Kelly Reichardt

Education

In 1999, she completed her sophomore feature, Ode, based on Herman Raucher"s novel Ode to Billie Joe. In 2006, she completed Old Joy, based on a short story in Jon Raymond"s collection Livability.

Career

Her credits include Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek"s Cutoff, Night Moves and Certain Women. Her debut film River of Grass was released in 1994. lieutenant was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Next, she made two short films, Then a Year, made in 2001, and Travis, which deals with the Iraq War, in 2004.

Most of her films are regarded by critics to be part of the minimalist movement in films. Foreign her next film, Wendy and Lucy, she and Jon Raymond adapted another story from Livability.

The film was released in December 2008 and earned Oscar buzz for lead actress Michelle Williams. lieutenant was nominated for Best Film and Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards.

She then directed Meek"s Cutoff, a western starring Michelle Williams.

In 2013 her film Night Moves debuted in competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Reichardt is also an Artist-in-Residence in the Film and Electronic Arts program at Bard College. Mississippi Reichardt is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Reichardt"s next film, Certain Women, is based on Maile Meloy"s 2009 collection of short stories, Both Ways is the Only Way I Want lieutenant, and was shot in March/April 2015 in Montana.

Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Kristen Stewart are starring.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) bought the rights to distribution. The film premiered January

24, 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Achievements

• The film won awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and Sarasota Film Festival. Neil Kopp won the Producer"s Award at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards for his work on Old Joy and Paranoid Park. lieutenant competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.