Joseph Lyle Talbot (born July 11, 1990) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature film, ''

The Last Black Man in San Francisco ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' is a 2019 American drama film directed and produced by Joe Talbot in his directorial debut. He wrote the screenplay with Rob Richert and the story with Jimmie Fails, on whose life it is partly based. It s ...

'' (2019), which he co-wrote and directed, won the Best Director prize at the

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. The film is loosely based on the life of his childhood best friend,

Jimmie Fails Jimmie Fails (born November 10, 1994) is an American actor. His feature film debut was the titular role in the semi-autobiographical movie ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019). Life and career Fails was born and raised in San Francisc ...

Early life

Talbot grew up around

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, near the Mission District in San Francisco. His father is the journalist

David Talbot David Talbot (born September 22, 1951) is an American journalist, author, activist and independent historian. Talbot is known for his books about the "hidden history" of U.S. power and the liberal movements to change America, as well as his p ...

and his grandfather was the actor Lyle Talbot. He and his younger brother, Nat Talbot, attended Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, although Joe later dropped out. He met

at a neighborhood park and they became close friends. ''Last Stop Livermore'', a short film he made with Fails and Nat in high school, was a finalist in the Golden Gate Award.

Career

Short films

Talbot's debut film was the 2017 short film ''American Paradise'', which he wrote, produced, and edited. It premiered at the

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while nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize and the Short Film Jury Award. ''American Paradise'' won the Best U.S. Short at the 2017 Nashville Film Festival.

Longshot Features and ''Last Black Man in San Francisco''

In 2019, Talbot formed a production company called Longshot Features with Fails. Like ''American Paradise'', ''

'' premiered at the

where Talbot won the best director at the festival and went on to win nine awards throughout the US Film Festivals. The film earned Talbot the Directors Guild Award nomination in the first-time feature filmmaker category, an Independent Spirit Award nomination for

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, and three Gotham Award nominations;

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, the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award and the audience award. It earned $4.6 million on a budget of $2 million. Critics from the ''

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'' stated that this film is "an ode to San Francisco, which is rapidly shifting due to development and gentrification."

Music video and ''Governessess''

Talbot directed the music video for Adele's "

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", which was released in October 2022. The video has a "fantastically surreal lazy river landscape in which Adele floats along on an inner tube. While she sips rose, she's courted by a shirtless fisherman" who is played by

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. According to Adele, she reached out to Talbot about directing after seeing his feature film.

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greenlit his sophomore project, ''The Governesses,'' in 2022, with Talbot set to direct. Lead actors included Lily-Rose Depp, HoYeon Jung, and

Renate Reinsve Renate Reinsve (; born 24 November 1987) is a Norwegian actress. She made her film debut in ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), before starring in the critically acclaimed '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), with her performance earning her the ...

. The screenplay is by Talbot and

Olivia Gatwood Olivia Gatwood (born February 23, 1992) is a poet, writer, and educator on topics that include coming of age, feminism, gendered violence, & true crime. Early life and education Olivia Gatwood was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 23 ...

. The film is based on the novel ''Les Gouvernantes'' by French author

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. With production taking place in Spain, BBC Film co-financed the project.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Music videos

" by Adele (2021) - Director *"My Greedy Heart" by

Emile Mosseri Emile Mosseri (born 11 August 1985) is an American composer, pianist, singer and producer based in Los Angeles. He has scored films including '' The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019), ''Minari'' (2020), and '' Kajillionaire'' (2020), and ...

(2023) - Director

Personal life

Talbot is the son of journalist/activist

, grandson of American actor Lyle Talbot, and nephew of ''New Yorker'' columnist

Margaret Talbot Margaret Talbot is an American essayist and non-fiction writer. She is also the daughter of the veteran Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, whom she profiled in an October 2012 ''The New Yorker'' article and in her book ''The Entertainer: Movies, Magi ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Joe Living people 1990 births Film directors from San Francisco Sundance Film Festival award winners