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James O'Brien (filmmaker)

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Midway through college, O'Brien shifted gears from athletics to English and Drama, directing a number of university-screened short films and documentaries and acting in the
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stars Louie Sabatasso, Gary Douglas Kohn and Arroyn Ambrose in a road adventure film about on the effects of addiction and the bond of family and friends.
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called O'Brien a "talent in the raw" but said the film is "too narratively chaotic and technically hamstrung to connect commercially".
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in 2013 as the filmmakers looked to overcome the government shutdown of all national parks just weeks before their scheduled shoot at
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was released theatrically in 1996–97, playing an extended run at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, as well as the
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called the film "an entertaining and soul searching ride of comical and sobering proportions".
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in downtown Los Angeles before making its international premiere at Cannes.
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follows the lives of three off-beat twenty-somethings who meet by chance on
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a B&W short about a schizophrenic hit man. It was selected by the
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After backpacking around Europe, and inspired by the DIY cinema of
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The 'making of' story of the production was first picked up by
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O’Brien's most recent work is the independent Western film
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and agree to pull a robbery. The film debuted at the
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Western Religion
Providence College
Film director
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film producer
independent film director
screenwriter
producer
Harrington Park, New Jersey
Bergen Catholic High School
Providence College
Ray Treacy's
Providence Friars
Blackfriars Theatre
Jim Jarmusch
Spike Lee
Richard Linklater
Los Angeles
American Cinematheque
Werner Herzog
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Directors Guild of America
Venice Bound
Venice Beach

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