Bob Byington
Born
29 April 1971 (54)
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Also known as
Robert Byington
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" (2...
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".
Filmography (22)
Lousy Carter
2024
Frances Ferguson
2019
Also Starring Austin
2018
The Poet and the Professor
2017
Infinity Baby
2017
7 Chinese Brothers
2015
Ned Rifle
2015
Wild Canaries
2014
Apartment Troubles
2014
Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013
Tuna
2013
The Color Wheel
2012
Slacker 2011
2011
🎬 Director
Harmony and Me
2010
Incredibly Small
2010
Beeswax
2009
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2008
Mullitt
2000
Treasure Island
1999
Olympia
1998
Shameless
1993
🎬 Director
Getting Stoned with Bob Byington