Jim VanBebber (born November 24, 1964) is an American film director.
Born in
Greenville, Ohio
Greenville is a city in and the county seat of Darke County, Ohio, United States, located near the western edge of Ohio about 33 miles northwest of Dayton. The population was 13,227 at the 2010 census.
History
Historic Native American tribes in ...
, VanBebber attended
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...
where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance ''
Deadbeat at Dawn'', and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. ''
The Manson Family'' took more than ten years to complete.
A documentary about VanBebber titled ''Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber'' covering his life from 2010 to 2015 was released in 2015.
Filmography
* ''Gator Green'' (2013)
* ''
The Manson Family'' (1997)
* ''
Video Collection (1984–1992)'' (1996) (video for "Spasmolytic")
* ''Doper'' (1994)
* ''My Sweet Satan'' (1994)
* ''Roadkill: The Last Days of John Martin'' (1994)
* ''Kata'' (1990)
* ''
Deadbeat at Dawn'' (1988)
References
External links
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Living people
Wright State University alumni
Horror film directors
1964 births
People from Greenville, Ohio
Film directors from Ohio
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