- Bob Gosse
Bob Gosse (born
January 9 ,1963 ) is an Americanfilm producer and director. He has also acted in several movies.Background
Gosse was born on
Long Island , New York. After graduating with a BFA degree from the film program at SUNY Purchase in 1986, Gosse joined theindependent film scene inNew York City , creatingshort films and features.New York operations
Gosse founded independent film company The Shooting Gallery with Larry Meistrich in 1991. His collaborators included
Hal Hartley ,Ted Hope ,Nick Gomez andMichael Almereyda . The company's first feature was Gomez' "Laws of Gravity" (1992). It gained wide notice for a low-budget, independent production and impressed not only critics but filmmakers—Martin Scorsese ,Spike Lee ,Sidney Lumet , andWoody Allen included.Fact|date=February 2007. He also directed "The Last Home Run" (1996).Even while specializing in production, Gosse received recognition as an actor, working in such movies as "Nowhere Man" (2005). His notoriety in the downtown nightlife scene coupled with his performances in 1991's "My Birthday Cake" (directed by Whitney Ransick) and the Hartley-helmed "Theory of Achievement" led to his courting by
William Morris Agency that same year.Fact|date=February 2007Gosse pushed the boundaries of "
lo-fi " filmmaking when he produced Almereyda'sPixelVision feature, "Another Girl, Another Planet" (1992). It was cited by theNational Society of Film Critics in 1992 "for expanding the possibilities of experimental filmmaking." [http://fleetingjoy.fishbucket.com/filmography.php]At The Shooting Gallery, Gosse supported other first-time filmmakers including
Morgan J. Freeman ,Danny Leiner andBilly Bob Thornton .In 1995, Gosse tried his hand at directing by shooting the first
screenplay byplaywright Matthew Weiss. The result, "Niagara, Niagara ", premiered to acclaim. Lead actressRobin Tunney took home the prestigious Volpi Cup at the 1997Venice International Film Festival for her portrayal of a woman withTourette syndrome . In its American premiere, the film drew praise by critics.Gosse's follow-up was an
adaptation of journalist Alec Wilkinson'snon-fiction book "A Violent Act". Meanwhile, he was still developing films at The Shooting Gallery.By late 1999, Gosse was at work on another adaptation, a play by theater scribe Wendy Hammond. The stage play, "Julie Johnson", was shot as a feature film beginning in 2000 and it starred
Lili Taylor ,Courtney Love ,Mischa Barton and the lateSpalding Gray . It was released in 2005 by Regent Entertainment.Los Angeles operations
The Shooting Gallery suffered from the dot-com bust of 2001, and Gosse moved west to
Los Angeles to produceTV pilot s and films. These would include Tim McCann's "Runaway" (2005) and Almereyda's "Tonight At Noon" (2006), the latter starringConnie Nielsen ,Ethan Hawke ,Rutger Hauer , andLauren Ambrose .Gosse is living in Silver Lake, Los Angeles and collaborating on a new screenplay about a Las Vegas filmmaker during the 1960s. He has spent time working for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination of
Barack Obama .Currently, Gosse is directing
Tucker Max 's new film,I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Personal life
In the early 1990s, Gosse lived with actress
Parker Posey , whom he met when they were both students at SUNY.On
October 5 ,1997 , Gosse married Robin Tunney in New York City; they had met while working together on Niagara, Niagara. They separated in late 2002, and divorced in 2006 but remain close friends.References
*Citation
last = Goldstein
first = Gregg
title = 'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment
newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter
year = 4/16/2008
url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1fd5a82c656c44fcc
* [http://fleetingjoy.fishbucket.com/filmography.php Michael Almereyda filmography] , at Fleeting Joy: The Films of Michael Almereyda website, retrieved April 16, 2006
* [http://my.barackobama.com Bob Gosse's support for Barack Obama presidential campaign]
* [http://hollywood.com/celebrity/Bob_Gosse/ hollywood.com website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331606/ IMDB]
* [http://rottentomatoes.com/m/julie_johnson/about.php rotten tomatoes website, information on Julie Johnson movie]
* [http://askmen.com/women/actress_300/362_robin_tunney.html Robin Tunney's biography and a description of her career]
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