2026Nominee
Best Performance
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Thurston Moore
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
July 25, 1958
Biography
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Nominee
Best Picture
Black Lodge
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Pavements
Career Highlights
1993Highlight
Best Performance
Changing Fashions
2002Highlight
Best Performance
Demonlover
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
Black Lodge
Pavements