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Bob Byington

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Bob Byington
Arno Kazarian sat down with writer/director Bob Byington and Jason Schwartzman at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival to chat about their upcoming film, '7 Chinese Brothers'.
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7 Chinese Brothers at SXSW 2015
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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".
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Locarno
Byington 2017
Byington at BAFICI
Bob Byington in Harmony and Me (2009)
Frances Ferguson
Bob Byington
Bob Byington and Olivia Mori in Frances Ferguson (2019)
Bob Byington and Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
Bob Byington
Bob Byington and Stephen Root at an event for 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Richard Linklater, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Byington, and Stephen Root at an event for 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)

Known for

Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
Frances Ferguson
6.3
  • Director
  • 2019
Harmony and Me (2009)
Harmony and Me
6.2
  • Director
  • 2009
Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
5.8
  • Director
  • 2012
Kieran Culkin, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Nick Offerman, Stephen Root, Martin Starr, and Noël Wells in Infinity Baby (2017)
Infinity Baby
6.2
  • Director
  • 2017

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Director

  • Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
    Frances Ferguson
  • Kieran Culkin, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Nick Offerman, Stephen Root, Martin Starr, and Noël Wells in Infinity Baby (2017)
    Infinity Baby
  • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
    7 Chinese Brothers
  • Tuna
    • (as Robert Byington)
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
    Somebody Up There Likes Me
  • Slacker 2011 (2011)
    Slacker 2011
    • (segment Les Amis at Night)
  • Harmony and Me (2009)
    Harmony and Me
  • RSO: Registered Sex Offender (2008)
    RSO: Registered Sex Offender
  • Olympia (1998)
    Olympia
    • (as Robert Byington)
  • Shameless
    • (as Robert Byington)

Actor

  • The Poet and the Professor (2017)
    The Poet and the Professor
  • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
    7 Chinese Brothers
  • Aubrey Plaza in Ned Rifle (2014)
    Ned Rifle
  • Jeffrey Tambor, Megan Mullally, Will Forte, Jess Weixler, and Jennifer Prediger in Apartment Troubles (2014)
    Apartment Troubles
  • Kim Sherman and Sophia Takal in Wild Canaries (2014)
    Wild Canaries
  • The Color Wheel (2011)
    The Color Wheel
  • Susan Burke and Stephen Gurewitz in Incredibly Small (2010)
    Incredibly Small
  • Harmony and Me (2009)
    Harmony and Me
  • Beeswax (2009)
    Beeswax
  • Treasure Island (1999)
    Treasure Island
    • (as Robert Byington)

Writer

  • Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
    Frances Ferguson
  • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
    7 Chinese Brothers
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
    Somebody Up There Likes Me
  • Harmony and Me (2009)
    Harmony and Me
  • RSO: Registered Sex Offender (2008)
    RSO: Registered Sex Offender
  • Olympia (1998)
    Olympia
    • (as Robert Byington)
  • Shameless
    • (as Robert Byington)

Videos6

Infinity Baby Trailer
Demo Reel 1:31
Infinity Baby Trailer
7 Chinese Brothers at SXSW 2015
Interview 2:41
7 Chinese Brothers at SXSW 2015
Apartment Troubles
Trailer 2:24
Apartment Troubles
The Color Wheel
Trailer 1:56
The Color Wheel
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Trailer 2:18
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Harmony and Me
Trailer 0:51
Harmony and Me

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