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Wes Hurley is a Russian-American writer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with many theater, drag, and cabaret performers in Seattle and raised awareness of human rights violations in Russia.
As a gay teenager in post-Soviet Russia, Wes Hurley breathed a sigh of relief when his mother married an American and they moved to the US - but he soon discovered his stepfather, James, was...
Wes Hurley is a director, writer and actor who has made features, shorts and a TV series. He is known for his queer pop-art comedy musical "Fallen Jewel" and his documentary "Waxie Moon".
- January 1, 1
- 1.80 m
- Vladivostok, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- Director, Writer, Producer
Mar 17, 2021 · Mar 16, 2021 7:11pm PT. ‘Potato Dreams of America’ Review: Queer Coming-of-Age Tale Is a Film of Two Very Different Halves. Russian-American director Wes Hurley expands his SXSW-winning short...
- Guy Lodge
Aug 18, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE: Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Potato Dreams of America, writer-director Wes Hurley’s autobiographical dark comedy that had its world premiere at this...
Wes Hurley's autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother and their...
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- Comedy, LGBTQ+, Biography
Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying a security consultant who finds himself forced to foil a plot to free a captive terrorist during a commercial airline flight.
