# Oscar Sharp

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'''Oscar Sharp''' is a BAFTA-nominated British filmmaker best known for short films ''The Kármán Line'', ''Sign Language'' and ''[Sunspring](/source/Sunspring)'', and upcoming television series ''The Human Conditions''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=2021-07-23 |title=Damon Lindelof, Matt Reeves Team with Oscar Sharp for HBO Max Magical Medical Drama |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/damon-lindelof-matt-reeves-human-condition-hbo-max-1234987652/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> for [HBO MAX](/source/HBO_MAX), produced by [Damon Lindelof](/source/Damon_Lindelof) and [Matt Reeves](/source/Matt_Reeves).

== Work ==
In 2010 [Sign Language](/source/Sign_Language_(film)),<ref>{{IMDb title|1758756|Sign Language}}</ref> about an idealistic [human billboard](/source/human_billboard) in London's Oxford Street, won the Reed Short Film Competition and Virgin Media Shorts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-life/8049054/Virgin-Media-Shorts-Oscar-Sharp-on-Grand-Prize-winning-short-film-Sign-Language.html|title=Virgin Media Shorts: Oscar Sharp on Grand Prize winning short film Sign Language|last=Hulme|first=Lucinda Everett, with additional reporting by Rebecca Lefort and James|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en}}</ref>

His 2015 film ''The Kármán Line'',<ref>{{IMDb title|2488744|The Kármán Line}}</ref> starred [Olivia Colman](/source/Olivia_Colman) as a wife and mother who contracts an illness causing her to gradually levitate. It won Best Short at the [British Independent Film Awards](/source/British_Independent_Film_Awards)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/awards/pride-wins-best-film-at-bifas/5080751.article|title=Pride wins best film at BIFAs|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en}}</ref> and was nominated for the Best British Short Film at the [68th BAFTAs 2015](/source/68th_British_Academy_Film_Awards) and was produced by [Campbell Beaton](/source/Campbell_Beaton).<ref>{{cite web|title=BAFTA Guru Shorts Nominees|url=http://guru.bafta.org/shorts-nominees-2015-the-kármán-line}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/05/bafta-shorts-2015-review-olivia-colman-peter-bradshaw|title=Bafta Shorts 2015 review – a sparky collection with some great ideas|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=2015-03-05|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The film was subsequently released by [The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker) and [PBS](/source/PBS).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/the-screening-room-the-karman-line|title=The Screening Room: "The Kármán Line"|magazine=The New Yorker|ref=1|last1=Larson|first1=Sarah|accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/films/the-karman-line/|title=The Kármán Line|work=Film School Shorts|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en-us}}</ref>

Sharp then signed with [Tobey Maguire](/source/Tobey_Maguire)'s company Material Pictures to develop his first feature film<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/tobey-maguires-material-signs-oscar-sharp-to-blind-deal-off-short-pic-the-karman-line-823443/|title=Tobey Maguire's Material Signs Oscar Sharp To Blind Deal Off Short Pic 'The Karman Line'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2014-08-22|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en-US}}</ref> and was named a Star of Tomorrow by [Screen International](/source/Screen_International).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow/oscar-sharp-stars-of-tomorrow-2015/5094641.article|title=Oscar Sharp, Stars of Tomorrow 2015|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en}}</ref>

