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Award Winner | Performance | Podcast

Lake Placid FF Melissa Leo and Frozen River EP054

Courtney, Melissa Leo

Writer/director Courtney Hunt wrote the short, then the feature Frozen River, then Melissa Leo and Misty Upham brought the narrative home, winning the  Sundance  Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Competition.  A Sony Pictures Classics release.

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