Brian Savelson

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Brian Savelson is an American writer, director, and producer who works in film, theater, and television. [1] [2] [3]

Savelson has written for numerous TV series including Amazon's The New Yorker Presents, Fox's Next, [4] and Apple's Little America [5] for which he was nominated for The Humanitas Prize. [6]

Savelson wrote and directed the feature film In Our Nature starring John Slattery, Jena Malone, Zach Gilford, and Gabrielle Union. [7] [8]

Savelson was a producer of the Tony Award-winning revival of A Raisin in the Sun starring Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, [9] and Sanaa Lathan. [10] The production was noted for the especially diverse audience it brought to Broadway. [11]

Savelson's short film Counting Water screened at over 20 film festivals, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival, [12] was aired on PBS, and exhibited at LACMA. [13]

Savelson won an MVPA Award for his direction of the Band Of Horses music video "Is There A Ghost." [14] Savelson directed the music video for Joss Stone's cover of The High Road which featured the singer riding an elephant through a world of melting clocks. [15] Savelson has also directed music videos for Ra Ra Riot [8] and The Republic Tigers.

In August 2020, it was announced Savelson would be collaborating on a new TV series with Janicza Bravo and Jake Gyllenhaal based on Ian Parker's New Yorker article, "A Suspense Novelist's Trail of Deceptions." [16]

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  2. ↑ Taylor, Drew (2012-03-08). "SXSW '12 Interview: Director Brian Savelson Talks Intimate Drama 'In Our Nature'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
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  4. ↑ Travers, Ben (2020-01-10). "'Little America' Review: Small Stories Pay Off Big in a Heartwarming Apple TV+ Series". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
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  7. ↑ Holden, Stephen (December 7, 2012). "Father-Son Ties, Already Strained, Face a Test". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
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