Banger Films is a Canadian film and television production company, which specializes in documentary films and television series on music and culture. The company was launched in 2004 by
Scot McFadyen
Scot McFadyen is a Canadian film director, producer and music supervisor whose work focuses on the subculture of heavy metal. He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Sam Dunn.
Films
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
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and Sam Dunn to create and distribute their first film, '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey''.
The company has since produced theatrical documentaries and television series, as well as live concert DVDs by rock and heavy metal musicians.
In 2011, Banger Films started a YouTube channel, Bangertv. Most of the channel's content for the first four years of its existence were interviews and trailers of documentaries. Starting in 2015, Bangertv started making album reviews (including tag team/no beef reviews) and hosting weekly live streams. They have since also started a "Best of" series for certain years in the history of Heavy Metal. As of February 2022, Bangertv has 334,000 subscribers.
The company's 2014 film ''
Super Duper Alice Cooper
''Super Duper Alice Cooper'' is a 2014 Canadian biographical documentary film about shock rock musician Alice Cooper, written and directed by Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Reginald Harkema.
In addition to narration by Cooper himself, the film also ...
'' won the
Canadian Screen Award
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CBC News
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