David Lowery
David Lowery (born December 26, 1980) is an American filmmaker, known for directing, writing and editing feature films that explore the different essences of humanity.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 26, 1980, David Lowery is the eldest of nine children born to Madeleine and Mark Lowery. When he was seven, his family moved to Irving, Texas for his father's work. Lowery attended Irving High School.
Lowery married filmmaker Augustine Frizzell in 2010. As of 2013, they live in Dallas. Lowery identifies as an atheist, and has been a vegan since around 1996.
His original work Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he directed the Disney film Pete's Dragon (2016), a live-action film which he had co-written. It was a new work loosely based on the same original story as the Disney 1977 musical of the same name. In 2018, he directed The Old Man & the Gun, with Robert Redford, who received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor - Comedy.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 26, 1980, David Lowery is the eldest of nine children born to Madeleine and Mark Lowery. When he was seven, his family moved to Irving, Texas for his father's work. Lowery attended Irving High School.
Lowery married filmmaker Augustine Frizzell in 2010. As of 2013, they live in Dallas. Lowery identifies as an atheist, and has been a vegan since around 1996.
His original work Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he directed the Disney film Pete's Dragon (2016), a live-action film which he had co-written. It was a new work loosely based on the same original story as the Disney 1977 musical of the same name. In 2018, he directed The Old Man & the Gun, with Robert Redford, who received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor - Comedy.
Known for
![Queer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t5PYdvVQ0JZlhl5HTGjUYhMtV1x.jpg)
Queer
![I Saw the TV Glow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hS4GYkYpN1rfl4GIxyc02sCyfAj.jpg)
I Saw the TV Glow
![The Smell of Money](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xtnkBewZHGrPAUDlzlWL0vevp9u.jpg)
The Smell of Money
![Lynch/Oz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/utMuIiigJPVQZXvpkyGL1mPw9Ib.jpg)
Lynch/Oz
![Peter Pan & Wendy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9NXAlFEE7WDssbXSMgdacsUD58Y.jpg)
Peter Pan & Wendy
![Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tOkh0BZnT4i6bz622prBgYEK4xh.jpg)
Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love
![The Cathedral](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tfWtSrvwYrjLYsvKYGX9imFX0aY.jpg)
The Cathedral
![We're All Going to the World's Fair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fXn4Nz1WCTEmzAFvwgEZoPHvptR.jpg)
We're All Going to the World's Fair
![The Year of the Everlasting Storm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lD4075iUBk23cr82Vn3gbQkxYF9.jpg)
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
![The Green Knight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/if4hw3Ou5Sav9Em7WWHj66mnywp.jpg)
The Green Knight
![Dig Up My Darling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1KhiaTpFeUUDUXFUPUynKtLJ5hx.jpg)
Dig Up My Darling
![Cinema Toast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fXmT4Vmudz2cLj8whwq91tvJ8kX.jpg)
Cinema Toast
![Miss Juneteenth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5aueUTOvA8Y6A4eteDwhgo8ReX8.jpg)
Miss Juneteenth
![Light from Light](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fu9BsfaUtQKojvryp7eoRLO8nv8.jpg)
Light from Light
![Light of My Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zbQQrOclR6G4r3T3EuOjp0f6VG9.jpg)
Light of My Life
![The Old Man & the Gun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a4BfxRK8dBgbQqbRxPs8kmLd8LG.jpg)
The Old Man & the Gun
![Never Goin' Back](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3ytp5pmHFVvAesnL2SJecxgV8W2.jpg)
Never Goin' Back
![Strange Angel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hny4ThL6XLznSXoQ3eMDzh4cYOz.jpg)
Strange Angel
![Person to Person](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cqysALwxcE2C0OQJnsM8xdIWJ8T.jpg)
Person to Person
![A Ghost Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rp5JPIyZi9sMob15l46zNQLe5cO.jpg)
A Ghost Story
![The Yellow Birds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rCJwKafIkkt1Z0sMhhJWGox99hB.jpg)
The Yellow Birds
![Minor Setback](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7So3VgGkCvwQI9KciMJbC1HLQYL.jpg)
Minor Setback
![Pete's Dragon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5x0UTdorW3wtTUBJ33izQX1DXcy.jpg)
Pete's Dragon
![Breakthrough](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n8QaodjwN1lbHnU0HnksJS64xiF.jpg)
Breakthrough
![Listen Up Philip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rHfrGEdTEW20W6L26qbJ0DFNDKo.jpg)
Listen Up Philip
![Ain't Them Bodies Saints](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xkGkVjeMcvEg7P3VxWy8wYBJ7Dv.jpg)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
![Sun Don't Shine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7jOoHONgHXbD5fG2HuXqZLwemln.jpg)
Sun Don't Shine
![Rectify](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tm9nQe9165cyjnTz8NB50izwcpJ.jpg)
Rectify
![Upstream Color](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nkUl1D1KbqW5ux9cAbSxU5f7hOy.jpg)
Upstream Color
![Pit Stop](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xhcDIWwmBHsBZHFSYYuCTWVZ7Dc.jpg)
Pit Stop
![Nor'easter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/seZ5BO0eCutZb3Q3zo6iVqDpEs8.jpg)
Nor'easter
![Reconvergence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iuny6f9EiyQwYkkQRP2zVyGP5Lg.jpg)
Reconvergence
![Universal Squadrons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sEFiGZRSRt4OmrULqOKIhtCJgWj.jpg)
Universal Squadrons
![Shadowboxing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w3h8XmWr1lZkowNdOH6CfdYZqjb.jpg)
Shadowboxing
![Silver Bullets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m2f0pA4NQGL3wDrtzRiovWyCF3Q.jpg)
Silver Bullets
![Cork's Cattlebaron](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rf9fKN1xolz8gZxv9jQk4LIBt2k.jpg)
Cork's Cattlebaron
![Bad Fever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wI9hHeIwCbpCemR38gOqfo8VGIR.jpg)
Bad Fever
![Pioneer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Q9LeTalMvF4u5zz4SStOJKShW1.jpg)
Pioneer
![Lovers of Hate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jFX7Tyzgae0McJ8apHM68nUSfwE.jpg)
Lovers of Hate
![It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4tz56kPj0hL1ZGCUKMLzjnN3vvD.jpg)
It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home
![St. Nick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nSgzBNs5w2zupGHPZA76MVA04rX.jpg)
St. Nick
![Alexander the Last](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fQgwIrqkD73ReRuQVQNDDvpBH99.jpg)
Alexander the Last
![Wet Dream](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yw2bFHiUIKABesVqtkg9OjZ6mF3.jpg)
Wet Dream
![The Stranger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bcZ5N9cMyE9Ezj4oUwaLaLVKBiK.jpg)
The Stranger
![Boycrazy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sCw7kdJi0WOGzGOlCLn21Hr2b5h.jpg)
Boycrazy
![A Delineation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yW7UCPv890e79v4bHu5AuJrZL31.jpg)
A Delineation
![The Outlaw Son](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dQh0LoOAdyyainNzesAqrMIcQ1N.jpg)
The Outlaw Son
![Some Analog Lines](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zUgq2wLeKvsutnUiN2V7rwqEVF.jpg)
Some Analog Lines
![Deadroom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4goagfRZ6QhhinwlcVXmPGIispw.jpg)
Deadroom
![Looking For Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1vGoK42lw1ywmbvwzLHcRafbVmo.jpg)
Looking For Love