He also had several disagreements with Boden while writing though he claims their "back and forth" system of rewriting each other's work has always worked well. In spite of the effort in making the script "as good as we could" prior to filming, Fleck encouraged Half Nelson's actors to ad lib and improvise, although he and lead actor Ryan Gosling compromised many scenes in the rehearsal process as Fleck thought that Gosling's ideas were too different from the script in some cases. I think the time was valuable because I think we made it as good as we could." Though Fleck was the only of the pair to receive directing credit for the film, he has gone on record and said that the work was an equal divide. The film did not receive adequate financing for years, and while trying to initiate the project, Fleck explains: "We were trying to get it off the ground so we had plenty of time to keep writing and rewriting. The short won a prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and Boden and Fleck were subsequently invited to the Sundance Writer's Lab to receive professional feedback on the Half Nelson screenplay. Together they made the short documentaries Have You Seen This Man? and Young Rebels before they wrote and directed the short film Gowanus, Brooklyn, a sample feature aiming to attract potential financiers to their undeveloped script, Half Nelson. the Extra-Terrestrial and Back to the Future.īoden has said that while there was no specific film that inspired her to pursue film making, she had a fondness for watching movies as a child and cites learning about Robert Altman as a turning point in how she viewed film as a medium. Fleck had grown up on classic fan favorites such as E.T. įleck was born in Berkeley, California and raised there and in Oakland. The two met on the set of a student film where they bonded over the works of Robert Altman and, after Fleck had finished his thesis short film Struggle, they decided to collaborate. Before attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied film, Fleck went to Diablo Valley College to study science and math. Early life īoden is originally from Massachusetts and grew up in Newton while Fleck graduated from Castro Valley High School. They are also known for their collaborations on the films Half Nelson, Sugar, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and Mississippi Grind. They are best known for writing and directing Captain Marvel, which grossed over $1 billion and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time. New York University Tisch School of the ArtsĪnna Boden and Ryan K.
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