Jamie Marks Is Dead

Jamie Marks Is Dead
Sundance film poster
Directed byCarter Smith
Screenplay byCarter Smith
Based onOne for Sorrow
by Christopher Barzak
Produced byOmri Bezalel
Hunter Gray
Jacob Jaffke
Alex Orlovsky
Starring
CinematographyDarren Lew
Edited byEric Nagy
Music byFrançois-Eudes Chanfrault
Production
company
Verisimilitude
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release dates
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]

Jamie Marks Is Dead is a 2014 American supernatural horror drama film directed by Carter Smith, and starring Cameron Monaghan, Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Morgan Saylor, Noah Silver and Madisen Beaty. Its plot follows a high school athlete who is haunted by the ghost of a deceased classmate who was found dead under mysterious circumstances. It is based on Christopher Barzak's 2007 novel One for Sorrow.[3][4]

The film premiered in-competition in the US Dramatic Category at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014[5][6] before it was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 29, 2014.

It was met with largely favorable reviews from film critics.

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  3. ^ "BEING ON SET FOR JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD". 17 March 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Decker, Sean (January 27, 2014). "Exclusive! Carter Smith Talks Sundance Selection 'Jamie Marks is Dead'". Fearnet. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sundance 2014: U.S. Dramatic Competition". IndieWire. January 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #78. Carter Smith's Jamie Marks Is Dead". Ion Cinema. February 24, 2014. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014.