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Jawal Nga is a Libyan American film producer and founder of Tiny Dancer Films. He was raised in Tripoli, Libya and London, United Kingdom. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1996 and currently resides in New York City.〔(''The Huffington Post'' )〕 ==Professional career== Jawal Nga founded Tiny Dancer Films in 2003, a New York-based production company. In 2004, Nga produced director Ira Sachs' "Forty Shades of Blue", starring Rip Torn. An official entry in six international film festivals, Forty Shades of Blue won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. The film was also nominated for a special prize at the Deauville Film Festival, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for actress Dina Korzun.〔(Golden Trailer Awards )〕 In 2006, Nga and Sachs again worked together on the period drama, "Married Life", which starred Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams, Patricia Clarkson and Chris Cooper. It was released in September 2007. Nga produced the film along with Sidney Kimmel, Steven Golin and Ira Sachs who also directed the film for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. He is the executive producer of the Allen Ginsberg documentary "Howl" for directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman through his production company, Tiny Dancer Films. Nga is developing adaptations of Sigrid Nunez's "The Last of Her Kind", Matthew Galkin's adaptation of Kevin Canty's "Into The Great Wide Open" and Justin Haythe's ("Revolutionary Road") adaptation of Michael Ignatieff's "Charlie Johnson in the Flames". Nga served as an executive producer of writer/director Joel Hopkins's upcoming "Last Chance Harvey." Starring Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman, the film was shot in London in late 2007. On October 27, 2008 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' announced that Tiny Dancer Films has optioned best-selling cult author-illustrator Daniel Pinkwater's 1974 young-adult fantasy novel "Lizard Music" for the big screen. The movie version of the Random House novel will be produced by Jawal Nga.〔(''Pinkwater Fantasy Novel Optioned for Movie'' ), United Press International〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jawal Nga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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