''Indie Director'' is a 2013 independent film that was directed by

Bill Zebub Bill Zebub is the manager of Bill Zebub Productions. His production company publishes a quarterly magazine titled ''The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds'', mainly about death metal music and independent movies. He has made an array of low-budget films, ...

. The movie was released to DVD on May 25, 2013, and is a pseudodocumentary of Zebub's experiences with filmmaking and his creative process.

Synopsis

Bill (

) is a struggling independent filmmaker who wants to create movies by his own rules. He has nothing but disdain for people who compromise their own values in order to succeed and vows never to fall into the trap that has lured other directors away from their own creative visions. However, when one of Bill's films becomes wildly popular in the porn industry- despite Bill never intending it to be seen as such- he finds himself preparing another movie in order to take advantage of his newfound success, essentially compromising his own strict standards.

Cast

as Bill * Angelina Leigh as Angela * Stephanie Anders as Jessica * Clover St. Claire as Svetlana * Sheri Medulla as Olga *

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as Marissa * Tiffany Loretta Carroll as Chrystal *

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as Dave's Wife *

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as Joyce Heckel * Scarlett Storm as Giggling Actress * Valerie Barattucci as Melanie * Jeremiah Shaffer as Fan of toe tag * Mike O'Mahony as Mike * Steve Nebesni as Steve * Adam P. Murphy as Belladonna

Reception

Critical reception for ''Indie Director'' has been mostly positive. ''

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'' and ''

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'' both praised the film for its offbeat nature and sense of humor and ''Fangoria's'' Chris Alexander commented that the movie would not appeal to all audiences. ''

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'' gave a mostly positive review as they felt that it "may not be great, but by God, it’s true, it’s insightful, and it’s fun." In contrast, ''

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'' panned the film overall and stated that although the movie did have some elements that "could have made for something interesting", it was "pretty painful to sit through" and it could have been improved with more editing.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 2926926 2013 films American documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films