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Laurie Collyer Biography

Birth Name:Laurie Collyer

Birth Place:Mountainside, New Jersey, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

Bronze Horse winner at the 2006 Stockholm Film Festival for "Sherrybaby․"
Graduate of Oberlin College
Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Directed her first feature, the documentary "Nuyorican Dream," in 1999
Quote: "'Sunlight Jr․' shines a light on lives of the working poor․ I wanted to tell this story because it is my sincerest hope that as a society, we come together to restore the American Dream for those who are working to support it․"
Best known as the writer and director of "Sherrybaby" and "Sunlight Jr․"
Early jobs included door-to-door census taker, pizza maker, restaurant hostess and data entry worker

1999Coral-Best Work of a Non-Latin American Director on a Latin America Subject - Documentary: winner
2000Joris Ivens Award-: winner
2000Audience Award-Outstanding Documentary Feature: winner
2000Audience Award-Favorite Documentary: winner
2000Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
2001DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
2006EDA Award-Best Drama by or About Women: nominated
2006Best Screenplay-: winner
2006Grand Special Prize-: nominated
2006Critics Award-: winner
2006Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Director: nominated
2006Crystal Globe-: winner
2006Bronze Horse-: winner
2006Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
2013Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
2013Nora Ephron Prize-: nominated
2015WIN Award-Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman: nominated
2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series: nominated