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Shane Carruth (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, composer, and actor.[1][2] He is the writer, director, and co-star of the prize-winning science-fiction film Primer (2004), which was his debut feature. His second film, Upstream Color (2013), was an experimental science-fiction film which he wrote, directed, produced, edited, designed, and starred in. He also composed the scores for both films. In recognition of Carruth's idiosyncratic and, at times, bizarre filmmaking technique, director Steven Soderbergh told Entertainment Weekly, "I view Shane as the illegitimate offspring of David Lynch and James Cameron."[3]

Shane Carruth
Carruth at South by Southwest 2013.
Born	1972 (age 49–50) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	Stephen F. Austin State University
Occupation	Filmmaker actor composer
Years active	2004–2020

Early life

Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1972. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University as a mathematics major.[4] Before becoming a filmmaker, he worked as a developer of flight-simulation software.[3]

Career

Primer

For his independent film Primer, Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles; he also composed the score. The film was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. Carruth, a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in mathematics,[3] used his technical knowledge extensively on the project.

Upstream Color

On January 21, 2013, Carruth premiered his film Upstream Color at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category.[5] Carruth, Johnny Marshall, and Pete Horner won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design for the film.[6] Keith Kimbell wrote that it was the "most anticipated (and most difficult to describe) film in competition", and "most critics couldn't stop talking about it".[7] The film was released via VHX on April 5, 2013.[7] Some of Carruth's music from Upstream Color was featured in the 2016 documentary Tickled.

Unrealized or upcoming work

In 2009, David Sullivan, one of the leads in Primer, tweeted that "Shane Carruth's next project, A Topiary, is in the early stages of pre-production".[8] Filmmaker Rian Johnson tweeted that it would feature a "mind-blowing sci-fi script."[9] In 2010, several news sources reported that A Topiary was in the works and that the script had been written. There was already a website for the movie[10] which, according to Carruth in an interview to io9, "The website for now is just a place mark as financing has yet to be completed. I'm cautiously optimistic that this can happen soon and couldn't be happier with the filmmakers that have committed to the project so far."[11] However, the film (which Entertainment Weekly described as "a sci-fi epic about a group of kids who build a giant, animal-like creature") stalled, and in early 2013, Carruth told EW that it was "the thing I basically wasted my whole life on."[3] Carruth no longer pursues the project; some VFX test footage of the film is visible in Upstream Color in a scene when a character is examining the video for technical flaws.[12]

In 2014, Carruth announced a new film, The Modern Ocean, based on international shipping and the lives of those involved.[13] On August 12, 2015, it was reported that the film was in pre-production,[14] and its ensemble cast was announced in November 2015; it would include Jeff Goldblum, Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, Daniel Radcliffe, Chloë Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, and Abraham Attah.[15] In an interview in 2018, Carruth noted that the film is "not gonna happen anytime soon".[16] Irrfan Khan was also scheduled to star as the lead captain of the ship, before his death on April 29, 2020. On June 17, 2020, Carruth posted the entire script for The Modern Ocean on Twitter, along with some of the original score.[17][18]

In 2019, in an interview Carruth claimed he was working on "a massive thing" and would leave the film industry once that project concludes.[19][20]

Consulting

Carruth was rumored to have consulted on time-travel sequences for filmmaker Rian Johnson's Looper, though it was later revealed that those sequences were deemed too expensive to shoot.[21][22]

Acting

In 2018, Carruth starred in the psychological thriller The Dead Center about a hospital psychiatrist whose own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

From 2011 to 2018, Carruth was in a relationship with Amy Seimetz. The couple became engaged in 2013.[23][24][25] Seimetz obtained temporary restraining orders against Carruth in 2018 and 2020 and a permanent restraining order in 2020, citing years of domestic and emotional abuse and harassment.[26][27] Carruth has denied these allegations.[28]

On January 13, 2022, Carruth was arrested at the home of another ex-girlfriend on allegations of domestic assault and vandalism. He was released four days later on a $50,000 bond.[29]

In 2019, when asked about his religious beliefs, he stated that he was raised Christian, but fell away from it, before later saying that he still prays from time to time and finds some comfort from The Bible.[30]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Composer	Editor	Notes
2004	Primer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also production designer, sound designer and casting director
2013	Upstream Color	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also cinematographer and camera operator
2018	The Dead Center	No	Yes	No	No	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Composer	Notes
2016	The Girlfriend Experience	No	Yes	13 episodes
2017	Breakthrough	Yes	No	Episode "Predicting the Future"

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Primer	Aaron
2013	Upstream Color	Jeff
2014	Everything & Everything & Everything	Morgan	Short film
2015	We'll Find Something	Steve	Short film
	Memory Box	The Man	Short film
2016	The Girlfriend Experience	Sam	TV series (1 episode)
	Swiss Army Man	Coroner	Cameo
2018	The Dead Center	Daniel Forrester
2020	Tales from the Loop	Cole	TV series (2 episodes)

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
2016	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Consultant
2017	A Ghost Story	Additional editor
2020	The Wanting Mare	Carruth was removed as executive producer after allegations of domestic violence surfaced.[31]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2004	Sundance Film Festival	Grand Jury Prize	Primer	Won
		Alfred P. Sloan Prize		Won
	Nantucket Film Festival	Best Writer/Director		Won
	Gotham Awards	Best Feature		Nominated
	Sitges Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
2005	London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film	Best Feature		Won
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Feature		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best First Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Actor in a Debut Performance (David Sullivan)		Nominated
	Fantasporto	International Fantasy Film Award		Nominated
2013	Sundance Film Festival	U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design	Upstream Color	Won
		Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic		Nominated
	Sitges Film Festival	Best Directorial Revelation		Won
		Best Motion Picture		Nominated
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Editing		Second place
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
	Gotham Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Actress (Amy Seimetz)		Nominated
	Camerimage	Best Cinematography Debut		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Editing		Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Director		Nominated
	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
	SXSW Film Festival	Festival Favorites		Nominated
2014	Australian Film Critics Association	Best International Film (English Language)		Nominated
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Chlotrudis Award	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Lost Weekend	Best Visuals		Nominated
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Breakthrough (Amy Seimetz)		Nominated
		Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Original Score		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Actress (Amy Seimetz)		Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Cinematography		Nominated
	London Film Critics' Circle	Technical Achievement of the Year (Johnny Marshall)		Nominated

References

External links

• Shane Carruth at IMDb

Interviews

• A Primer Primer, By Dennis Lim Tuesday, October 5, 2004, New York – Village Voice
• Interview with Primer director Shane Carruth Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, October 3, 2004, sffworld.com

На других языках

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[de] Shane Carruth

Shane Carruth (* 1972 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, dessen unorthodoxes Science-Fiction-Debüt Primer den Grand Prize des Sundance Film Festivals 2004 gewann und zum Kultfilm avancierte, doch erst 2013 kam sein zweites Werk Upstream Color in die Kinos.

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- [en] Shane Carruth

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[ru] Кэррут, Шейн

Шейн Кэррут (Shane Carruth; 1972, Мертл-Бич, Южная Каролина, США) — американский кинорежиссёр, киносценарист и киноактёр, известный независимыми научно-фантастическими драмами «Детонатор» (2004) и «Примесь» (2013).

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