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Glass Eye Pix is an American
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film studio based in
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, New York known primarily for producing
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.


History

Film director
Larry Fessenden Laurence T. Fessenden (born March 23, 1963) is an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer. He is the founder of the New York based independent production outfit Glass Eye Pix. His writer/director credits inclu ...
founded Glass Eye Pix on November 2, 1986 in order to copyright his own films, including ''Habit, Wendigo'' and ''The Last Winter''. The name came from a glass eye one of his friends gave to him as a gift, combined with the old lingo from the trade magazine
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which called movies "pix". The company eventually grew to encompass others' works as Fessenden began to mentor younger filmmakers. Glass Eye Pix's low-budget horror banner, Scareflix, was designed to create lean budgeted, auteur-driven films from new directors. Scareflix productions include Glenn McQuaid’s '' I Sell the Dead'', Ti West's '' The Roost'' and '' Trigger Man'', James Felix McKenney's '' Automatons'' and '' The Off Season'', and '' I Can See You'' and ''The Viewer'' by Graham Reznick. Other Scareflix include Joe Maggio's '' Bitter Feast'',
Jim Mickle Jim Mickle (born 1979) is an American director and writer, known for such films as '' Mulberry Street'', '' Stake Land'', '' We Are What We Are'' and '' Cold in July''. He also co-developed the SundanceTV series '' Hap and Leonard'', and the Net ...
's ''
Stake Land ''Stake Land'' is a 2010 American post apocalyptic vampire horror film directed by Jim Mickle and starring Nick Damici, who cowrote the script with Mickle. It also stars Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. The plot revolves aroun ...
'', James Felix McKenny's ''Hypothermia''. and Mickey Keating's ''Darling''. In 2009 Glass Eye Pix partnered with Dark Sky Films, and collaborators Peter Phok and Brent Kunkle, Fessenden produced Ti West's ''
The House of the Devil ''The House of the Devil'' is a 2009 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West, starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, A. J. Bowen, and Dee Wallace. The plot concerns a young college student who i ...
'' and '' The Innkeepers'' as well as ''
Late Phases ''Late Phases'' is a 2014 horror drama film by director Adrián García Bogliano and his first feature film in the English language. The film had its world premiere on March 9, 2014, at South by Southwest and stars Nick Damici as a blind war vet ...
'.'' Recent Glass Eye Pix productions include ''Stray Bullets'' by Jack Fessenden, ''Like Me'' by Robert Mockler, ''Birth of The Living Dead'' by Rob Kuhns, '' Most Beautiful Island'' by Ana Asensio, ''The Ranger'' by Jenn Wexler, ''
Depraved ''Depraved'' is a 2019 American horror film written and directed by Larry Fessenden and starring David Call and Joshua Leonard. It is a modern version of Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein''. Plot Suffering from PTSD following his stint as an arm ...
'' by Larry Fessenden and ''Foxhole'' by Jack Fessenden. Outside of the horror genre, the company has produced films including
Rick Alverson Patrick James Alverson Jr. (born June 25, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician, living in Richmond, Virginia. His films have been characterized by their confrontational nature and departure from traditional 3 act struct ...
's '' The Comedy'', Kelly Reichardt's ''
Wendy and Lucy ''Wendy and Lucy'' is a 2008 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt and Jon Raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story ''Train Choir''. The film stars Michelle Williams as Wendy, a homeless woman who searches for he ...
'', and
Ilya Chaiken Ilya Chaiken (born February 10, 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her debut feature '' Margarita Happy Hour'', a film about motherhood, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and went on t ...
’s ''
Liberty Kid ''Liberty Kid'' is a 2007 low-budget American film directed by Ilya Chaiken. Plot Two friends Derrick and Tico lost their jobs at a concession stand at the Statue of Liberty because of the September 11 attacks. In order to make money, they beco ...
'' Glass Eye Pix has also produced over 50 episodes of the audio drama series, '' Tales From Beyond the Pale'', created by Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid, and hosted by Fessenden.


Films produced

*''White Trash'' (1980) *''The Field'' (1980) *''Habit'' (1982) *''Experienced Movers'' (1985) *''Chinatown'' (1986) *''Mismatch'' (1987) *''Hollow Venus'' (1989) *''Stunt: A Musical Motion Picture ''(1989) *''No Telling'' (1991) *''
Habit A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.
'' (1997) *''
Wendigo Wendigo () is a mythological creature or evil spirit originating from the folklore of Plains and Great Lakes Natives as well as some First Nations. It is based in and around the East Coast forests of Canada, the Great Plains region of the U ...
'' (2001) *''The Making of 'No Telling' ''(2001) *''Searching for the Wendigo'' (2002) *'' Zombie Honeymoon'' (2004) *'' The Off Season'' (2004) *'' Automatons'' (2005) *'' The Roost'' (2005) *''Escape Artists'' (2005) *'' The Last Winter'' (2006) *'' Trigger Man'' (2006) *''Blood Red Earth'' (web series) (2007) *'' I Can See You'' (2008) *''
Wendy and Lucy ''Wendy and Lucy'' is a 2008 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt and Jon Raymond adapted the screenplay from his short story ''Train Choir''. The film stars Michelle Williams as Wendy, a homeless woman who searches for he ...
'' (2008) *'' I Sell The Dead'' (2008) *''
The House of the Devil ''The House of the Devil'' is a 2009 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West, starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, A. J. Bowen, and Dee Wallace. The plot concerns a young college student who i ...
'' (2009) *'' Bitter Feast'' (2010) *''
Stake Land ''Stake Land'' is a 2010 American post apocalyptic vampire horror film directed by Jim Mickle and starring Nick Damici, who cowrote the script with Mickle. It also stars Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. The plot revolves aroun ...
'' (2010) *''
Hypothermia Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans. Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe ...
'' (2011) *'' The Innkeepers'' (2011) *'' Tales From Beyond the Pale'' (2012) *'' The Comedy'' (2012) *''
Birth of the Living Dead ''Birth of the Living Dead'' (sometimes known by its working title ''Year of the Living Dead'') is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rob Kuhns. It is about the 1968 horror film ''Night of the Living Dead'' and that film's legacy. It fe ...
'' (2012) *'' Beneath'' (2013) * '' Darling'' (2015) *''
Late Phases ''Late Phases'' is a 2014 horror drama film by director Adrián García Bogliano and his first feature film in the English language. The film had its world premiere on March 9, 2014, at South by Southwest and stars Nick Damici as a blind war vet ...
'' (2015) * ''The Stakelander'' (2016) * Certain Women (2016) * ''Stray Bullets'' (2016) * ''Psychopaths'' (2017) *'' Like Me'' (2017) *'' Most Beautiful Island'' (2017) *'' The Ranger'' (2018) *''
Depraved ''Depraved'' is a 2019 American horror film written and directed by Larry Fessenden and starring David Call and Joshua Leonard. It is a modern version of Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein''. Plot Suffering from PTSD following his stint as an arm ...
'' (2019) *'' Foxhole'' (2021) *''Crumb Catcher'' (in production)


Distributor only

*''The Eliminator'' (1979) *''Lifeline'' (1981) *''A Face in the Crowd'' (1981) *''The Gods of Times Square'' (1999) – by Richard Sandler


References


External links

* {{Authority control Film production companies of the United States Companies based in New York City