Jay Craven

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jay Craven

Biography

Jay Craven is a Vermont film director, screenwriter and professor of film studies at Marlboro College. Jay Craven is known for creating award winning films on modest budgets, adopting all of the novels of author Howard Frank Mosher to film. He often casts from a regular troupe of Vermont actors including Tantoo Cardinal and Rusty DeWees, but has also worked with Rip Torn and Kris Kristofferson. Craven founded and runs Kingdom County Productions and recently launched Catamount Arts performing arts program, New England's largest independent arts producer and presenter. Jay Craven is married to Bess O'Brien who is also a co-founder of Kingdom County Productions. Craven speaks three languages (English, Spanish, Hungarian) in addition to his native Creole. Craven attended Boston University for undergraduate studies where he studied and developed a life long friendship with Howard Zinn. He later went on to Goddard College. He lives in the Northeast Kingdom with his family . Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Craven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

Martin Eden

as Director

2024
Lost Nation

as Director

2021
Blood Brothers

as Director

2018
Wetware

as Director

2015
Northern Borders

as Director

2015
Peter and John

as Director

2007
Disappearances

as Director

2002

Writer

Martin Eden

as Writer

2024
Lost Nation

as Writer

2021
Blood Brothers

as Writer

2018
Wetware

as Writer

2015
Northern Borders

as Screenplay

2007
Disappearances

as Writer

Producer

2021
Blood Brothers

as Producer

2018
Wetware

as Producer

2015

Editor

2015