On January 21 , 2013 , Carruth premiered his film '' Upstream Color '' at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category . Carruth , Johnny Marshall , and Pete Horner won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design for the film . Keith Kimbell wrote that it was the " most anticipated ( and most difficult to describe ) film in competition " , and " most critics could n't stop talking about it " . The film was released via VHX on April 5 , 2013 . Some of Carruth 's music from '' Upstream Color '' was featured in the 2016 documentary '' Tickled ''
2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance Film Festival
Shane Carruth