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Daniel Hymanson: Wind Up

2023 Filmmaker in Residence

An artist must say goodbye to her historic Chicago home of 50 years to relocate to a senior apartment complex. Her filmmaker friend moves in and helps prepare the house for sale, as his own family joins together to confront a series of health crises.

Daniel Hymanson is a documentary filmmaker. His first feature, So Late So Soon, premiered at the 2020 True/False Film Festival, was shortlisted for Best Feature in 2021 by the IDA Documentary Awards, and was distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures. Hymanson’s directing work has received support from the Sundance Institute, the Gotham, Catapult Film Fund, the Illinois Arts Council, and the True/False and Catapult Rough Cut Retreat. He was an associate producer onThe Last Season(Independent Spirit Award nominee) andWestern(Special Jury Prize at Sundance), as well as production designer onOther Months(SXSW). Filmmaker Magazine named him one of its “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2020, and DOC NYC included him on its "40 Under 40" list in 2021. He lives and works in New York, NY.

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Daniel Hymanson
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Production
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2023 Filmmakers in Residence