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Rodney Ascher

Birthplace:
USA

Biography from TheMovieDB

Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Director:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix

Editor:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix

Executive Producer:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

Graphic Designer:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2011  The Universal Language
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

Producer:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2011  The Universal Language
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

Screenplay:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2011  The Universal Language
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

Story Editor:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2011  The Universal Language
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

Writer:
1997  Alfred
2001  Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2006  Hot Chicks
2006  Somebody Goofed
2006  The Wheel of Torment
2008  Visions of Terror
2010  The S From Hell
2011  The Universal Language
2012  Room 237
2014  ABCs of Death 2
2014  Enter the Optigan
2015  Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015  The Nightmare
2017  Primal Screen
2018  Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018  Sex Madness Revealed
2019  Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019  The El Duce Tapes
2020  Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2021  A Glitch in the Matrix
2024  Delicate Arch
????  Fourth Wall

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