Jay Van Hoy

Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen are producing partners in directordriven, collaborative filmmaking whose New York-based film and TV production company Parts & Labor was established in 2004. Integral to the company's vision is an unwavering dedication to each project, respect for the process, and a true love of film.

Previous Parts & Labor productions include Mike Mills' BEGINNERS starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer (which won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Plummer); Aaron Katz's COLD WEATHER; Ira Sachs' KEEP THE LIGHTS ON; Kelly Reichardt's OLD JOY; David Lowery's AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster; photojournalist Shaul Schwarz's documentary NARCO CULTURA; and Andrew Dosunmu's MOTHER OF GEORGE.

In 2014, Parts & Labor released Ira Sachs' critically acclaimed LOVE IS STRANGE starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina through Sony Pictures Classics, and Adam Rapp's LOITERING WITH INTENT starring Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell through The Orchard. Robert Edwards' WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN starring Christopher Walken and Amber Heard is currently in post-production. Additionally Parts & Labor founded Creative Alliance, an international development and production company based in Copenhagen, with some of Scandinavia's most prominent filmmakers.

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