Laurie Collyer
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 NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
- Graduate of Oberlin College
- 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
Awards
- 1999Coral - Best Work of a Non-Latin American Director on a Latin America Subject - Documentary:Winner
- 2000Joris Ivens AwardWinner
- 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 ScreenplayWinner
- 2006Grand Special PrizeNominated
- 2006Critics AwardWinner
- 2006Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Director:Nominated
- 2006Crystal GlobeWinner
- 2006Bronze HorseWinner
- 2006Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic:Nominated
- 2013Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
- 2013Nora Ephron PrizeNominated
- 2015WIN Award - Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman:Nominated
- 2016DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series:Nominated