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MICHAEL SIMMONDS :: CINEMATOGRAPHER

The cinematographer Michael Simmonds was an enormous gift to this project. The Herculean task of shooting a feature film with a hand-held camera is a craft unto itself. Along with real strength and endurance, it requires a cinematographer with a visceral understanding and a philosophy of what it means to “be” the camera.

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TODD MURPHY :: ART DIRECTOR

TODD MURPHY is a mixed media artist whose work includes themes of “metamorphosis, allusion, and life-in-the-moment.” His work includes painting, sculpture, photography, and site-specific pieces.

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Peter's Journal :: 68 Degrees South

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FIONA STRUENGMANN :: ARTIST

Interview Scott Cohen - SIFF 2014

FIPRESCI GRAND JURY PRIZE

International Critics FIPRESCI Grand Jury Prize was awarded to RED KNOT for Best New American Cinema at SIFF

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Red Knot Film stills.

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Olivia Thirlby :: Chloe

It's not often that a writer/ director meets and actress and realizes he may have to rewrite the script for her. But that was the case when Cohen met Thirlby. She was passionate about the story and entirely game to improvise on a ship at sea.

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Scott Cohen :: Director

Vincent Kartheiser :: Peter

In Vincent Kartheiser I discovered a fearless actor who leaped at the chance develop a character on the fly…or at sea in this case.

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66 Degrees South

Our Captain, Jorge Luis Aldegheri, navigating us past the pack ice on the edge of the Weddell Sea near where Shackleton lost his ship.

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Billy Campbell :: Captain

Billy Campbell was an obvious choice as Captain of the Red Knot journey. His two loves are acting and the sea. For the past decade, when not acting, Campbell spends much of his time sailing the world on a Norwegian Tall Ship.