College Basketball How his basketball past shaped RaMell Ross’s viewpoint in ‘Nickel Boys’ As a guard at Lake Braddock High and Georgetown University, Ross had to have vision.

(L-R) Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson in 'Nickel Boys' Everett On Thursday, documentary filmmaker RaMell Ross scored his first feature film nomination—Ross was previously nominated in 2018 for ...

Documentarian RaMell Ross' first scripted feature, Nickel Boys is a masterpiece following two young men who shine as bright as the movie itself.

For “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross asks his audience to inhabit the perspective of two Black teenagers at an abusive reform school — and share in the horrors they endure.

RaMell Ross has something to say. With his latest film, “Nickel Boys,” the co-writer and director solidifies his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most daring storytellers.Adapted ...

Ask The Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross what first attracted him to directing, and he says that it isn’t his […] The post The Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Controlling the Story Through ...

With “Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross finds fresh colors in such a rigidly codified genre, turning a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a minimalist tone poem.

RaMell Ross has traveled one unlike that of almost anyone else to direct his lauded feature debut, “Nickel Boys.” Before adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, he was a ...

JEFFREY BROWN: RaMell Ross' film "Nickel Boys" vies for two Oscars, best picture and best adapted screenplay on March 2. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Jeffrey Brown in New York.

RaMell Ross has something to say. With his latest film, "Nickel Boys," the co-writer and director solidifies his reputation as one of contemporary cinema’s most daring storytellers. Adapted from ...

RaMell Ross estimates he read a grand total of one screenplay before collaborating with producer Joslyn Barnes on the adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel ...

Ethan Herisse, from left, RaMell Ross, and Brandon Wilson pose for a portrait to promote the film "Nickel Boys" on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in New York.