Rick Alverson
Director

Rick Alverson Net Worth

Rick Alverson is a filmmaker from Richmond, Virginia, born on June 25, 1971. His feature film Entertainment premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures that same year. His previous dramatic feature The Comedy premiered in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by Tribeca Film. He has also directed videos for various artists, and released 9 records on Jagjaguwar, most recently with his band Spokane in 2007.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Director, Editor, Writer
Birth Day June 25, 1971
Age 52 YEARS OLD
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, musician
Years active 1996–present
Website madebedproductions.com

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

2007

In addition to his directorial work he has released 9 records on Jagjaguwar, most recently with his band Spokane in 2007.

2012

The Comedy (2012), a departure from the subtle form and subject matter of Alverson’s previous films, starred cult-comic Tim Heidecker in his first dramatic role. The film’s subject matter and refusal to cast moral judgment on its characters were considered controversial. It examined the flawed idea of an attainable American utopia, a concept recurrent throughout Alverson’s work. Heidecker played Swanson, an upper class, white male confrontationally attempting to define the limitations of the world around him. The third film to be executive produced and funded by the independent record label Jagjaguwar, The Comedy premiered in U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

2015

His fourth feature, Entertainment (2015), starring Gregg Turkington, also cast comedic actors in a dramatic context, exploring the relationship between viewership and performance. Both formally and visually his most ambitious to date, the film garnered high praise from critics upon its U.S. premiere at Sundance. It premiered in international competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The Guardian called it “a road trip to the center of a harrowing abyss.” Magnolia Pictures released Entertainment in November 2015 to further critical praise.

2019

Alverson’s first films were considered neorealist in style because of their use of non-actors and unscripted dialogue, as well as their immigrant, working class subject matter. His first, The Builder (2010), featured co-writer Colm O'Leary in his debut performance as an Irish immigrant struggling to reconcile the American ideal and its manifestation in the real world. Premiering at Rotterdam Film Festival, New Jerusalem (2011), his second feature, starring Colm O'Leary and Will Oldham, again considered the immigrant experience, this time through the lens of religious ideology.

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