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Shooting Clerks
''Shooting Clerks'' is a 2023 British-American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Downie and starring Brian O'Halloran, Mark Frost, Jason Mewes, Scott Schiaffo, Matthew Postlethwaite and Kevin Smith. It was produced by Auld Reekie Media. It had a preview screening in Orlando, Florida on October 22, 2016. The film had a special screening in Kevin Smith's home town of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on November 11, 2016. The film had an advance UK screening at the Prince Charles Cinema, London on January 16, 2018. The film was given a special advance screening at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2019, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of ''Clerks''. Summary A biographical dramedy detailing how Kevin Smith bankrolled his $27,000 first film with maxed-out credit cards and garnered career-making critical attention at the Sundance Film Festival when ''Clerks'' debuted there in 1994. Cast Production The original Indiegogo fundraiser, set up to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film ''Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob, characters who also appeared in Smith's later films ''Mallrats'' (1995), ''Chasing Amy'' (1997), ''Dogma'' (1999), ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' (2001), ''Clerks II'' (2006), ''Jay and Silent Bob Reboot'' (2019), and ''Clerks III'' (2022) which are set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films have crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon known as the "View Askewniverse", named after Smith's production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. Since 2011, Smith has mostly made horror films, including ''Red State'' (2011) and the "comedy horror films" ''Tus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Ghigliotti
Marilyn Ghigliotti (born August 10, 1961) is an American actress, producer, director and make-up artist best known for playing Veronica Loughran in ''Clerks''. Life and career ''Clerks'' director Kevin Smith cast her for her ability to cry while reciting a monologue for the audition. She later auditioned for Smith's ''Mallrats'' and was offered the role of Kim in ''Chasing Amy'', but was not comfortable with kissing another woman on film. She moved to Sayreville, New Jersey, where she attended middle school and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1979. After high school, she earned her beautician license to do make-up and hair professionally. She worked at hair salons and later entered acting. Both of her parents are from Puerto Rico. She performed in community theater in the New Jersey area. Since moving to Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Matei
''The Angry Video Game Nerd'' (abbreviated as ''AVGN'') is an American retrogaming review comedy web series created by and starring James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's titular skit character, often simply shortened to "the Nerd" (sometimes just "Nerd"), a short-tempered and foul-mouthed gamer who delivers commentary on retro games of poor quality. While the series began with Rolfe simply playing games while delivering retrospective commentary, the show would eventually grow in scope to encompass sketches featuring guest characters, reviews of gaming consoles and peripherals, and short lectures about video game history and culture. Starting out as an independent filmmaker, Rolfe intended his earliest videos of the character (originally called ''The Angry Nintendo Nerd'') to be a joke privately shown amongst friends and colleagues. In 2004, Rolfe, at the suggestion of future series producer Mike Matei, put the ''Angry Nintendo Nerd'' videos on his website, and in 2006 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjeev Kohli
Sanjeev Singh Kohli (born 30 November 1971) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom ''Still Game'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom ''Fags, Mags and Bags'' (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the BBC Scotland soap opera ''River City'' (2015–present). Since 2019, Kohli has hosted his own television talk show ''Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk'', on the BBC Scotland channel. Early life Kohli was born in London to a social worker and a teacher, who had emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1960s from India. When he was three years old, they moved to Scotland. Kohli's parents could afford to move him, aged six, and his brothers to be educated by the Jesuits at St Aloysius' College, a Roman Catholic school in Central Glasgow. To pay for their children's education, Kohli's parents ran a corner shop. He attended Glasgow University, initially to study Medicine, but changed course to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Anderson
Jeffrey Allan Anderson (born April 21, 1970) is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter best known for starring as Randal Graves in ''Clerks,'' ''Clerks II,'' and ''Clerks III''. In between, he has appeared in other Kevin Smith-directed films and has written, directed, and starred in '' Now You Know''. Early life Born in Connecticut and raised in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, Anderson attended Henry Hudson Regional High School, with his friend, aspiring writer Kevin Smith; they graduated in 1988. While Anderson was working at AT&T, Smith was working on his debut movie ''Clerks''. As a joke, Anderson auditioned for the role of "Jay," and based on this audition, Smith later offered Anderson a lead role as video store employee Randal Graves, a foul-mouthed apathetic slacker, who patronized, angered, and mocked his customers while avoiding any real work opportunities. Career For his role in ''Clerks'', Anderson was nominated for an Independent Spirit Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Zapcic
Michael Zapcic, often referred to as Mike Zapcic or Chief, is a podcaster and cast member of the AMC reality TV show ''Comic Book Men'' with Kevin Smith. Early life Inspired by Dr. Seuss books at age three, Zapcic later became interested in comic books of all variety and acquired an extensive knowledge in that area.Internet Movie Databasebr>"Mike Zapcic - Biography" Retrieved on October 10, 2017. After going to culinary school and working as a cook, SModCobr>"Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! (Podcast) - Episode #22 'The Uninvited (Part II)'" Retrieved on October 10, 2017.AMC.co"Q&A with Michael Zapcic" Retrieved on October 10, 2017. he was hired by Walt Flanagan to work in Kevin Smith's comic book store Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey. Career When the podcast ''Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!''—hosted by: Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, and Brian Quinn—spawned the television reality show ''Comic Book Men'' in 2012, Mike Zapcic became a main cast member. In 2014 he start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Chen
