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James Sweeney is a filmmaker who has worked on projects such as Straight Up, Anomalisa and Brooklyn Love Stories. He has also acted in some of his own shorts and is currently working on Twinless and With Love.
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Mar 1, 2020 · James Sweeney is the director, writer, and star of Straight Up, a comedy about a gay man who tries to date a woman. He talks about his personal experience, queer representation, and screwball banter in this interview with The Advocate.
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Feb 28, 2020 · James Sweeney is the writer, director and star of Straight Up, a microbudget film about a gay man questioning his sexuality. He talks about his personal connection to the character, the film's style, and the challenges of making an indie movie.
James Sweeney (b. 1990) is an Asian-American writer, director, and actor. Straight Up (2019) is his first feature-length film, which has been selected for the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Breakthrough Centerpiece: Outfest, Frameline 43, and NewFest.
Feb 27, 2020 · James Sweeney's film is a screwball comedy about a gay man who denies his sexuality and tries to be straight. The film features witty dialogue, pop-culture references and a romance between two brainiacs.
Mar 29, 2021 · Sweeney is nominated for Best First Screenplay at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards. Sweeney not only stars as the film’s conflicted leading man, but he also wrote the script, directed and produced the film.
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Mar 5, 2020 · Writer-director-star James Sweeney has crafted a sharp and, to its credit, not always politically correct cinematic cocktail that, despite how screwball its story may sound, is more about the...
