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DAVID LOWERY
Lowery is an award-wining filmmaker from Texas. He was recently accepted to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab for AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS. His debut feature, St. Nick, premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival and went on to play dozens of other film festivals around the world. That film was released theatrically in the spring of 2011 to rave reviews from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. His follow-up directorial effort, the short film Pioneer, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2011 and won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW the following March. It has played nearly 30 film festivals around the world to date. Lowery is an alumni of the Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival and IFP Narrative Labs. In 2010, the Independent Film Channel declared him an ‘Independent Icon.’ Filmmaker Magazine named him one of the 25 New Faces Of Independent Film in 2011. Twitter | Facebook
JAMES M. JOHNSTON and
As producers, James and Toby recently received a Sundance Creative Producing Fellowship for their work on Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.
TOBY HALBROOKSJOHNSTON is a producer and filmmaker from Fort Worth, TX. He has produced all of Lowery’s films, including the feature length St. Nick and Pioneer. He also co-produced Yen Tan’s award-winning 2008 film Ciao, which was distributed theatrically by Regent Entertainment. His own short films have been showcased at dozens of film festivals, and his latest directorial work was the recipient of a production grant from Rooftop Films. In addition to filmmaking, Johnston is a vegan chef, and operates two successful restaurants with his wife. Twitter | FacebookHALBROOKS is a producer from Dallas, TX who came to film after touring the world for six years as a member of the rock group The Polyphonic Spree. Pioneer marked his first narrative project; however, he cut his teeth as a successful commercial producer and director, and together with Lowery has also helmed a number of acclaimed music videos for artists such as School Of Seven Bells, Sarah Jaffe, and Okkervil River, and the advertising bumpers for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. Twitter | Facebook
SAILOR BEAR
Sailor Bear was formed when longtime friends and collaborators, Johnston, Halbrooks and Lowery joined forces to produce the critically acclaimed short film Pioneer which won the Grand Jury Prize at seven film festivals around the world including Festival Internacional de Cortos FIB (Spain) and South by Southwest Film Festival (USA). In 2011 the team was honored to have their newest feature project AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS included in the esteemed Sundance Institute Feature Film Program. Johnston and Halbrooks for the Creative Producing Fellowship and Lowery for the Screenwriting Labs.
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AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS
- AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTSWritten and Directed by David Lowery.Produced by James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks, Amy Kaufman, Lars Knudsen and Jay Van HoyIn the tradition of BADLANDS and BONNIE & CLYDE, AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS tells the story of Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, two young outlaws who are brought down by the authorities in the hills of Texas. Four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out across the countryside to find Ruth and the daughter he's never met - unaware that Ruth has set her past behind her and struck up a relationship with a lawman who is tied to their violent past.AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS is currently in development and set to shoot this Summer.
Proudly developed through the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellowship and Screenwriting Labs.
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Pioneer
- PIONEERShort FilmWritten and directed by David LoweryProduced by James M. Johnston and Toby HalbrooksStarring Will Oldham and Myles BrooksA father tells his son the most epic bedtime story ever.Trailer:Official Selection at over 30 film festivals world wide including the 2011 Sundance Film Festival (world premier).Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for BEST NARRATIVE SHORT at SXSW Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cortos FIB (Spain), Ashland Independent Film Festival, IndieGrits Film Festival, Nevada City Film Festival, and Port Townsend Film Festival
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St. Nick
- ST. NICKFeature FilmWritten and Directed by David LoweryProduced by James M. JohnstonExec. Producer Adam Donagheyco-Producer Toby HalbrooksStarring Tucker Sears, Savanna Sears, Barlow Jacobs, Andrew Sensenig, Laura Stone and Mara Lee Miller.ST. NICK 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. As the bitter Texas winter sets in, they strike up residence in an abandoned country house and, for a brief, happy period, manage to escape the harsh realities of their circumstances.Trailer:Excerpt:
St. Nick was released theatrically in the spring of 2011.DVD/VOD is forthcoming.
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