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Bob Byington

  • Director
  • 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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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
    Frances Ferguson
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2019
    Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
    Somebody Up There Likes Me
    5.7
    • Director
    • 2012
    Harmony and Me (2009)
    Harmony and Me
    6.2
    • Director
    • 2009
    Olympia (1998)
    Olympia
    7.3
    • Director(as Robert Byington)
    • 1998

    Credits

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    Director



    • Lousy Carter (2023)
      Lousy Carter
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
      Frances Ferguson
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2019
    • 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
    • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
      7 Chinese Brothers
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Tuna (2013)
      Tuna
      5.8
      • Director (as Robert Byington)
      • 2013
    • Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
      Somebody Up There Likes Me
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Slacker 2011 (2011)
      Slacker 2011
      5.2
      • Director (segment "Les Amis at Night")
      • 2011
    • Harmony and Me (2009)
      Harmony and Me
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2009
    • RSO: Registered Sex Offender (2008)
      RSO: Registered Sex Offender
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Olympia (1998)
      Olympia
      7.3
      • Director (as Robert Byington)
      • 1998
    • Shameless
      5.8
      • Director (as Robert Byington)
      • 1993

    Actor



    • The Poet and the Professor (2017)
      The Poet and the Professor
      7.6
      Short
      • The Professor
      • 2017
    • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
      7 Chinese Brothers
      5.6
      • White BMW Guy
      • 2015
    • Aubrey Plaza in Ned Rifle (2014)
      Ned Rifle
      6.2
      • Concierge
      • 2014
    • Jeffrey Tambor, Megan Mullally, Will Forte, Jess Weixler, and Jennifer Prediger in Apartment Troubles (2014)
      Apartment Troubles
      4.2
      • Uncle Robert
      • 2014
    • Kim Sherman and Sophia Takal in Wild Canaries (2014)
      Wild Canaries
      5.9
      • Disgruntled Filmmaker
      • 2014
    • The Color Wheel (2011)
      The Color Wheel
      6.6
      • Professor Neil Chadwick
      • 2011
    • Susan Burke and Stephen Gurewitz in Incredibly Small (2010)
      Incredibly Small
      8.0
      • Mr. Waldorf
      • 2010
    • Harmony and Me (2009)
      Harmony and Me
      6.2
      • Jim
      • 2009
    • Beeswax (2009)
      Beeswax
      6.1
      • Tom
      • 2009
    • Treasure Island (1999)
      Treasure Island
      5.3
      • Thomas (as Robert Byington)
      • 1999

    Writer



    • Lousy Carter (2023)
      Lousy Carter
      6.0
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Kaley Wheless in Frances Ferguson (2019)
      Frances Ferguson
      6.3
      • story by
      • 2019
    • Jason Schwartzman in 7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
      7 Chinese Brothers
      5.6
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
      Somebody Up There Likes Me
      5.7
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Harmony and Me (2009)
      Harmony and Me
      6.2
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • RSO: Registered Sex Offender (2008)
      RSO: Registered Sex Offender
      5.7
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Olympia (1998)
      Olympia
      7.3
      • story "Javelkemeiche" (as Robert Byington)
      • 1998
    • Shameless
      5.8
      • Writer (as Robert Byington)
      • 1993

    Videos5

    7 Chinese Brothers at SXSW 2015
    Interview 2:41
    7 Chinese Brothers at SXSW 2015
    Apartment Troubles
    Trailer 2:24
    Apartment Troubles
    Apartment Troubles
    Trailer 2:24
    Apartment Troubles
    The Color Wheel
    Trailer 1:56
    The Color Wheel
    RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
    Trailer 2:19
    RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
    Harmony and Me
    Trailer 0:52
    Harmony and Me

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      I tend to write screenplays I can imagine directing, which may explain why my films are so unambitious.

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