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Steve Balderson
Stephen Clark Balderson (born January 19, 1975) is an American film director. Early life Balderson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and raised in nearby Wamego, Kansas, until the age of twelve, when his family moved to Manhattan. Balderson attended Manhattan High School." Balderson attended film school at California Institute of the Arts, where he directed six full-length digital movies, including a screen adaptation of Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat. At the end of his third year at CalArts, Balderson realized he'd never had a mid-residency review. When he asked his dean, Hartmut Bitomsky, Bitomsky answered, "Master's students don't have mid-residency reviews." When Bitomsky learned Balderson was an undergrad, he instructed Balderson to stop going to his classes and instead, to do independent study with him. Once a week the two would meet and dissect Alfred Hitchcock films and Steve learned how to focus his vision. After months of working one-on-one with his dean, Balderson de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County, Kansas, Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River (Kansas), Big Blue River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 54,100. The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-Stater (Kansas), Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era. Nicknamed "the Little Apple" as a play on New York City's moniker of the "Big Apple", The city is a college town with a significant student population, because it is home to Kansas State University (KSU). History Indigenous tribes settlement Before settlement by European-Americans in the 1850s, the land around Manhattan was home to Native tribes. From 1780 to 1830, it was home to the Kaw people, also known as the Kansa. The Kaw settlement was call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Black
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress. A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City. She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's ''You're a Big Boy Now'' (1966). Black relocated to California and was cast as an LSD-tripping prostitute in Dennis Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortbus
''Shortbus'' is a 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The plot revolves around a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in an early 2000s New York City. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s. According to Mitchell, the film attempts to "employ sex in new cinematic ways because it's too interesting to leave to porn." ''Shortbus'' includes a variety of explicit scenes containing non-simulated sexual intercourse with visible penetration and male ejaculation. Plot In New York City, Sofia Lin, a couples counselor/ sex therapist, is married to the handsome but unambitious and slightly dim-witted Rob. She comes into contact with a couple: slightly egotistical former child star Jamie and former sex worker James, the film's other lead character. At the outset, James suggests to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stickles
Peter Stickles (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the voyeuristic Caleb in the John Cameron Mitchell film '' Shortbus'' and as Damian, leader of a gay vampire cult, in the Here TV original series '' The Lair''. Career Stickles was cast in ''Shortbus'' in 2003 from amongst some 400 actors who submitted audition tapes for the film, which was initially known as "Sex Film Project." No script had been written prior to casting and the story was built out of improvisational sessions once the cast was in place. The voyeuristic aspect of Caleb's character grew in part out of Stickles's own interests at the time. "I was exploring sex clubs at the time and not necessarily participating but watching from afar. I think John Cameron Mitchell was attracted to the idea of this whole voyeuristic aspect of the character. ... How far would you go to touch somebody from afar?" Stickles, along with others in the cast, was nominated for the Gotham Independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Riddlehoover
Matt Riddlehoover (born July 26, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the 2020 documentary '' My Darling Vivian''. ''My Darling Vivian'' Riddlehoover produced, directed, and edited ''My Darling Vivian'', a biographical documentary about Vivian Liberto, the first wife of Johnny Cash. The film premiered at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, presented by Amazon Prime Video, to great acclaim. It was hailed by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'' as a "must-see" critics' pick, and ''Newsweek'' ranked it among the best films of the year. ''My Darling Vivian'' went on to screen at festivals around the world, including Geena Davis Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Davis made her acting debut in the satirical romantic comedy ''Toots ...' Bentonville Film Festival, where Riddlehoover received the Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Suglia
Joseph Suglia is an American screenwriter, novelist, and Film producer, producer. Career In 2008, Suglia wrote the screenplay for Steve Balderson’s film ''Watch Out (film), Watch Out'' in collaboration with the director. The film, which was based on Suglia’s novel ''Watch Out'', starred Matt Riddlehoover, Peter Stickles, and Victor Heck. ''Watch Out (film), Watch Out'' premiered at the Raindance Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Feature. In 2009, Suglia appeared with Karen Black, Mink Stole, Steve Balderson, Matt Riddlehoover, and Peter Stickles in ''Wamego: Ultimatum'', a feature-length DVD documenting the making of ''Watch Out (film), Watch Out''. Bibliography Fiction * ''Watch Out - The Definitive Version'' (2008) * ''Watch Out (novel), Watch Out'' (2006) * ''Years of Rage'' (2005) Non-fiction * ''Hölderlin and Blanchot on Self-Sacrifice'' (2004) Filmography * ''Wamego: Ultimatum'' (2009) * ''Watch Out (film), Watch Out'' (2008) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watch Out (film)
