He married Karen Olsson in 2009. They have two children.[10]

Style and content

Bujalski's rough-edged, realistic films are often compared to the works of directors John Cassavetes, Maurice Pialat and Mike Leigh.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} All of his feature films were photographed by Austrian cinematographer Matthias Grunsky. The first three are shot on hand-held 16mm, have a sometimes decidedly "lo-fi" feel (reinforced by Funny Ha Ha's distorted mono sound), and are often included in the mumblecore movement. The actors who appear in these films are non-professionals, many drawn from other media, including animator Kate Dollenmayer as the lead in Funny Ha Ha, musician Justin Rice as the lead in Mutual Appreciation and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison in a supporting role in the same film. Funny Ha Ha featured a cast and crew of Harvard grads.[11]

Though his films often appear improvised, they are for the most part scripted; the dialogue is often noted for its drawn-out, awkward nature, and characters frequently evade key topics. Many of the films seem to start and end in medias res, giving the films a "slice of life" feeling that suggests a larger narrative or world that the audience is looking in on.

The characters in Bujalski's films are mostly post-collegiate and middle-class; many work white collar jobs. The desire for stability is a recurring theme, and many characters rush headlong into attempts at a more controlled existence – this is exemplified by one of the main characters in Funny Ha Ha, who elopes with his ex-girlfriend.

Filmography

As director, writer, and editor

YearFilmTypeCredited as
DirectorWriterEditor
2002Funny Ha Ha Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2005Mutual Appreciation Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2007Peoples House Short film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2009Beeswax Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2013Computer Chess Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes}}
2015Results Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}}
2018Support the Girls Feature film {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}}
TBALady and the Tramp Feature film {{no}} {{yes}} {{no}}

As actor

YearFilmRole
2002Funny Ha Ha Mitchell
2005Mutual Appreciation Lawrence
2007Hannah Takes the Stairs Paul
2008Cubby Knowles DJ Whoops
2008Goliath Terry
2008RSO (Registered Sex Offender) Reggie
2009Sorry, Thanks Mason

Awards

  • Alfred Sloan Feature Film Prize, 2013 - Sundance Film Festival
  • Best Director, 2005 - Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
  • Best Screenplay, 2005 - Newport International Film Festival
  • Someone to Watch Award, 2004 - IFP

References

1. ^{{Cite web| last = Boogie| first = Brendan (pseudonym)| title = Scamper - Brendan's Journal| format = Blog| accessdate = 2008-06-12| date = 2005-04-29| url = http://www.scamper.net/journal/2005/04/42905.php| quote = Yet another happy birthday to my friend Andrew Bujalski, the mind and talent behind the films Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation...| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080517065720/http://www.scamper.net/journal/2005/04/42905.php| archivedate = 2008-05-17| deadurl = yes| df = }}
2. ^"'Mumblecore' and the indie-rock analogy" by Glenn Kenny. August 24, 2007{{cite web|url=http://glennkenny.premiere.com/blog/2007/08/mumblecore-and-.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630133525/http://glennkenny.premiere.com/blog/2007/08/mumblecore-and-.html |archivedate=2009-06-30 |df= }}
3. ^"Half-Baked." New York Magazine. 
4. ^"Bumblebee Mumble" by V.A. Musetto. New York Post, August 12, 2009 
5. ^http://heebmagazine.com/support-the-girls-is-not-really-about-the-raunch/58277
6. ^Longworth, Karina. [https://archive.is/20130127231605/http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/12/judd_apatow_scientology.php?page=2 10 Movies We're Excited About in 2012.] LA Weekly.
7. ^Andrew Bujalski's Next Project: Computer Chess
8. ^2013 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
9. ^Grunsky, Matthias. "Computer Chess": a more detailed look at the tube camera {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723141850/http://www.matthias-grunsky.com/blog/files/e466522305f27ceccfa064eac8c26e97-9.html |date=July 23, 2013 }}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216004/bio|title=Andrew Bujalski|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-08-26}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=The Andrew Bujalski Collection|url=http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/collections/bujalski.html|work=Harvard Film Archive|accessdate=March 24, 2011}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=1216004|name=Andrew Bujalski}}
  • Funny Ha Ha Official Site
  • Mutual Appreciation Official Site
  • Beeswax Official Site
  • Computer Chess Official Site
  • "Young Intellectuals Making Movies", essay on Andrew Bujalski and Noah Baumbach in Dissent, Summer 2006.
  • Video Interview Berlinale 2009 Cargo Film Magazine
  • Don't Say "Mumblecore" to Bujalski, article and video, Sept 17, 2009
  • Andrew Bujalski performs and is interviewed on Radio Happy Hour
  • A conversation with Andrew Bujalski on The Marketplace of Ideas
  • In Conversation: Straight Talk: Andrew Bujalski, In Conversation with Paul Felten, The Brooklyn Rail
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