Kentucker Audley

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Kentucker Audley
Born
Andrew Michael Nenninger

(1981-11-13) November 13, 1981 (age 41) [1] [2]
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Alma mater University of Memphis
Years active2006–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]

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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 in Long Island, New York. [2] [15]

Filmography

Filmmaking

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditorOtherNotes
2007 Team Picture YesYesNoYes
2010Holy LandYesYesYesYesCinematographer
Open FiveYesYesNoNo
2012Marriage MaterialNoYesNoNo
White Fox MaskNoAdditionalNoNo
Open Five 2YesNoYesYes
2015Funny BunnyNoYesNoYesCo-written with Olly Alexander and Alison Bagnall
2017SylvioYesYesYesNoCo-directed with Albert Birney [16] [17]
2021 Strawberry Mansion YesYesNoNo

Acting

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Team Picture David
2010Open FiveKentucker
Passenger Pigeons Jesse
2011 Bad Fever Eddie
The Zone Himself
2012Marriage MaterialAndrew
V/H/S RoxSegment: "Tape 56"
Sun Don't Shine Leo
The Romance of LonelinessRichard
White Fox MaskFederico
Open Five 2Kentucker
2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints Freddy
The Sacrament Patrick
The Sixth YearMatt
2014 Christmas, Again Noel
FeltKenny
SabbaticalDylan Hardin
2015 Queen of Earth James
Funny BunnyGene
Come Down MollyPatrick
MaPoliceman
The Middle DistanceJames
2017 It Happened in L.A. Peter
SylvioAl Reynolds
2018 American Woman Brett Tobeck
Her Smell Roy
2019Saul at NightSaul [18]
At the Park by the CreekRadio Personality
2020 She Dies Tomorrow Craig
2021 Strawberry Mansion James Preble
2023 Somewhere Quiet Scott Whitman

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