Joel Potrykus
American director of Ape, Buzzard, The Alchemist Cookbook and Vulcanizadora.
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- Joel Potrykus (born 10 July 1977) is an American film director and screenwriter from Michigan.
- His first feature, Ape, won Best New Director at Locarno in 2012, and Buzzard won the FIPRESCI Prize at Ljubljana in 2014.
- He followed them with The Alchemist Cookbook (2016), Relaxer and Vulcanizadora (2024), which premiered at Tribeca.
Key facts
- Born
- 10 July 1977; raised in Ossineke, Michigan1
- Education
- Film at Grand Valley State University; MFA in screenwriting, Emerson College1
- Films
- Ape; Buzzard; The Alchemist Cookbook (2016); Relaxer; Vulcanizadora (2024)1
- Awards
- Best New Director, Locarno (2012); FIPRESCI Prize, Ljubljana (2014)1
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