A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Robert Byington
Birthplace:
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Born:
April 29, 1971
Indie favorite Bob Byington burst on to the scene in 2008 with his SXSW midnight lo-fi, low culture hit, RSO [Registered Sex Offender]. He followed that up at Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films series with the Sundance Lab project "Harmony and Me" (2009). In 2012 Byington won the prestigious Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival with "Somebody Up There Likes Me" starring Nick Offerman, and shortly thereafter he teamed with Jason Schwartzman for cult smash "7 Chinese Brothers" (2015). In 2017 Byington worked with comedy stalwart Kieran Culkin to make "Infinity Baby" --the film took best feature at the much lauded Woodstock Film Festival that year. Bob is an Annenberg Fellow and is in the permanent collection at MoMA. His new film is "Frances Ferguson".
Co-Producer:
2011 The Color Wheel
Director:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
Producer:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
Screenplay:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
Script Supervisor:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2002 Bark!
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
Story:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2002 Bark!
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
Writer:
1993 Shameless
1999 Olympia
2002 Bark!
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2010 Harmony and Me
2011 Slacker 2011
2011 The Color Wheel
2013 Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013 Tuna
2015 7 Chinese Brothers
2017 Infinity Baby
2019 Frances Ferguson
2024 Lousy Carter
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