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Michael Almereyda
American film director and screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He studied art history at Harvard University but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on the strength of a spec script about Nikola Tesla.[1] His film William Eggleston in the Real World (2005) was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary from the Independent Filmmaker Project.[2][3]
In 2015 Almereyda received the Moving Image Creative Capital Award.[4] His film Marjorie Prime (2017), a philosophical science-fiction film based on Jordan Harrison's play of the same name, was screened at Sundance Film Festival and won the Sloan Feature Film Prize.[5]
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Partial filmography
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Recognition and awards
- 2025 – Almereyda was appointed as a member of the jury at the 78th Locarno Film Festival for Pardo Verde Competition.[6]
- 2017 – Alfred P. Sloan Prize – Marjorie Prime at 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[7]
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