Press Kit - Austin Film Society
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Press Kit - Austin Film Society
THE AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS SLACKER 2011 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Bob Ray, Spencer Parsons, Rusty Kelley, Berndt Mader, Amy Grappell, Karen Skloss, Duane Graves & Justin Meeks, Paul Gordon, Jonny Stranger, David & Nathan Zellner, Jay Duplass, John Bryant, Sam Wainwright Douglas, Ben Steinbauer, Elisabeth Sikes, Mike Dolan, Geoff Marslett, Bradley Beesley, Bob Byington & Clay Liford, Carlyn Hudson, Miguel Alvarez, Scott R. Meyers, PJ Raval, and Chris Eska. USA, 2011, 105 MINUTES www.austinfilm.org/slacker2011 SCREENING/PUBLICITY CONTACT Bryan Poyser Director of Artist Services, Austin Film Society bryan@austinfilm.org or 512-322-0145 x3204 “SLACKER 2011 came off as a beautiful work of jazz, with each segment representing an instrumental solo. At times dark and tempestuous (MingusParsons) and at others lyrically rhythmic, playful and exaggerated (MonkDoubek) or rapid bursts of color (Parker-Coleman) the film showcased individual voices while still holding its center as a single work of art.” —Matthew Odam, The Austin American-Statesman SYNOPSIS Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city. SLACKER 2011 is a stream-of-consciousness chronicle of a day in Austin, presenting the city-dwellers, dragworms, proto-hipsters and locations that give the city its modern identity. The film showcases a transformed town next to things that never change. SLACKER 2011 is an homage to twenty years of independent filmmaking, presenting the city’s changing face and showcasing some of its most exciting talent. “SLACKER 2011 succeeds—if not, exceeds—in its mission to capture Austin 20 years after Linklaterʼs version; cleverly commenting on how many things have changed, yet so much has stayed the same. We might keep getting older, but Austin continues to stay weird.” —Don Simpson, Smells Like Screen Spirit "A charming, sometime very funny snapshot of contemporary Austin." --Kimberly Jones, The Austin Chronicle ABOUT THE PRODUCTION SLACKER 2011 was embarked on in the Spring of 2011 as a benefit for the Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF), a grant program for Texas filmmakers that has given away over $1.2 million to Texas filmmakers since 1996. Many of the filmmakers who participated in SLACKER 2011 had received TFPF grants for their previous films. Each filmmaking team was given a $500 budget to pull off their scene, which they did with 24 casts and crews throughout May and June of 2011. Fundraising began in April and continued until the premiere of the film at Austin’s Paramount Theater on August 31st. Donors to TFPF could get signed DVD’s of the original film, T-shirts, posters, walk-on roles, special thanks in the credits and producer credits. It was truly a case of the community helping the community, as the production and premiere of SLACKER 2011 helped the Austin Film Society raise nearly $60,000 for the Fund. FILMMAKER BIOS MIGUEL ALVAREZ A recent graduate of the University of Texas, he was the recipient of the Robert Rodriguez/Elizabeth Avellán Award and Warren Skaaren Fellowship. He has also received awards from the Directors’ Guild of America, Panavision’s Emerging Filmmaker program, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund for his previous films, TADPOLES, VETERANS, KID, and Mnemosyne Rising. A native of San Antonio, Texas, he currently resides in Austin where he teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. Miguel has also edited the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honoree clip reels for the last 4 years and Miguel garnered two Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grants in 2006 for VETERANS and 2008 for MNEMOSYNE RISING. ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMAS The Alamo Team is made up of the programming office of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, who are a creative partner on this project with Austin Film Society and a long-time Legacy Sponsor of AFS. This team is responsible for the nightly events at the Ritz - including the Music Monday, Terror Tuesday, Weird Wednesday, Cinema Club, and Zzang!!! series. Programmers Daniel Metz, Lars Nilsen, Zack Carlson, Kayla Williams and George Bragdon will be producing their segment. Not a single member of the staff was in Austin when SLACKER was shot, but wish it not be held against them. And AFS is proud that Kayla was also a onetime intern! AFS FILM CLUB AFS teaches after school community-based film and new media workshops at