In 2009 , Krieger wrote and directed '' The Vicious Kind '' , which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and earned him numerous accolades including the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay . He was later asked by producer Jennifer Todd to direct '' Celeste and Jesse Forever '' , based on a script written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack , which would also premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 . After the success of '' Celeste and Jesse Forever '' , he received offers to direct similar scripts , but turned them down in lieu of writing his own material for future projects
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Lee Toland Krieger