This podcast is brought to you by Netflix, presenting Jay Kelly, a film by Academy Award nominee Noah Bombach.

George Clooney stars as Jay Kelly, a famous movie actor who embarks on a relationship of self-discovery confronting his past and present, as he reflects on not only his career, but his relationships with his father, his daughters, and his devoted team,

led by his manager played by Adam Sandler.

The LA Times raves, Jay Kelly, is a fully formed knockout,

and Awards Watch hails it as one of the best films of the year.

Available on Netflix for your awards consideration.

Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 617th episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is a writer

and director who has been

described by the Los Angeles Times as one of American cinema's most distinctive voices,

and by The Guardian as Millennials' Answer to Woody Allen.

Over the past 30 years, he has written or co-written and directed 12 narrative features,

including instant classics like 2005s The Squid

and the Whale, 2013's Francis Ha, 2009's Marriage Story, and this year's Jay Kelly, a Netflix

film about a movie star, played by George Clooney, who's experiencing an existential crisis.

And he also has co-written several standout films that

were directed by others, most notably 2003's Barbie, which he wrote with his frequent collaborator

and wife, Greta Gerwig, and which became the highest grossing film of that year.

The recipient of Spirit, Gotham, Critics Choice, National Society of Film Critics,

New York Film Critics Circle, LA Film Critics Association and National Board of Review Awards, as well

as four Academy Award nominations, three Writers Guild Award nominations, two BAFTA and Golden Globe

Award nominations, and a Producer's Guild Award nomination, as well as the

Telly Ride Film Festival's Silver Medallion earlier this year, Noah Bombach.

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