Glenn Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He is known for directing several

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films, including '' The Worst Movie Ever!'', a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history. His other films include '' To Die is Hard'', ''Midget Zombie Takeover'', ''Auto Shop of Horrors'', ''Evil Intent'', and ''The Ghosts of Johnson Woods''.

Background

Berggoetz was born on October 29, 1976 just outside Atlantic City, New Jersey, raised in

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, graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School, and received his master's degree at

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. In the mid-1990s, he began to write screenplays and, by 2006, had completed eight scripts. Unable to get his screenplays read by studios, and acting upon a suggestion, he decided to produce and direct his own films. His first effort was completed in 2006 when he finished filming the

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''Bad Movies, Good Showers and Civil Engineers.'' By the end of 2007, he had completed two additional shorts and two feature-length films. To date, three of his features have screened on Canadian television, six have received limited theatrical releases, and all nine of his feature films have distribution deals in place. Berggoetz's film ''The Worst Movie EVER!'' was selected by independent film critic Terra King as one of the ten best independent feature films of 2011. In 2013, Berggoetz premiered ''Midget Zombie Takeover'' in Winchester, Virginia. After that, ''Midget Zombie Takeover'' screened in many theaters across the United States and England. In the spring of 2014

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released its list of the 100 greatest B movies in cinema history. Berggoetz's 2010 feature film '' To Die is Hard'' came in as the 16th best B movie of all time on the list. Berggoetz's 2016 film ''The Ghosts of Johnson Woods'' that stars

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was selected by Gross Movie Reviews as one of the ten best films of that year. In 2016, film critic Jim Vorel published a lengthy article about Berggoetz in which he said, "Glenn Berggoetz is a uniquely compelling individual - there's no one else like him," and, "The movie business would be unbearably drab without Berggoetz."Article in ''Paste''
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, and is a

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who teaches film classes at

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. Berggoetz's second novel ''Waiting for Evening to Come'' was released in 2019 by Solstice Publishing.

Filmography

* ''Guernica Still Burning'' (2008) * ''Bad Movies, Good Showers, and Civil Engineers'' (2009) * '' To Die Is Hard'' (2010) * ''Therapissed'' (2010) * ''Evil Intent'' (2010) * '' The Worst Movie Ever!'' (2011) * ''Separate Checks'' (2011)
''Midget Zombie Takeover''
(2013)
''Auto Shop of Horrors''
(2016)
''The Ghosts of Johnson Woods''
(2016) * ''LoveSexHate'' (2017) * ''Poetry Slammed'' (2018) * ''Paralyzed with Fear'' (2019)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berggoetz, Glenn Living people American male writers American film directors American film producers California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni 1976 births