Bob Byington

Bob Byington

Born: April 29, 1971
in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
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".

Movies for Bob Byington...

Also Starring Austin
Title: Also Starring Austin
Released: May 5, 2018
Type: Movie
ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture.
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The Poet and the Professor
Title: The Poet and the Professor
Character: The Professor
Released: May 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Ariel, an insecure writer tortured by her own desires, can’t seem to stop seeing “The Poet,” an older, volatile cinematographer who pursues his ‘art’ while taking full advantage of his rich girlfriend’s beautiful New York apartment. Ariel also can’t stop herself from loving her own professor, a depressed, married, struggling adjunct obsessed with postmodernism and addicted to pills.
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7 Chinese Brothers
Title: 7 Chinese Brothers
Character: White Beemer Guy
Released: August 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother proud?
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Wild Canaries
Title: Wild Canaries
Character: Disgruntled Filmmaker
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.
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Ned Rifle
Title: Ned Rifle
Character: Concierge
Released: September 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
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Apartment Troubles
Title: Apartment Troubles
Character: Uncle Rob
Released: June 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt.
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The Color Wheel
Title: The Color Wheel
Character: Professor Neil Chadwick
Released: April 1, 2011
Type: Movie
JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New England, they uncomfortably run into old school-mates or revisit familial history from which they have long since diverged.
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Harmony and Me
Title: Harmony and Me
Character: Jim
Released: January 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Lyricist Harmony insists on wallowing in misery eons after being unceremoniously dumped by his girlfriend. While the members of Harmony's family are long over his antics, that doesn't stop him from milking his heartbreak and telling his tale of woe to anyone who will listen.
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Incredibly Small
Title: Incredibly Small
Character: Mr. Waldorf
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Two recent college graduates, Anne, an ambitious law student and Amir, an aimless escalator attendant and aspiring sculptor move into a 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together. But the combination of their small apartment, their threateningly handsome neighbor across the hall and unexpected visitors from the past make them realize that maybe they aren't as perfect for each other as they previously had thought.
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Beeswax
Title: Beeswax
Character: Tom
Released: August 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Jeannie and her estranged business partner Amanda have a falling out leading to Amanda getting back with an ex and Jeannie bonding more with her non-paralyzed twin Lauren.
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Mullitt
Title: Mullitt
Character: Stu
Released: January 20, 2000
Type: Movie
Two roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money.
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Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Character: Thomas
Released: January 24, 1999
Type: Movie
This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, but rather a naval base of the same name located in San Francisco Bay. Set amid WWII, TREASURE ISLAND follows two American code specialists that are hard at work trying to decipher Japanese messages and sending confusing messages back to deceive the enemy. The film explores sexual themes that were prevalent during the period, but not shown in the movies of that era. Frank, a bigamist, is married to two women and is pursuing a third wife. Samuel and his wife Penny are in a ménage à trois, which he participates in to cover up his homosexuality. As the pressures of the men’s lives begin to eat away at them, the dead body starts to torment Frank and Samuel's subconscious, interacting with the private stories of their lives.