Bingham Ray (October 1, 1954 - January 23, 2012) is an American independent film executive.
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Careers
He was co-founder of indie film distributor, October Films and president of United Artists from 2001 to 2004. At the time of his death, he was the executive director of the San Francisco Film Society.
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Legacy
As noted by the Independent Independent Film Award Project, Gotham Independent, "New in the Gotham Awards this year [2012] is the Bingham Ray Award, an award given to an emerging filmmaker whose work provides examples of distinctive creative vision and adventure styles that stands out from the mainstream and warrants that strive for it.The aim is to give additional attention to new artists whose work can be seen as possibly joining the ranks of filmmakers championed by industry veteran Bingham Ray, who died in January.
- Oden Roberts, Director and Author, "A Fighting Season" was awarded a SFFS KRF grant by Bingham in December 2011.
- Benh Zeitlin, director and co-author of Beast of the Southern Wild, was the first recipient of the Bingham Ray Award.
The 39th Telluride Film Festival in 2013 is dedicated to him. The "Stand Up Guys" 2012 film starring Christopher Walken and Al Pacino is dedicated to her.
The 2015 documentary The First Film which proves the world's first film made in the UK by Louis Le Prince is also dedicated to Bingham Ray.
References
External links
- Bingham Ray on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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