In 2016 Sharp teamed with creative technologist [Ross Goodwin](/source/Ross_Goodwin) and actor [Thomas Middleditch](/source/Thomas_Middleditch) ([Silicon Valley (TV series)](/source/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series))) to create [Sunspring](/source/Sunspring). It was the first film to be entirely scripted by [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence), and produced widespread international discussion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/06/an-ai-wrote-this-movie-and-its-strangely-moving/|title=Movie written by algorithm turns out to be hilarious and intense|website=Ars Technica|publisher=Conde Nast|ref=2|last1=Newitz|first1=Annalee|accessdate=13 April 2017}}<br>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/10/artificial-intelligence-screenplay-sunspring-silicon-valley-thomas-middleditch-ai|title=This is what happens when an AI-written screenplay is made into a film|date=2016-06-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}<br>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/06/10/une-intelligence-artificielle-ecrit-le-scenario-d-un-court-metrage_4947819_4408996.html|title=Une intelligence artificielle écrit le scénario d'un court-métrage|last=Tual|first=Morgane|date=2016-06-10|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2017-05-01|language=fr|issn=1950-6244}}<br>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/kuenstliche-intelligenz-wie-computer-drehbuecher-schreiben-a-1097027.html|title=Künstliche Intelligenz: Die Drehbuchmaschine|website=Spiegel Online|access-date=2017-05-01}}<br>{{Cite news|url=http://one.elpais.com/benjamin-la-primera-inteligencia-artificial-escribe-guiones/|title=Benjamin, la primera inteligencia artificial que escribe guiones|date=2017-03-19|work=One - Vodafone|access-date=2017-05-01|language=es-ES}}<br>{{Cite web|url=http://jp.techcrunch.com/2016/06/12/20160611watch-this-short-sci-fi-movie-with-a-script-written-by-an-ai/|title=必見！ AIが映画脚本を書いたらこうなった|last=Kamps|first=Haje Jan|website=TechCrunch Japan|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>

Sharp and Goodwin followed Sunspring in 2017 with It's No Game, a short film depicting a [Writers Guild of America](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America) strike in the face of Artificial Intelligence. It stars [David Hasselhoff](/source/David_Hasselhoff), in which the actor performs dialogue generated by an AI from a large collection of his past performances. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-28/coming-to-the-multiplex-movies-written-by-machines|title=Coming to the Multiplex: Movies Written by Machines|last=Carter|first=Stephen L.|date=2017-04-28|work=Bloomberg View|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref> It also stars [Sarah Hay](/source/Sarah_Hay) and [Tom Payne (actor)](/source/Tom_Payne_(actor)).

In 2016, [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox) signed Sharp to co-write and direct the feature film ''Woolly: The True Story of the De-Extinction of One of History’s Most Iconic Creatures'', based on the upcoming book by [Ben Mezrich](/source/Ben_Mezrich) (author of [The Accidental Billionaires](/source/The_Accidental_Billionaires), basis of [The Social Network](/source/The_Social_Network)).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Oscar Sharp To Direct Ben Mezrich Mammoth Thriller 'Woolly|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/oscar-sharp-woolly-ben-mezrich-fox-the-karman-line-1201801576/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=11 August 2016|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref> The book is an account of the [de-extinction](/source/de-extinction) work of Harvard Geneticist [George M. Church](/source/George_M._Church), among others.

In 2021 [HBO Max](/source/HBO_Max) announced <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/damon-lindelof-matt-reeves-oscar-sharp-medical-series-1235026574/|title=Damon Lindelof, Matt Reeves, Oscar Sharp Team for HBO Max Fantastical Medical Drama|date=23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/oscar-sharp-damon-lindelof-matt-reeves-the-human-conditions-hbo-max-1234799127/|title = Oscar Sharp, Damon Lindelof & Matt Reeves Developing Medical Drama 'The Human Conditions' at HBO Max|date = 23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/damon-lindelof-matt-reeves-human-condition-hbo-max-1234987652/|title = Damon Lindelof, Matt Reeves Team with Oscar Sharp for HBO Max Magical Medical Drama|website = [The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date = 23 July 2021}}</ref>  it was developing The Human Conditions, a "Fantastical Medical Drama" about "a young British doctor that must treat impossible illnesses and the emotional issues that underlie them" created by Sharp and Executive Produced by [Damon Lindelof](/source/Damon_Lindelof) & [Matt Reeves](/source/Matt_Reeves).

== Background and education ==

Sharp grew up in a rural British village, and with no connections to the film industry. He attended NYU Graduate Film on a [Fulbright](/source/Fulbright) scholarship. His professors were [Todd Solondz](/source/Todd_Solondz), [Spike Lee](/source/Spike_Lee) and [Darren Aronofsky](/source/Darren_Aronofsky).

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==External links==
* [http://www.thereforefilms.com Official Website]
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