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Maya Forbes has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Maya Forbes has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Forbes set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Wallace Wolodarsky
Actor
11 shared titles · Infinitely Polar Bear

Theodore Shapiro
Original Music Composer
4 shared titles · The Good House

Jonathan Aibel
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Monsters vs Aliens

Glenn Berger
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Monsters vs Aliens

Robert Capron
Actor
2 shared titles · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Rainn Wilson
Actor
2 shared titles · The Rocker

Josh Gad
Actor
2 shared titles · The Rocker

Mark Ruffalo
Actor
2 shared titles · Infinitely Polar Bear

Jack Black
Actor
2 shared titles · The Polka King

Andrei Schwartz
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · The Good House
Catherine Haight
Editor
2 shared titles · The Good House

Anthony B. Richmond
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
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