Director Noah Baumbach is an independent filmmaker who loves telling stories of rebellion. Beginning with his debut feature Kicking and Screaming, he has carved a unique way of storytelling that few have been able to recreate.
The 2014 Independent Spirit Awards, celebrating the best of the year in independent cinema, has revealed its nominees with Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leading the competition with seven nominations.
After a summer filled with loud franchise pictures that mostly crashed and burned, it was the smaller, independent movies that survived the season and lingered in moviegoer’s memories.