eight under-resourced elementary, middle and high schools each year. AFS Film Club students learn to analyze, explore, and create films through focus areas ranging from stop-motion and computer animation to screenwriting and digital film production. AUSTIN SCHOOL OF FILM The Austin School of Film @ Motion Media Arts Center is a non-profit independent film, art, and technology center that supports every aspect of production from idea to distribution. Our goal is to educate, train, and develop emerging artists of all ages to be active participants in shaping our 21st century culture. BRADLEY BEESLEY Austin-based filmmaker Bradley Beesley has made a cinematic career documenting oddball Americana, strange sub-cultures and homegrown rock stars. Post art school and somewhat damaged, he began filming with legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside to make his first movie HILL STOMP HOLLAR (SXSW). He has since directed nine feature-length films, including seven documentaries, a concert film and a sci-fi narrative. Bradley is the producer and director of the backwoods cult classic OKIE NOODLING (PBS), which chronicles the lost art of bare-handed catfishing in his home state of Oklahoma. In 2005, Shout! Factory released THE FEARLESS FREAKS, a documentary starring The Flaming Lips. He has collaborated on over ten music videos with the Lips and recently teamed-up with Wayne Coyne to make CHRISTMAS ON MARS (Warner Bros.). His latest film, SWEETHEARTS OF THE PRISON RODEO (HBO), goes behind prison walls to follow convict cowgirls as they compete in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo. Other films include THE CREEK RUNS RED (Independent Lens), SUMMERCAMP! (Sundance Channel) and UFO’S AT THE ZOO (Warner Bros.). His TV credits include Roller Girls (A&E), Paranormal State (A&E) and Storm Chasers (Discovery). AFS is proud that Bradley is a 2004 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund recipient for SUMMERCAMP! JOHN BRYANT John received a TFPF grant in 2007 for LOVEolution and more recently produced and directed THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS, which played several festivals including SXSW, Woodstock and the Maryland Film Festival before being picked up by IFC Films and later screened on the Sundance Channel. BOB BYINGTON Bob Byington’s most recent film, HARMONY AND ME, premiered at the New Directors/New Films Series in 2009. Bob’s previous film, RSO [Registered Sex Offender], premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. At the Traverse City Film Festival in 2009, Bob was honored by filmmaker Michael Moore with the “Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking”; Bob was also the recipient of the 2008 Annenberg Film Fellowship from the Sundance Institute. His new film is called SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME starring Nick Offerman. Bob has received TFPF grants in 1996 (OLYMPIA), 2005 (ROMEO), 2009 (travel grants for HARMONY AND ME) and 2010 (SEVEN CHINESE BROTHERS). MIKE DOLAN Mike Dolan was born in Oklahoma City, but raised in Texas, New Mexico, and Canada. At 17, he dropped out of high school and moved to New York City to pursue acting. As an actor Mike appeared twice on Broadway and has had many leading roles in films, including BILOXI BLUES, HAMBURGER HILL, THE LIGHT OF DAY, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, and MARS. Mike wrote, produced, and directed the short film, ARROW SHOT. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, ARROW SHOT played at over 50 festivals worldwide and was broadcast throughout Europe on Canal +, and in the USA and Canada on IFC. In 2004, Mike was awarded a three–year fellowship to the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His first feature film, DANCE WITH THE ONE, premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. SAM WAINWRIGHT DOUGLAS Documentary filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas's most recent film, CITIZEN ARCHITECT: SAMUEL MOCKBEE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RURAL STUDIO, was nationally broadcast on PBS and has screened internationally at theaters, museums, universities and film festivals since its premiere in 2010 at SXSW and received a Texas Filmmakers' Travel Grant from AFS to attend Hot Docs in Toronto. Sam also directed THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS… BOUND TO LOSE, a surreal chronicle of the infamous bad boys of 1960’s folk rock, The Holy Modal Rounders. The film features Sam Shepard and Dennis Hopper among other friends and fans of the band. BOUND TO LOSE played at theaters and festivals