The Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American
film directors
Mitchell Altieri
Mitchell Altieri is an American film director, Film producer, producer and writer.
Career
His first feature film ''Lurking in Suburbia'' was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth. Altieri and long time film partner Phil ...
and
Phil Flores.
Biography
Phil Flores
Flores's first film was ''Long Cut'' (2002); he then joined with Mitchell Altieri to produce ''
Lurking in Suburbia
''Lurking in Suburbia'' is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Mitchell Altieri, produced by Altieri and Phil Flores, and stars Joe Egender, Samuel Child, Ari Zaragis, and Buffy Charlet.
Plot
On his thirtieth birthday, Conrad Stevens, ...
'' (2006).
Mitchell Altieri
Altieri's first feature film ''Lurking in Suburbia'' was discovered by
Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth. Altieri and long time film partner
Phil Flores then created their filmmaking alter-egos The Butcher Brothers, writing and directing the
independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
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* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independ ...
horror film ''
The Hamiltons''. His latest film, directed solo, is ''
Holy Ghost People''. As of April 2013, ''Raised by Wolves'' was completing post-production.
History
Their first feature film ''The Hamiltons'' was the co-winner of the Gold Vision Award of the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the Malibu International Film Festival. It was released by
Lions Gate Entertainment in 2006 (Limited Theatrical) and 2007 (DVD). Their influences include
Tobe Hooper
Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror fi ...
,
David Cronenberg, and
David Lynch.
In 2007, they filmed the video for the
Static-X song "
Destroyer". They shot the horror film ''The Violent Kind'', which was part of the Sundance Film Festival 2010. Next, the Butcher Brothers worked on ''Black Sunset'', a psychological thriller, which was produced by Cynthia Stafford of Queen Nefertari Prod. They released the sequel to ''The Hamiltons'', ''
The Thompsons'', in 2012. In 2014 they released ''Black Sunset''.
Filmography
*''
The Hamiltons'' (2006)
*''
April Fool's Day
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'' (2008)
*''
The Violent Kind'' (2010)
* ''
The Thompsons'' (2012)
*''Black Sunset'' (2014)
References
External links
*
The Butcher Brothers' Official Website
Living people
American film directors
American film producers
American male writers
American male screenwriters
English-language film directors
Screenwriting duos
Year of birth missing (living people)
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