"an artist whose craft is informed by cinephilia and a writer whose cinephilia is informed by his craft." -- Matt Riviera
"He's the best kind of filmmaker there is, the kind driven by a love of the art not a desire for a contract." -- Jonathan Lapper, Cinema Styles
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Also on the internets: www.dpressproductions.com
Some of what folks have said about the films:
gravida (2007)
Official Selection--2007 Three Rivers Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Festivus Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Mid-Valley Video Festival
Second Place--2008 Now Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Bare Bones International Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Appalachian Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Lake Forest Film Festival
Official Selection--2008 Twin Rivers Media Festival
Official Selection--2008 Tacoma Film Festival
"The results are heartfelt and poetic. If McNelly is striving to craft an indie film masterwork "gravida" is a major step in the right direction." -- Thom Ryan, Film of the Year
"Like the best films about intimacy, it draws you in close but leaves out enough that you can project your own hopes and fears onto the characters...Resisting the temptation to simplify, "gravida" invites us to ponder the complexity of the choices we make, the unreliability of human connections." -- Matt Riviera, Last Night with Riviera
"it shows that you don't need a lot of money to make a smart, personal, interesting movie." -- Bohemian Cinema
"Rachel Shaw and Adam Kukic find their stride as the story builds and are able to sell the idea that their characters are facing troubling, adult decisions." -- Adam Ross, DVD Panache
"...small film in the best sense, one that’s exactly the right size for the story it tells. McNelly’s direction is subtle enough not to overwhelm the film, but strong enough to assure us that there’s a firm hand on the wheel." -- Paul Clark
"[McNelly] uses the medium perfectly: revealing pieces about characters in matter-of-fact glimpses, letting the audience in on what the other characters don't know just yet." -- Lazy Eye Theatre
"...undeniably represents a big step forward for its director." -- Andy Horbal
"It almost works as a silent film, as the visuals are so strong." -- TalkingMoviezzz.com
"A film of understated elegance and thoughtfulness that allows the viewer to glimpse, ever so briefly, a moment in time that will be burned for eternity in the heart and mind of its protagonist." -- Cinema Styles
"...the first sure steps in what one hopes will be a long and fruitful filmmaking career for its director." -- Dennis Cozzalio
"...a graceful snapshot of a particular situational loneliness. It's subtle enough to suggest answers but wise enough not to ask the questions in the first place." -- The Film Experience Blog
"Lucas McNelly tells a story of loneliness and uncertainty better than most of the filmmakers in Hollywood can imagine." -- Now Film Festival
L'Attente (2006)
"intriguingly spare"--Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"precise and skilled"--Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh City Paper
guard duty (2004)
2004 Film Kitchen Mini Fest: Finalist
"one of the sweetest, funniest shorts I've ever seen...It's amazing how, in a remote New England cabin, you really CAN find suspense and joy in watching water boil."--Robert Isenberg
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