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DiY-Fest
DiY-Fest "the touring carnival of Do-it-Yourself mediamaking" was a festival of ultra-independent movies, books, zines, music, poetry, and performance art that ran from 1999 until 2002. In 2007, DiY-Fest was revived as DiY-Fest Video, a DVD production company devoted to alt-lifestyle instructional videos. Its first productions were Yoga For Indie Rockers (DVD release Oct 30, 2007), Pilates For Indie Rockers (DVD release Nov 13, 2007), and ''Vegan Cooking For Animal Lovers'' (DVD release Nov 13, 2007). Upcoming productions include ''Biofuel My Ride'', Burlesque Workout For Indie Rockers, and an as-yet untitled DVD about solutions for ne'er-do-wells to "green your home without losing your black heart." DiY-Fest Video is distributed by HALO 8 Entertainment. History Founded by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo and organized by Kings Mob Productions, the festival initially launched as part of a “Do-it-Yourself Filmmaking Workshop” that Pizzolo and partner Katie Nisa ran after rough cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HALO 8 Entertainment
HALO-8 Entertainment is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema, documentaries, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation. Its most popular releases include arthouse films ''Pop Skull'' and ''Threat''; animated series ''Godkiller'' and '' Xombie''; lifestyle-DVD franchise '' Fitness For Indie Rockers''; and documentaries '' Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods'', ''Your Mommy Kills Animals'', '' N.Y.H.C.'', and '' Ctrl+Alt+Compete''.Thill, Scott"Sneak Peek at Ctrl+Alt+Compete, New Doc That Dives Into Startup Culture"''Wired'' (January 11, 2012). Formed in 2005 by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo and producer Brian Giberson as a film production/marketing/distribution studio, the company has grown to include a comic book/graphic novel publishing division, two DVD Premiere shingles (indie-lifestyle sublabel DiY-Fest Video and cult/ exploitation sublabel UnitShifter Films), and fashion/branded-apparel division H8LA. HALO-8's film catalog is split roughly 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Pizzolo
Matt Pizzolo (born on Long Island, New York (state), New York) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, producer, bestselling comic book writer, playwright, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as writer of the speculative politics comic books ''Calexit (comic), Calexit'' and ''Young Terrorists'', creator of the transmedia storytelling, transmedia franchise ''Godkiller (series), Godkiller'', writer-director of the indie movie ''Threat (film), Threat'', and director of music videos for Atari Teenage Riot. He co-founded and runs Independent film, indie film Film studio, studio HALO 8 Entertainment with producing partner Brian Giberson and comic book publisher Black Mask Studios with partner Brett Gurewitz and creative director Steve Niles. In 2012 Pizzolo was selected by ''Wired (magazine), Wired'' as "World's Most Wired Comics Creator" for his work synthesizing genre media with street politics ("anticorporate DIY production") and innovating new storytellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |