Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He studied art history at

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but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on the strength of a spec script about

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Award. His film '' Marjorie Prime'' (2017), a philosophical science-fiction film based on Jordan Harrison's play of the same name, was screened at

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and won the Sloan Feature Film Prize.

Partial filmography

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'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1989) * '' Another Girl Another Planet'' (1992) * '' Nadja'' (1994) * ''At Sundance'' (1995) * '' The Rocking Horse Winner'' (1997) * '' The Eternal'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Happy Here and Now'' (2002) * ''This So-Called Disaster'' (2004) * '' William Eggleston in the Real World'' (2005) * ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' (2008) * ''Big River Blues'' (2008) * ''Tonight at Noon'' (2009) * ''Paradise'' (2009) * ''The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes'' (2011) * ''The Ogre's Feathers'' (2012) * ''Skinningrove'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Experimenter'' (2015) * '' Marjorie Prime'' (2017) * '' Escapes'' (2017) * '' Tesla'' (2020)

References

External links

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Fleeting Joy
A website devoted to Almereyda's work.

by Jeremiah Kipp, Senses of Cinema website
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