Photos: Sundance 2019 | Portraits from the L.A. Times studio

Actor Jillian Bell, from the film “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Director Kenneth Paul Rosenberg and subject Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, from the documentary “Bedlam,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Actors Lil Rel Howrey, left, Jillian Bell and Utkarsh Ambudkar, from the film “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Director/writer Noble Jones, from the film “The Tomorrow Man,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Actor John Lithgow, from the film “The Tomorrow Man,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Actors Blythe Danner, left, and John Lithgow, and director-writer Noble Jones, from the film “The Tomorrow Man,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Actor Blythe Danner, from the film “The Tomorrow Man,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, from the film “The Mustang,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Patrisse Cullors photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Wu-Tang Clan members Masta Killa, U-God and Cappadonna, director Sacha Jenkins, and Wu-Tang Clan members Ghostface and RZA, from the television series “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Director Sacha Jenkins, from the television series, “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Sacha Jenkins Wu-Tang Clan members U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors from the documentary “Bedlam, “ and Wu-Tang Clan members Ghostface and RZA, from the television series, “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, from the television series, “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” photographed at the L.A. Times Photo and Video Studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Charlie Whitley, left, and Diesel La Torraca from the film “Little Monsters.”

Irina Yelchin and Viktor Yelchin, parents of late actor Anton Yelchin, at Sundance with a documentary about their son, “Love, Antosha.”

Sex therapist Ruth Westheimer from the documentary “Ask Dr. Ruth.”

Director Stanley Nelson from the documentary “Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Joshua Boone, actress/co-writer Zora Howard and director/co-writer Rashaad Ernesto Green, from the film “Premature.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Gavin Hood from the film “Official Secrets.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Mia Wasikowska from the film “Judy and Punch.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Mia Wasikowska, director Mirrah Foulkes and actor Damon Herriman from the film “Judy and Punch.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Maribeth Monroe from the television movie “Bootstrapped.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Sam Richardson, actor Maribeth Monroe, director Stephanie Laing and producer Dave Hill from the television movie “Bootstrapped.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Show creators Arturo Perez and Samantha Jayne from the television show “Quarter Life Poetry.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Gwilym Lee, writer Miranda Tapsell and director Wayne Blair from the film “Top End Wedding.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Josh Gad from the film “Little Monsters.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lupita Nyong’o from the film “Little Monsters.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/director Abe Forsythe and actors Josh Gad, Lupita Nyong’o and Alexander England, from the film “Little Monsters.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director/writer Dawn Luebbe, actors Mary Holland and Beck Bennett and director/writer Jocelyn DeBoer from the film “Greener Grass.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Demi Moore from the film “Corporate Animals.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jessica Williams from the film “Corporate Animals.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Jessica Williams and Demi Moore, director Patrick Brice and actor Karan Soni from the film “Corporate Animals.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jeff Goldblum from the film “The Mountain.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jeff Goldblum, director Rick Alverson and actor Tye Sheridan from the film “The Mountain.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Pete Davidson from the film “Big Time Adolescence.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jordan Rock, actor Pete Davidson, actor Colson Baker, actor Griffin Gluck, Joey Gay, writer/director Jason Orley, actor Jon Cryer and actor Emily Arlook from the film “Big Time Adolescence.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Irene Taylor Brodsky, of the documentary”Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements,” is kissed by her parents, Sally and Paul Taylor.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Subject Sally Taylor, director Irene Taylor Brodsky, and subjects Jonas Brodsky and Paul Taylor from the documentary “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Holliday Grainger from the film “Animals.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Alia Shawkat, director Sophie Hyde, actor Holliday Grainger and writer Emma Jane Unsworth from the film “Animals.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Marin Ireland and Jim Gaffigan from the film “Light from Light.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Jim Gaffigan, Josh Wiggins and Marin Ireland, writer/director Paul Harrill and Atheena Frizzell from the film “Light from Light.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Subject Tracy Edwards from the documentary “Maiden.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Walton Goggins from the film “Them That Follow.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lewis Pullman from the film “Them That Follow.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Alice Englert from the film “Them That Follow.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Thomas Mann, Lewis Pullman and Kaitlyn Dever, directors Dan Madison Savage and Britt Poulton and actors Alice Englert and Walton Goggins from the film “Them That Follow.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Natalia Dyer from “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Chris O’Dowd from the television series “State of the Union.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lena Headey from the film “Fighting with My Family.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Nick Frost from the film “Fighting with My Family.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal from “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Zach Galifianakis from “The Sunlit Night.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

WWE Superstar Paige from the film “Fighting with My Family.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Jacob Estes from “Relive.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Mike Colter from “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director duo Bert & Bertie and actor Mckenna Grace from the film “Troop Zero.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor David Oyelowo, left, director Jacob Estes and actor Storm Reid from the film “Relive.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Francesca Noel, left, Ana Mulvoy, Jharrel Jerome and Celeste O’Connor, director-writer Tayarisha Poe and actors Gina Torres, Lovie Simone, Jesse Williams and Henry Hunter Hall from the film “Selah and the Spades.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jenn Tullock and director/actor Hannah Pearl Utt from the film “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Francesca Noel from the film “Selah and the Spades.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Armie Hammer from the film “Wounds.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Tonya Cornelisse from the film “Mope.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Brian Huskey from the film “Mope.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Rene Russo from the film “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jenny Slate from “The Sunlit Night.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Judith Light from the film “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jonathan Majors from “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Ana Mulvoy from the film “Selah and the Spades.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Joe Talbot from “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Ross Kauffman and subject Amit Sankhala from the documentary “Tigerland.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Natalia Dyer from the film “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Jack Lowden, left, Lena Headey and Florence Pugh, director-writer-actor Stephen Merchant, WWE Superstar Paige and actor Nick Frost from the film “Fighting with My Family.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Max Adler, Brian Huskey, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Lucas Heyne, David Arquette, Kelly Sry and Tonya Cornelisse from the film “Mope.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Amer Chadha-Patel from the film “Blinded by the Light.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director/writer/producer Gurinder Chadha, left, and actor Amer Chadha-Patel from “Blinded by the Light.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Zawe Ashton, left, Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalia Dyer, from the film “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jenn Tullock from “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Tichina Arnold and Jonathan Majors, director Joe Talbot, subject Jimmie Fails, and actor Rob Morgan, from the film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jenn Tullock, director/actor Hannah Pearl Utt, and actor Judith Light from the film “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Mike Colter and Jenn Tullock, director/actor Hannah Pearl Utt and actor Judith Light from the film “Before You Know It.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director David Wnendt from the film “The Sunlit Night.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director David Wnendt, left, actor Alex Sharp, screenwriter Rebecca Dinerstein and actors Jenny Slate and Zach Galifianakis from the film, “The Sunlit Night.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Charlie Plummer from “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Moises Arias from the film “Monos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Julianne Nicholson from the film “Monos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Zawe Ashton from “Velvet Buzzsaw.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Rob Morgan from “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Billy Chew, Michael Abbot Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland and director Daniel Scheinert from the film “The Death of Dick Long.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Wendy McLendon Covey from the film “Imaginary Order.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Zac Efron from the film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Angela Sarafyan, Zac Efron, Lily Collins and Haley Joel Osment from the film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)