Jay Van Hoy

Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy established Parts & Labor, a production company dedicated to director-driven, collaborative filmmaking in 2004. Parts & Labor has produced 20 films that have brought emerging auteur filmmakers into the limelight. In 2013, the producers premiered three films in Competition at Sundance: 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 second feature Mother of George. Narco Cultura also premiered internationally at the Berlin Film Festival in February, and Ain't Them Bodies Saints had its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. All three films will be released theatrically around the world this fall. In 2008, they signed a First Look/Development deal with Scott Rudin, and now have an overhead deal with renowned German international sales agency K5. In 2014, Parts and Labor produced and executive produced Ira Sach’s Love is Strange, Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, and Adam Wrapp’s Loitering with Intent. Learn more about Jay Van Hoy