Curry Barker Wins IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Award
After the breakout success of Obsession, Curry Barker was honored at IndieWire’s Los Angeles Summit and talked about original movies, Gen Z audiences, and his next film.
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Curry Barker was given IndieWire’s first Future of Filmmaking Award at the Los Angeles Summit on Saturday, October 17. The honor came after the success of his film Obsession, which became one of the year’s biggest box office hits.
Barker took part in a long conversation with IndieWire’s Chris O’Falt about his career and his approach to filmmaking. He talked about moving from Alabama to Los Angeles, meeting Cooper Tomlinson, and leaving film school so they could focus on making short films for their That’s a Bad Idea YouTube channel.
He said both Obsession and his upcoming movie Anything But Ghosts are original stories. He also said the main lesson from his success is that audiences want good storytelling, not just familiar IP. In his view, if an original movie fails, the problem is the movie itself, not the idea of original films.
Barker also spoke about why he thinks Gen Z is showing up more at theaters. He described moviegoing as a simple social experience that lets people spend time together while putting their phones away for a couple of hours.
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