American Teen (film)
| American Teen | |
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| Directed by | Nanette Burstein |
| Written by | Nanette Burstein |
| Produced by | Nanette Burstein Elle Key Chris Huddleston Eli Gonda Jordan Roberts |
| Starring | Hannah Bailey Colin Clemens Megan Krizmanich Jake Tusing Mitch Reinholt |
| Cinematography | Laela Kilbourn Wolfgang Held Vasco Nunes |
| Edited by | Nanette Burstein Tom Haneke Mary Manhardt |
| Music by | Michael Penn |
| Distributed by | Paramount Vantage A&E IndieFilms |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
American Teen is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Nanette Burstein, and produced by 57th & Irving. It competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Directing Award Documentary. Following the Sundance Film Festival, the movie was picked up by Paramount Vantage and was released to general cinema July 25, 2008.
Much of the movie was filmed at Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, Indiana. Director Nanette Burstein originally reviewed more than 100 different schools in the pre-production process, and ten schools replied, agreeing to participate. After she interviewed incoming seniors at all 10, she chose Warsaw.