Roy Frumkes is an American independent filmmaker. Frumkes directed the 1985 documentary ''
Document of the Dead'', a film detailing the production of ''
Dawn of the Dead''.
Biography
The cooperation of
George A. Romero allowed Frumkes extensive access to the creative process of the filmmaker, and the finished product is as much an overview and analysis of Romero's early career as a "making-of" documentary. In ''
Video Watchdog
''Video Watchdog'' was a bimonthly, digest size film magazine published from 1990 to 2017 by publisher/editor Tim Lucas and his wife, art director and co-publisher Donna Lucas.
Although devoted chiefly to the horror, science fiction, and fantas ...
'' magazine, critic
Tim Lucas
Tim Lucas (born May 30, 1956) is a film critic, biographer, novelist, screenwriter, blogger, and publisher and editor of the video review magazine ''Video Watchdog''.
Biography and early career
Lucas, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the only ...
called ''Document of the Dead'' "an intelligent, arresting, and authoritative examination of Romero's working filmmaking style..." Frumkes added new codas to the film in 1989, and for the 2005 DVD release ''Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition'', which collected multiple cuts of the film and a cut of ''Document of the Dead''. The full-length ''Document of the Dead'' was released on DVD by
Synapse Films
Synapse Films is an American DVD and Blu-ray label, founded in 1997 and specializing in cult horror, science fiction and exploitation films.
History
Synapse Films was owned and operated by Don May, Jr. and his business partners Jerry Chandler ...
in 1998.
As a screenwriter, Frumkes has written the 1996 thriller ''The Substitute'' and three sequels, and the cult black comedy ''
Street Trash'' (1987), which he also produced.
In 2006, Frumkes put the finishing touches to the documentary ''The Meltdown Memoirs''. which depicts the production of the film
Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.
On March 22, 2010, Frumkes confirmed to ''
Fangoria'' magazine that he would produce a remake during 2011 of the 1958 British science fiction horror film ''
Fiend Without a Face'', but that remake has yet to materialize as of December 2017.
He is the owner of ''
Films in Review'',
the oldest motion picture journal in the United States.
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American film producers
American male screenwriters
School of Visual Arts faculty
Screenwriters from New York (state)
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