The Exchange has boarded international sales on Mapplethorpe, a biopic of the controversial photographer that’s helmed by Ondi Timoner. Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Girls’ Zosia Mamet star. Timoner, a two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for documentaries Dig! and We Live In Public, wrote the script which follows the life of the artist from his rise to fame until his untimely death in 1989. The film is produced by Timoner under her Interloper Films banner; Eliza and Nate Dushku of Boston Diva Productions; and Sirad Balducci. It is made in collaboration with the Mapplethorpe Foundation. CAA and UTA are handling U.S. rights.
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