Kentucker Audley

Kentucker Audley
Born	Andrew Michael Nenninger (1981-11-13) November 13, 1981 (age 43) [1] [2] St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Alma mater	University of Memphis
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Caroline White ​ (m. 2016)​
Website	www.kentuckeraudley.com

Andrew Michael Nenninger (born November 13, 1981), known professionally as Kentucker Audley, is an American filmmaker and actor. He appeared on the 2007 Filmmaker Magazine list of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. ^[3] He founded the independent film platform NoBudge, first as a Tumblr blog in 2011 and then a full website in 2015. ^{[4] [5]}

Early life

Audley was born in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Jane and Michael and grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. ^[1] He attended Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School and then Lexington Catholic High School. ^[6] He began his studies in film and video production at Savannah College of Art & Design and gained experience at the Memphis Digital Media Co-Op before going on to graduate from the University of Memphis in 2005. ^{[7] [8]} His pseudonym is an homage to his home state of Kentucky. ^[9]

Artistry

Early in his career, Audley was commonly associated with the Southern mumblecore movement, his first feature film Team Picture (2007) being principal among it. ^{[10] [11]} He first became interested in film when he watched Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket (1996) in the eighth grade. ^[12] He has cited the likes of Jim Jarmusch, John Cassavetes, and Jean-Luc Godard as his inspirations. ^[13]

Personal life

Audley lives in Brooklyn with his wife and collaborator Caroline White. ^[14] The couple met in 2005 while visiting Graceland in Memphis and married in July 2016 at Box Hill Estate on Long Island, New York. ^{[2] [15]}

Filmography

Filmmaking

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Other	Notes
2007	Team Picture	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2010	Holy Land	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cinematographer
	Open Five	Yes	Yes	No	No
2012	Marriage Material	No	Yes	No	No
	White Fox Mask	No	Additional	No	No
	Open Five 2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2015	Funny Bunny	No	Yes	No	Yes		Co-written with Olly Alexander and Alison Bagnall
2017	Sylvio	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Co-directed with Albert Birney [16] [17]
2021	Strawberry Mansion	Yes	Yes	No	No

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Team Picture	David
2010	Open Five	Kentucker
	Passenger Pigeons	Jesse
2011	Bad Fever	Eddie
	The Zone	Himself
2012	Marriage Material	Andrew
	V/H/S	Rox	Segment: "Tape 56"
	Sun Don't Shine	Leo
	The Romance of Loneliness	Richard
	White Fox Mask	Federico
	Open Five 2	Kentucker
2013	Ain't Them Bodies Saints	Freddy
	The Sacrament	Patrick
	The Sixth Year	Matt
2014	Christmas, Again	Noel
	Felt	Kenny
	Sabbatical	Dylan Hardin
2015	Queen of Earth	James
	Funny Bunny	Gene
	Come Down Molly	Patrick
	Ma	Policeman
	The Middle Distance	James
2017	It Happened in L.A.	Peter
	Sylvio	Al Reynolds
2018	American Woman	Brett Tobeck
	Her Smell	Roy
2019	Saul at Night	Saul	[18]
	At the Park by the Creek	Radio Personality
2020	She Dies Tomorrow	Craig
2021	Strawberry Mansion	James Preble
2023	Somewhere Quiet	Scott Whitman

References

1. "Kentucker Audley". Mumblecore. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
2. "Caroline White, Kentucker Audley". The New York Times. July 10, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
3. "25 New Faces of Independent Film: Kentucker Audley". Filmmaker Magazine (Summer 2007). Retrieved May 29, 2009.
4. Erbland, Kate (April 19, 2021). "Kentucker Audley's Microbudget Discovery Site NoBudge Launches Subscription Service". IndieWire. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
5. Macaulay, Scott (May 11, 2021). ""The Term 'No-Budget' Can Be Tricky… It's More Important as an Attitude or Ethos…" Kentucker Audley on NoBudge's New Streaming Platform". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
6. "Micro Famous in Memphis: Filmmaker Kentucker Audley". Ace. February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
7. Herrington, Chris (October 18, 2007). "Team Picture". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
8. "Filmmaker Kentucker Audley creates a 'love letter to Memphis' with 'Open Five'". Commercial Appeal. September 27, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
9. Jones, Lucy (October 12, 2011). "A native son finds filmmaking fortune". North of Center. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
10. "Kentucker Audley: Spotlight on SXSW 2017". WWD. March 21, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
11. Wayne, Teddy (May 25, 2011). "Interview With Filmmaker Kentucker Audley". HuffPost. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
12. "Kentucker Audley on "Sun Don't Shine", NoBudge Films". Indie Outlook. May 1, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
13. "Simply Kentucker, an interview with movie director Kentucker Audley". Amsterdam Street Art. March 13, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
14. Beck, Lauren (October 12, 2013). "Kentucker Audley: Breakout actor-director, tireless supporter of indie film". Brooklyn. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
15. McCoy, Chris (January 27, 2021). "Sundance in Memphis: Kentucker Audley Returns with Strawberry Mansion". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
16. "Kentucker Audley". Talkhouse. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
17. Erbland, Kate (June 21, 2021). "'Strawberry Mansion' Trailer: Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney's Surreal Sundance Mind-Bender". IndieWire. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
18. Wiseman, Andreas (January 12, 2022). "Utopia Boards Sci-Fi Drama; Fictionz Podcast 'Bleed'; Ira Levy New Company — North America Briefs". Deadline. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

External links

• Kentucker Audley at IMDb
• NoBudge