''Watch Out'' is a 2008 film directed by Steve Balderson and starring Matt Riddlehoover. It is based on the novel by Joseph Suglia. Though the story is set in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the film was shot guerrilla-style, without permits, in March and April on location in Wamego, Kansas. The film premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London, where it was nominated for Best International Feature. It was released theatrically in the "Stop Turning Me On" world tour in New York (Coney Island Film Festival), Nashville, Chicago, Washington D.C (Reel Affirmations Festival), Seattle (Lesbian & Gay Film Festival), San Francisco, Asheville, Charlottesville (Virginia Film Festival), Kansas City, Lawrence KS, Austin (Alamo Drafthouse), and Los Angeles. Festivals * 2008 Raindance Film Festival Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking, and it showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. In 2013, the festival was listed by '' Variety'' as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals". Timeline *1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered. *1993 – The Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of '' What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'' *1994 – ''Pulp Fiction'' makes its UK debut at Raindance. *1998 – Raindance creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrate the achievements of independent British filmmaking. *2000 – Christopher Nolan's '' Memento'' has its UK premiere at Rain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grady Stiles
Grady Franklin Stiles Jr. (June 26, 1937 – November 29, 1992) was an American freak show performer and murderer. His deformity was the genetic condition ectrodactyly, in which the fingers and toes are fused together to form claw-like extremities. Because of this, Stiles performed under the stage name "Lobster Boy". Family history According to Grady's father, the Stiles family had a long history of ectrodactyly, dating back to 1840. Grady Stiles Jr. was the fourth child of Grady F. Stiles Sr. and his wife Edna. Capitalizing on his deformity, Grady Stiles Sr. was a sideshow attraction in a traveling carnival. After Grady Jr. was born he was folded into his father's sideshow act at the age of seven. Stiles married twice and had four children, two of whom also had ectrodactyly. Stiles and his two children toured together as The Lobster Family. When not traveling with the carnival, the Stiles family lived in Gibsonton, Florida, where many other carnival performers lived during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jak Kendall
Jak or JAK may refer to: People * JAK, pen name of British cartoonist Raymond Jackson (1927–1997) * Jak Airport (c. 1955–2004), English guitarist born Jack Stafford * Jak Alnwick (born 1993), English football goalkeeper * Jak Crawford (born 2005) an American racing driver * Jak Jones (born 1993), Welsh professional snooker player * Jak Knight (1993–2022), American actor, comedian and writer * Jak Orion, stage name used by Australian musician Jack Moffitt in 2010 * José Antonio Kast (born 1966), Chilean politician also known by his initials JAK Fictional characters * Jak (''Jak and Daxter''), in ''Jak and Daxter'' video games * Jak (comics), in the UK comic book ''The Dandy'' Other uses * Ják, a village in Hungary * JAK members bank, a Swedish interest-free bank * Janus kinase, a family of intracellular, nonreceptor tyrosine kinases including ** Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) ** Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) ** Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) See also * Jack (other) * Jaks Jaks, Jåks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enigma (performer)
The Enigma (born Paul Lawrence) is an American sideshow performer, actor, and musician who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants, ear reshaping, multiple body piercings, and a full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo. His tattooing process began on December 20, 1992, under the needle of Katzen the Tiger Lady, whom he later married, and has since divorced. To date, the Enigma has had more than two hundred tattoo artists work on him, with as many as twenty-three tattoos underway at one time. Biography Lawrence was born in Long Beach, California, and was raised in Seattle. He began studying music when he was six years old. In 1991, he got his start as a member of the Jim Rose Circus, with which he performed around the world until 1998, touring with acts such as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Godsmack, and once opening for David Bowie. The Enigma then toured with Katzen, playing music and doing sideshow performances under the moniker Human Marvels. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selene Luna
Selene Luna (born September 19, 1971, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican-American actress, comedian, burlesque performer, and model known for her roles on comedian Margaret Cho's reality TV series '' The Cho Show'' and in such films as ''My Bloody Valentine 3D''. She also performed with the burlesque troupe ''Velvet Hammer Burlesque'' and is the creator of her own one woman show entitled ''I Don't Care Anymore''. She appeared on the cover for the Dwarves 2001 album '' How to Win Friends and Influence People''. Filmography * '' Huluween Dragstravaganza'' (2022) * ''Coco'' (2017) *'' Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver'' (2011) *'' Demonic Toys 2'' (2010) *''Star-ving'' (2009) *''My Bloody Valentine 3D'' (2009) *''Celebrity Family Feud'' (2008) *'' The Cho Show'' (2008) *''Firecracker A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
