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Boyer's announcement adds to the growing list of senators who have said they will not seek re-election in 2022. They include Fann and Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray, R-Sun City, and Democrat ...
RaMell Ross Wants $10 Million for Two Projects After ‘Nickel Boys’: ‘It Has to Be Philanthropic Because It’s Not Really a Return’ Ross made his feature narrative debut with Best Picture ...
RaMell Ross on the Oscar-nominated “Nickel Boys” and why the film's impact matters more to him than trophies. “Nickel Boys” may not have taken home an Oscar last night, but for director ...
Rhode Island School of Design graduate RaMell Ross’s movie “Nickel Boys” has been nominated for two Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards.
Directed by RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys is an adaptation of Whitehead’s novel and opens in a Jim Crow-era Tallahassee as it follows Elwood (played by Ethan Herisse). After being falsely accused as ...
Filmmaker RaMell Ross may be a practitioner and admirer of visual art, but in cinema, he strives for the effect of poetry. “Reading poems, sometimes a sentence or phrase or the cumulative effect ...
US filmmaker RaMell Ross arrives for the premiere of “Nickel Boys” at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Unique Nicole / AFP) ...
It’s not every day that a director’s debut feature film earns an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. But that’s what happened to RaMell Ross and the movie, “Nickel Boys." Senior ...
RaMell Ross triumphs in the Michael Apted First-Time Directorial Feature category at the 2025 DGA Awards, edging out Payal Kapadia's acclaimed film 'All We Imagine As Light'.
Ross walks THR through a protagonist POV scene in which Elwood, the film’s main character, first catches a glimpse of his new home at reform school after being accused of stealing a car.
Mark Olsen: Welcome back to The Envelope podcast.I’m Mark Olsen. And I’m here today with RaMell Ross, director and co-writer of “Nickel Boys.” One of the things that’s so remarkable ...
When RaMell Ross speaks about filmmaking, he doesn’t talk about entertainment or box office success. Instead, he describes his work as “knowledge production” – a means of engaging with the ...