How RaMell Ross made best picture nominee ‘Nickel Boys’ as ‘visceral’ as real life
In our first episode back after the Oscar nominations, we chat with 'Nickel Boys' filmmaker RaMell Ross and costume designer Arianne Phillips of 'A Complete Unknown.'
‘Nickel Boys’ Writer-Director RaMell Ross Talks Reinventing a Point of View
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.
‘The way we shot the film is point of view, which means that the audience is the character’: RaMell Ross on ‘Nickel Boys’
The director of the Academy Award-nominated adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel sees his movie as a chance to touch the inner lives of young men who suffered the cruelty of the Jim Crow South
RaMell Ross reimagines Blackness’s aesthetic in Nickel Boys
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 world’s complexity through a lens that challenges conventional storytelling.
How ‘Nickel Boys’ Became One of the Year’s Most Visually Striking Films
When the filmmaker and photographer RaMell Ross first read “The Nickel Boys,” Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two Black boys in a dangerous reform school in the 1960s ...
'We feel what they feel': 'Nickel Boys' actress on the film's perspective and power
The new film 'Nickel Boys' is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and it focuses on the friendship between two African-American men at a reform school in Florida. Director RaMell Ross and actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor join Morning Joe to discuss.
Brad Pitt Talks to Director RaMell Ross About How His Basketball Career Unexpectedly Influenced ‘Nickel Boys’
Exclusive: See Oscar-winning actor and producer Brad Pitt discuss Best Picture nominee 'Nickel Boys' with writer/director ...
DGA Awards: Sean Baker Wins Top Film Prize For ‘Anora'; Ramell Ross Takes First-Time Feature Prize; ‘Porcelain War', ‘Shōgun', ‘Hacks' Among Winners - Full List
Anora helmer Sean Baker won the marquee Theatrical Feature Film prize at the 77th annual DGA Awards, which were handed out ...
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2025 Directors Guild Awards - Sean Baker & RaMell Ross Big Winners
This weekend, the winners of the 77th Annual DGA Awards were announced at a wonderful celebration in Los Angeles. The 2024 ...
Payal Kapadia loses to RaMell Ross
Time Theatrical Feature Film category for her critically acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light at the DGA Awards 2025.
Reseña de ‘Nickel Boys’: el brutal fin de la infancia
Esta adaptación visualmente inventiva de una novela de Colson Whitehead narra la historia de dos niños en una escuela abusiva en la Florida de la época de Jim Crow.
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‘Nickel Boys’ Filmmakers Say The Ideas Behind Their Film Are Growing More Relevant By The Day – Contenders Film: The Nominees
where in addition to its Best Picture recognition it is also up for Adapted Screenplay for director/co-writer RaMell Ross and producer/co-writer Joslyn Barnes. The pair joined Deadline’s ...
Payal Kapadia bested by RaMell Ross in First Time Directorial Feature category at DGA Awards 2025
New Delhi, "All We Imagine As Light" filmmaker Payal Kapadia lost out to RaMell Ross of "Nickel Boys" fame in the Michael Apted First Time Directorial Feature category at the 77th edition of the ...