Cliff Ming-Si Chen, better known as Ming Chen, is an actor, podcaster, reality television personality, and webmaster associated with Kevin Smith. He co-hosts the ''I Sell Comics!'' and ''Ming & Mike Show'' podcasts with Mike Zapcic and also starred in the AMC reality series ''Comic Book Men''. Early life Ming Chen was born in Ohio to parents born in China, but raised in Taiwan. The family frequently moved due his father being an upstart engineer, but spent significant time in Jackson, Michigan and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Chen attended the University of Michigan (class of 1996), graduated with a degree in communications, and he at one point also worked at a video shop. Career Chen became involved with Kevin Smith after making a fansite dedicated to the movie ''Clerks'' in 1996. Smith asked Chen to build the View Askew Productions website. Chen served as an extra in the movie ''Dogma''. After working around the Washington, D.C. area, and LivePlanet for two years, he joined Kevin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Pereira
Vincent Pereira (born March 11, 1973) is an American independent filmmaker, known for his work with Kevin Smith and View Askew. He is regarded as the unofficial "View Askew Historian". Background Pereira was born and raised in New Jersey. During his junior year of high school, Vincent started working at the Quick Stop and RST Video convenience store, where he met future filmmaker Kevin Smith. The two quickly became friends and would often spend time together while working at the store. When they closed the store at night, the two went to see independent films in New York City. This would eventually result in Smith seeing ''Slacker'', which would inspire him to make his low budget first film ''Clerks''. Pereira served as assistant camera, grip and "cat wrangler" on the film and made a few cameos. Pereira worked on Kevin's later films ''Mallrats'', ''Chasing Amy'', ''Dogma'' and ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. Other films In 1997, Smith financed three films under the View Askew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rolfe
James D. Rolfe (born July 10, 1980) is an American YouTuber, online personality, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in the comedic retrogaming web series '' The Angry Video Game Nerd'' (2004–present). His spin-off projects include reviews of other retro films, television series, and board games. He is considered a pioneer of internet gaming videos, and is noted for widespread influence on YouTube content after his series premiered on the site in 2006. Rolfe began creating homemade video productions in the late 1980s, and has created more than 270 videos throughout his career. His career as an online celebrity took off in 2004 with the beginning of ''Angry Video Game Nerd''. Two years later, Rolfe gained mainstream attention after one of his videos went viral upon being published on YouTube. In the interim, he filmed videos he created on his own and most of them have been released on his website, Cinemassacre. Early life Rolfe was born in Philadel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Klein (cinematographer)
David Klein, A.S.C. (born December 1972) is an American cinematographer known for working with director Kevin Smith on the films '' Clerks'', ''Mallrats'', ''Chasing Amy'', '' Clerks II'', '' Zack and Miri Make a Porno'', '' Cop Out'', and '' Red State''. Klein, a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, was the director of photography for '' True Blood'' on HBO and for '' Homeland'' on Showtime Showtime or Show Time may refer to: Film * ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film * ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur Television Networks and channels * Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w .... Klein was hired for the latter position beginning with ''Homelands third season, taking over cinematographer duties from Nelson Cragg who had served as the series' director of photography for two seasons. In 2020, Klein served as the cinematographer on an episode of '' The Mandalorian'', titled " Chapter 14: The Tragedy", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Mosier
Scott A. Mosier (born March 5, 1971) is an American film producer, director and editor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast, ''SModcast''. Early life Mosier was born in Vancouver, Washington, and moved around as a child between British Columbia and Washington. He has dual Canadian and American citizenship, as his father John was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. As a teenager he resided in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mosier met Kevin Smith while both were attending Vancouver Film School in Canada. Their first assignment, ''Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary'', was a student film documentary that fell apart in production. To salvage it, Smith and Mosier interviewed the crew about the demise of the very documentary that they had been attempting to produce. They also added a segment in which the two were shown in silhouette as they described their fictional thoughts. Four months into the eight-month program, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Johnson (filmmaker)
Bryan Lee Johnson (born December 7, 1967) is an American podcaster, actor, television personality, screenwriter and comic book writer associated with filmmaker Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse. He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in Smith's New Jersey films as comic book store owner Steve-Dave Pulasti. He was also the basis for the ''Clerks'' character Randal Graves. Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles. He wrote and directed one film, '' Vulgar'' (2000), for View Askew. He worked briefly at the Los Angeles branch of Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Since 2010, he has been a co-host of ''Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!'', a podcast created with fellow View Askewniverse staple Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn of The Tenderloins Comedy Troupe and ''Impractical Jokers''. From 2012-2018, Johnson also co-starred on the AMC reality series ''Comic Book Men''. Johnso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
