This page uses content from the Bob Gosse biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.
Bob Gosse (born January 9, 1963) is an American film producer.
Background
Gosse was born on Long Island. After graduating from the film program at SUNY Purchase in 1986, Gosse joined the independent film scene in New York City, creating short films and features.
New York operations
Gosse founded independent film company The Shooting Gallery with Larry Meistrich in 1991. His collaborators included Hal Hartley, Ted Hope, Nick Gomez and Michael Almereyda. The company's first feature was Gomez's Laws of Gravity (1992). It gained wide notice for a low-budget, independent production and impressed not only critics but filmmakers—Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sidney Lumet, and Woody Allen included.
Even while specializing in production, Gosse received recognition as a performer. His notoriety in the downtown nightlife scene coupled with his performances in 1991's My Birthday Cake (directed by Whitney Ransick) and the Hartley-helmed Theory of Achievement lead to his courting by William Morris Agency that same year.
Gosse pushed the boundaries of "lo-fi" filmmaking when he produced Almereyda's PixelVision feature, Another Girl, Another Planet (1992). It was cited by the National Society of Film Critics in 1992 "for expanding the possibilities of experimental filmmaking."[1]
At The Shooting Gallery, Gosse supported other first-time filmmakers including Morgan J. Freeman, Danny Leiner, Billy Bob Thornton.
In 1995, Gosse tried his hand at directing by shooting the first screenplay by playwright Matthew Weiss. The result, Niagara, Niagara, premiered to acclaim. Lead actress Robin Tunney took home the prestigious Volpi Cup at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival for her portrayal of a woman with Tourette syndrome. In its American premiere, the film drew praise by the likes of Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert.
Gosse's follow up was an adaptation of journalist Alec Wilkinson's non-fiction book A Violent Act. Meanwhile, he was still developing films at The Shooting Gallery.
By late 1999, Gosse was at work on another adaptation, this time a play by theater scribe Wendy Hammond. The stage play, Julie Johnson, was shot as a feature film beginning in 2000 and it starred Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Mischa Barton and the late Spalding Gray. It was released in 2005 by Regent Entertainment.
Los Angeles operations
The Shooting Gallery suffered from the dot-com bust of 2001, and Gosse moved west to Los Angeles to produce TV pilots and films. These would include Tim McCann's Runaway (2005) and Almereyda's Tonight At Noon (2006), the latter starring Connie Nielsen, Ethan Hawke, Rutger Hauer, and Lauren Ambrose.
Currently, Gosse is living in Silver Lake, Los Angeles and working on a new script entitled Chasers.
Personal life
In the early 1990s, Gosse lived with actress Parker Posey.
On October 5, 1997, Gosse married Tunney in New York City. They separated in late 2002, but remain close friends.
His current companion is his pet dog Walter.
Reference
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
11%
31%
76%
