Jay Craven

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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.

Career Overview

Jay Craven has 22 screen credits in a career dating back to 1993. Signature works include Wetware, Northern Borders, Disappearances. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Directing
Gender
male
Known Credits
22
Birth Place
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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