Actor

Bob Byington

Directing

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Movies: 22Series: 0Crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 110283

IMDb ID: nm0125887

Known for: Directing

Born: April 29, 1971

Age: 54

Place of birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1998 - 2024

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 5.83

Wikidata: Q4931990

Also known as

Robert Byington

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Director (8)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)Script Supervisor (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Indie favorite Bob Byington burst on to the scene in 2008 with his SXSW midnight lo-fi, low culture hit, RSO [Registered Sex Offender]. He followed that up at Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films series with the Sundance Lab project "Harmony and Me" (2009). In 2012 Byington won the prestigious Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival with "Somebody Up There Likes Me" starring Nick Offerman, and shortly thereafter he teamed with Jason Schwartzman for cult smash "7 Chinese Brothers" (2015). In 2017 Byington worked with comedy stalwart Kieran Culkin to make "Infinity Baby" --the film took best feature at the much lauded Woodstock Film Festival that year. Bob is an Annenberg Fellow and is in the permanent collection at MoMA. His new film is "Frances Ferguson".