Greg Kwedar
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Greg Kwedar is a two-time Academy Award-Nominated filmmaker.
His sophomore film, Sing Sing, was over eight years in the making. He both directed and co-wrote the film, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and won the 2024 SXSW Festival Audience Award. Acquired and theatrically released by A24, the critical darling garnered three Academy Award nominations (including Best Adapted Screenplay), three BAFTA nominations, and five Critics Choice Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and was named one of the AFI and National Board of Review Top 10 Films of the Year. The film won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Gotham Awards for Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance.
Kwedar made his feature directorial debut with Transpecos, which premiered in competition at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, winning the Audience Award. He co-wrote and produced Clint Bentley’s Jockey, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition where it won the Special Jury Award for Best Actor (Clifton Collins Jr.). Jockey also won the Audience Award at the AFI Film Festival and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for theatrical release. The film was later nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the John Cassavetes Award, and was one of the National Board of Review Top 10 Independent Film of 2021. Kwedar also produced Rising From Ashes, Running With Beto (Winner: SXSW Audience Award 2019), and was co-producer on Ghost Fleet (Telluride & TIFF, 2018).
Greg served as co-writer and executive producer on long-time creative partner Clint Bentley's sophomore feature Train Dreams, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize finalist novella Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. The film debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Netflix. Train Dreams has received a plethora of nominations and accolades from the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA, NBR, LA Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Awards, Gothams, Independent Spirit Awards, USC Scripters, including Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Bentley and Kwedar. The duo also won the National Board of Review Best Adapted Screenplay Award.
Greg is currently in post on his next feature for Netflix, Saturn Return, starring Rachel Brosnahan, Charles Melton, and Will Poulter. The script was written by Gaelyn Golde, with revisions made by Greg and Clint Bentley, and was previously featured on the 2024 Black List.
Greg has spoken to thousands of students across the country and sat on panels about his work at SXSW, Sundance, UNESCO, the United Nations, and more.
In 2024, Bentley and Kwedar launched their production company Ethos to develop their own original, individual and joint projects, and to champion artists under the innovative and equitable financing model that they pioneered on Jockey and further developed with Sing Sing.
His sophomore film, Sing Sing, was over eight years in the making. He both directed and co-wrote the film, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and won the 2024 SXSW Festival Audience Award. Acquired and theatrically released by A24, the critical darling garnered three Academy Award nominations (including Best Adapted Screenplay), three BAFTA nominations, and five Critics Choice Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and was named one of the AFI and National Board of Review Top 10 Films of the Year. The film won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Gotham Awards for Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance.
Kwedar made his feature directorial debut with Transpecos, which premiered in competition at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, winning the Audience Award. He co-wrote and produced Clint Bentley’s Jockey, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition where it won the Special Jury Award for Best Actor (Clifton Collins Jr.). Jockey also won the Audience Award at the AFI Film Festival and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for theatrical release. The film was later nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the John Cassavetes Award, and was one of the National Board of Review Top 10 Independent Film of 2021. Kwedar also produced Rising From Ashes, Running With Beto (Winner: SXSW Audience Award 2019), and was co-producer on Ghost Fleet (Telluride & TIFF, 2018).
Greg served as co-writer and executive producer on long-time creative partner Clint Bentley's sophomore feature Train Dreams, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize finalist novella Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. The film debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Netflix. Train Dreams has received a plethora of nominations and accolades from the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA, NBR, LA Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Awards, Gothams, Independent Spirit Awards, USC Scripters, including Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Bentley and Kwedar. The duo also won the National Board of Review Best Adapted Screenplay Award.
Greg is currently in post on his next feature for Netflix, Saturn Return, starring Rachel Brosnahan, Charles Melton, and Will Poulter. The script was written by Gaelyn Golde, with revisions made by Greg and Clint Bentley, and was previously featured on the 2024 Black List.
Greg has spoken to thousands of students across the country and sat on panels about his work at SXSW, Sundance, UNESCO, the United Nations, and more.
In 2024, Bentley and Kwedar launched their production company Ethos to develop their own original, individual and joint projects, and to champion artists under the innovative and equitable financing model that they pioneered on Jockey and further developed with Sing Sing.
