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Ross Spears was born on 2 July 1947 in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA. He was a director and editor, known for To Render a Life (1992), Agee (1979) and Long Shadows (1987). He died on 6 February 2024 in Sandy Spring, Maryland, USA.
- Director, Editor, Writer
- July 2, 1947
- Ross Spears
- February 6, 2024
Agee is a 1980 American documentary film about the writer and film critic James Agee directed and produced by Ross Spears. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Nov 18, 1992 · To Render a Life: Directed by Ross Spears. With Robert Coles, Anita Glass, Obea Glass, Howell Raines. A portrait of a contemporary, poor, rural family living under the same conditions as the cotton sharecroppers of the Depression.
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- Documentary
- Ross Spears
- 1992-11-18
Ross Spears has been making documentary films since 1974 and is considered one of the most accomplished documentary filmmakers now working in the United States.…
Founded in 1974, Agee Films is named for novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film writer, James Agee (1909-1955). The Founder and Director of Agee Films is award-winning filmmaker Ross Spears.
I am an independent filmmaker who has been making films pretty steadily since about 1971 or so -- documentaries mostly -- on subjects related to literature, history, family, nature, children ...
- James Agee Film Project
Feb 9, 2024 · JOHNSON CITY - Roswell Spears, a 76-year-old native of Johnson City, Tennessee and one of the premier documentarians of his generation passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in Sandy Spring,...
