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St. Nick 

David Lowery - Independent Film Director and Writer from Texas

From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio - Conversations on the craft of filmmaking
Length: 29:00

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David is an award-winning filmmaker from Texas. After making a deep impression with his short film A Catalog Of Anticipations, his debut feature, St. Nick, premiered at SXSW, and went on to play dozens of other film festivals around the world.

St. Nick was released theatrically in the spring of 2011. St. Nick is is the story of a brother and sister on the run. They've left their home for some unknown reason and are living in the woods, hiding in barns and sheds, doing what they can to survive.

David's follow-up directorial effort, Pioneer, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW the following March.

David
is an alum of the Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival and the IFP Narrative Labs. In 2010, the Independent Film Channel declared him an "independent icon." Filmmaker Magazine has selected Lowery as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" for 2011.

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David is an award-winning filmmaker from Texas. After making a deep impression with his short film A Catalog Of Anticipations, his debut feature, St. Nick, premiered at SXSW, and went on to play dozens of other film festivals around the world.

St. Nick was released theatrically in the spring of 2011. St. Nick is is the story of a brother and sister on the run. They've left their home for some unknown reason and are living in the woods, hiding in barns and sheds, doing what they can to survive.

David's follow-up directorial effort, Pioneer, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW the following March.

David
is an alum of the Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival and the IFP Narrative Labs. In 2010, the Independent Film Channel declared him an "independent icon." Filmmaker Magazine has selected Lowery as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" for 2011.

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