Co-Writer / Director
Critical Acclaim
“Sing Sing is a beacon of hope, shedding light on a crucial truth – that prisons house human beings, individuals with stories, and aspirations. It is a call for empathy and understanding, emphasizing the undeniable fact that many incarcerated people ardently deserve rehabilitation and change.” - Deadline
“Kwedar’s film is a portrait of friendship and a tribute to art’s restorative value. The helmer’s considered direction coaxes a lot of big lessons from this quiet film. Sing Sing is about the gift of creating with community and the redemptive nature of self-expression.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Written in collaboration with people formerly incarcerated at the Sing Sing, the story of a theatrical prison troupe finds deep beauty in an effort to make art for art’s sake.” - Vanity Fair
“Cages can’t contain the sheer amount of imagination on offer in “Sing Sing” - Variety
“A redemptive portrait of theater’s power to heal, emancipate, and rebel.” - RogerEbert.com
Co-Writer / Director
Festival Awards
SXSW Audience Award - Narrative Feature Competition
Deauville American Film Festival - Competition
Nashville Film Festival - New Director Competition Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award
Dallas International Film Festival - Audience Award
IFF Boston - Grand Jury Prize
Critical Acclaim
"A seemingly routine inspection by U.S. Border Patrol officers in West Texas proves to have violent repercussions in “Transpecos,” an effectively moody, well-acted and impressively understated thriller by Greg Kwedar in his feature directing debut." - Los Angeles Times
"Artfully made but wholly accessible... a tense, what-would-you-do thriller.” - Hollywood Reporter
"Director Greg Kwedar makes an impressive feature debut with this atmospheric thriller set on the U.S.-Mexico border... finely measured, handsomely crafted.” - Variety
“The performances are all solid, especially Luna. And Kwedar's sense of place feels so authentic that you can taste the dust in the back of your throat when the end credits roll.” - Entertainment Weekly
"Sicario essentially reached the same conclusion, but Transpecos distinguishes itself with a sharp ear for dialogue, keen attention to ground-level detail, and an ending that unexpectedly chooses cautious optimism over blanket cynicism." - The Village Voice
"Transpecos has made a lot of noise on the festival circuit this year — it won the audience awards at SXSW and the Dallas International Film Festival — and it’s no wonder. Low on budget but high on craft and intelligence, Transpecos is as stark yet rewarding as a West Texas landscape at sunset.” - Fort Worth Star Telegram
"Transpecos puts three border patrol officers under maximum stress and quickly at odds with one another, and eventually their own morality... With nail-biting precision, (Greg) Kwedar has crafted Transpecos into a diamond.” - Austin Chronicle
Co-Writer / Producer
Awards
Sundance Film Festival - US Dramatic Competition - Special Jury Award for Best Actor
Indie Spirit Awards - Nominee for Best Male Lead and the John Cassavetes Award
AFI Film Fest - Audience Award
Zurich Film Fest - Special Mention Runner-Up Film in Competition
Toronto International Film Festival - Official Selection
National Board of Review - Top 10 Independent Films of 2021
Critical Acclaim
“Jockey gives Collins the role of his career, and he leans into it with all he’s got, delivering the performance of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.” “In the annals of movies about men who must choose the right time to ride off into the sunset, has one ever done such justice to the sunset ... or the rider?” - Variety
“Doctors ask patients to describe their pain on a one-to-10 scale. I’d put the experience of watching Clint Bentley’s “Jockey” close to the top, even if it’s only sympathetic pain felt for the hero, Jackson Silva ( Clifton Collins Jr. ), a once-great rider with a battered body that can’t take any more punishment after decades of routine insults, terrifying falls and grievous injuries. Yet the film also rates high on the pleasure scale for being a debut feature by abundantly gifted filmmakers and a showcase for a performance that fills your heart while frequently threatening to break it. Turns out you really can have it both ways—a harsh story with the ring of truth and a reasonably hopeful ending. “ - The Wall Street Journal
“Jockey is a modest, intimate film, to be sure, but an impressively assured one. It finds a lovely, low-key groove early on and maintains it, and draws performances from its key players that are terrific and true.” “The writing and the direction deftly balance the combustible and violent with the silences and the meditative.” - Deadline
“Somewhere between swagger and selflessness, win and lose, Jockey takes the home stretch.” - Hollywood Reporter
“This is more than just a career best for Collins — it’s a career-redefining performance. His talent for profundity was always there but previously untapped to this extent. Now the hope is that this won’t be a zenith for him, but instead a revitalizing rebirth.” - The Wrap
“Sentimental yet also trickier and more complex than its gleaming surfaces suggest, ‘Jockey’ is a portrait of a man facing his mortality or at least professional redundancy. … The filmmakers have set their sights beyond the track and the winner’s circle, and there’s little racing or riding in the movie and not even many horses. Instead, they show you the physical toll, how this life gets into the body, shapes and changes it, and worse. They also make smart use of Collins’ eloquent face, which ebbs and flows with emotion, its creases deepening when Jackson is alone with his pain.” - The New York Times
“Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar’s screenplay deftly, and warmly, charts the course of their relationship across training sessions Jackson engages in with Gabriel.” - Indiewire
“Having just sold to Sony Pictures Classics, this film has a chance to be one of the success stories out of Sundance this year. Especially if you’ve been waiting to see Collins Jr. get into the awards race, this may well be the project that does it.” - Awards Radar
Producer
Critical Acclaim
This feel-good sports doc brings a little-known story to compelling life. - The Hollywood Reporter
Ashes is joyous and uplifting, full of spirit, memorable athletes (including Olympian Adrien Niyonshuti) and remarkable achievements, both big and small. - NY Daily News
Its story line is as positive and affirmative as the title indicates, but it turns out there are dramas going on in this documentary that you wouldn't initially suspect. - Los Angeles Times
Rising from Ashes is not just about a cycling team; it's a testament to what happens when human beings care for one another. - Village Voice
Producer
Critical Acclaim
“Running With Beto” is an intimate, thorough look at a candidate on the rise and on the go. - RogerEbert.com
David Modigliani's feel-good movie underscores why O’Rourke’s tireless efforts never became an exercise in futility. - Indiewire
“Running With Beto” is an inside account of that campaign — reminiscent of Albert Maysles’ “Primary” or Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s more recent “The War Room” - Variety
Co-Producer
Critical Acclaim
Unlike the traditional issue-driven documentary, which typically unfolds like a newsreel, this one plays like a thrilling jungle adventure. - The Washington Post
A chilling account of modern day slavery - The Hollywood Reporter