Dustin Guy Defa’s first feature, Bad Fever, was named one of the best films of 2012 by the New Yorker. His short films Person to Person and Family Nightmare premiered at Sundance and won awards at the Berlinale, SXSW, and HotDocs. In 2015, the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a weeklong theatrical run of his short films. His second feature, Person to Person, is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
Hoop Dreams
Steve James
1994
174 min
2
Close-up
Abbas Kiarostami
1990
98 min
3
Mulholland Dr.
UnavailableDavid Lynch
2001
147 min
4
Barry Lyndon
UnavailableStanley Kubrick
1975
188 min
5
Crumb
UnavailableTerry Zwigoff
1995
120 min
6
Broadcast News
UnavailableJames L. Brooks
1987
133 min
7
Naked
Mike Leigh
1993
131 min
8
A Married Couple
Allan King
1969
97 min
9
Cameraperson
Kirsten Johnson
2016
102 min
10
All That Heaven Allows
UnavailableDouglas Sirk
1955
89 min