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‘Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross And Cinematographer Jomo Fray On Their Awards Success And How They Made It Work – Deadline Virtual Screening Series
Deadline’s Virtual Screening Series welcomed MGM-Orion-Plan B’s acclaimed awards contender Nickel Boys, with ...
He had a radical idea. Here's how RaMell Ross and his team got inside 'Nickel Boys'
Telling a story wholly from the POV of the main characters required sensitivity, confident actors and a wizardly ...
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Why RaMell Ross insisted on a distinct POV for ‘Nickel Boys,’ his feature debut
No two filmmakers travel the same path to their chosen profession. RaMell Ross has traveled one unlike that of almost anyone else to direct his lauded feature debut, “Nickel Boys.” Before ...
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The huge gambit RaMell Ross pulled off to make ‘Nickel Boys’
Three years ago, RaMell Ross shipped himself in a wooden crate from Rhode Island to Alabama. The artist and director, who stands well over 6 feet, crammed his towering frame into the box and spent ...
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RaMell Ross takes us inside the pages of the ‘Nickel Boys’ script
RaMell Ross estimates he read a grand total of one screenplay before collaborating with producer Joslyn Barnes on the adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel ...
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Breaking Baz: ‘Nickel Boys’ Filmmaker RaMell Ross On Blocking Out Black “Trauma Porn” In Visual Poetry Adaptation Of Colson Whitehead’s Novel
Director RaMell Ross, Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse in ‘Nickel Boys’ L.Kasimu Harris/Amazon Content SAervices LLC EXCLUSIVE: When Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner handed RaMell ...
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Meet the Director Who Reinvented the Act of Seeing
In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross uses what he calls “sentient perspective” to convey the characters’ view of their world. Critics say the result is stunning. RaMell Ross in Central Park.
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‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross on Making the Film and Being Open to Working With Marvel Producers ‘Willing to Challenge Their Beliefs’
RaMell Ross has something to say. With his latest film, “Nickel Boys,” the co-writer and director solidifies his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most daring storytellers.
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In ‘Nickel Boys,’ director RaMell Ross strives for a new way to see
NEW YORK (AP) — RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He tells them to photograph a white person, a Black person, an Asian person and an Indian person.
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RaMell Ross On Double ‘Nickel Boys’ Oscar Nominations: “People Are Responding To The Adventure Of Complexity And The Vicarious”
(L-R) Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson in 'Nickel Boys' Everett On Thursday, documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross scored his first feature film nomination—Ross was previously nominated in 2018 for ...
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Oscar-nominee RaMell Ross on ‘Nickel Boys’ and telling stories through a Black lens
RaMell Ross on the Oscar-nominated “Nickel Boys” and why the film's impact matters more to him than trophies. “Nickel Boys” may not have taken home an Oscar last night, but for director ...
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How his basketball past shaped RaMell Ross’s viewpoint in ‘Nickel Boys’
As a guard, Ross, 6-foot-6, had to survey the whole floor, had to sense what to do in a split second, had to anticipate where others would be. Ross had to have vision. Like any filmmaker.