title: Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
text: # Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
  
  Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse is a 1986 short film biography of the Nashville-born artist Red Grooms. It was written by Tom Neff, co-directed by Neff and Louise LeQuire, and produced by Neff and Madeline Bell. The film was funded by the Tennessee State Museum and was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  A glimpse of Red and reflection of his humor an humanism on his artwork.
  
  ## Interviews
  
  * Red Grooms
  * Barbara Haskell - curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
  
  ## Awards
  
  Wins
  
  * CINE: CINE Golden Eagle, Documentary; 1986.
  
  Nominations
  
  * Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Documentary, Short Subjects, Tom Neff and Madeline Bell; 1987.
  