Spotlight Award - Jay Duplass

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Sunday, Apr 27, 2025 5pm

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We are thrilled to present this year's Spotlight Award to indie-film director, writer, actor and producer, JAY DUPLASS. The Spotlight Award was created in 2012 to honor a talented and successful film industry professional who continues to be a leader in a variety of fields in the motion picture industry.

JAY DUPLASS began his career in the early 2000’s writing, directing and producing several award winning independent and studio films with his brother Mark, including THE PUFFY CHAIR and CYRUS. In 2014, Jay and Mark created the critically acclaimed television series, TOGETHERNESS, inking a television deal with HBO, where they’ve since produced shows like SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, THE LADY AND THE DALE and ROOM 104. The brothers also produced the Emmy winning Netflix docu-series WILD WILD COUNTRY.

Jay began acting in 2012 when Joey Soloway cast him in their Amazon TV series, TRANSPARENT, which won a Golden Globe for best comedy series, multiple Emmys, and Jay was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award in 2016. He has also starred in shows like HBO’s INDUSTRY, Netflix’s THE CHAIR, Disney’s PERCY JACKSON, and in feature films like OUTSIDE IN with Edie Falco, and BEATRIZ AT DINNER with Salma Hayek.

For the first time in 14 years, Jay has returned to his roots of writing and directing films with THE BALTIMORONS, which we are privileged to showcase alongside a conversation with Jay. Tickets include the conversation and film screening.