Why this filmmaker matters
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Stephen Semel has 0 titles cut 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.
Semel 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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Kevin Reynolds
Director
4 shared titles · Fandango

Judd Nelson
Actor
2 shared titles · Fandango
Thomas Del Ruth
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Fandango

Michael Lehmann
Director
2 shared titles · Airheads

Christopher McQuarrie
Director
2 shared titles · The Way of the Gun

Audrey Wells
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Raynold Gideon
Producer
2 shared titles · Kuffs
Bruce A. Evans
Director
2 shared titles · Kuffs
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