worldwide and was released on DVD in 2007. As a producer and editor Sam has done projects for HBO, PBS, BBC, A&E and The Food Network. Sam graduated with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1998. His company, Big Beard Films, is a Corporate Sustainer of AFS. JAY DUPLASS Jay Duplass, along with his brother Mark, first made a name for himself writing and directing several award-winning short films. His first feature film was the Sundance 2005 breakout hit THE PUFFY CHAIR, which went on to win the Audience Award at SXSW and receive two Independent Spirit Award nominations. The film was released theatrically by Roadside Attractions and Netflix in 2006. BAGHEAD, the brothers' second feature film, was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance 2008 for theatrical and DVD release. Fox Searchlight recently released the Duplass Brothers' first studio feature, CYRUS, starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei, which has garnered rave reviews. Their latest project JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME, stars Jason Segal, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon. Jay likes stories about real people, and is also a father, husband, runner and documentarian. CHRIS ESKA Chris was raised in Ottine, Texas (pop. 98) and studied sociology and art at Rice University before attending UCLA's MFA film directing program. His short films have screened on PBS, at the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Competition, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, and at festivals worldwide. After taking a oneyear leave of absence from UCLA to backpack across India and Asia, Chris returned to Japan to produce DOKI-DOKI, his master's thesis film. DOKI-DOKI premiered on the national PBS series Independent Lens with an introduction by Susan Sarandon. AUGUST EVENING is his first feature and was nominated for two 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, where it won the John Cassavetes Award. AFS is proud to have supported AUGUST EVENING with two TFPF grants in 2005 & 2006, as well as a Travel Grant for his trip to Los Angeles for the Spirit Awards. Chris also received a grant in 2010 for another project, SEPTEMBER MORNING. PAUL GORDON Paul Gordon has been crafting stories with humor since a young age. While growing up in Illinois, Paul began making short films, and after attending DePaul University in Chicago, worked various jobs—including two years for Habitat for Humanity—and lived in various places before moving to Austin in 2001 to attend the graduate film program at the University of Texas at Austin; he graduated in August 2005. Paul’s feature-length MOTORCYCLE, crafted from his three short film school projects, world premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival, and went on to play at film festivals around the world, including Thessaloniki, SXSW and Rooftop Films. Paul’s short film GOOD played at the 2001 SXSW and Chicago International film festivals, and aired on PBS’s Image Union. Paul wrote, directed, and plays the lead in THE HAPPY POET, which world premiered at the 2010 SXSW film festival and premiered internationally at the 67th Venice Int’l Film Festival. The POET has played at festivals around the world and has won both audience and jury awards, including the 2011 Florida Film Festival’s Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature. Paul has also acted in some fellowAustinites’ films, including Geoff Marslett’s MARS, and an upcoming horror film directed by Spencer Parsons and produced by Jason Wheling and Jonny Mars. Paul received TFPF grants in 2007 for NAOMI. NAOMI, and in 2010 for distribution of THE HAPPY POET and a Travel Grant to take the film to Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival. AMY GRAPPELL Amy Grappell was born in Brooklyn New York. Her most recent film QUADRANGLE premiered at Sundance (2010) winning an honorable mention jury prize, and won both Best Documentary Short and the Wholphin Best Short Film award at SXSW (2010). The film also screened at Rotterdam International Film Festival, True/False, and New Directors/ New Films (MOMA / Film Society of Lincoln Center). Grappell is currently working on a narrative screenplay based on the group marriage story. QUADRANGLE was initially conceived as a video installation and selected for the national juried art exhibition “New American Talent”-09. Grappell’s documentary LIGHT FROM THE EAST had its European premiere in London, aired on PBS (KLRU) and was released theatrically at the Pioneer Theater in New York City. Grappell also produced, co-wrote, and acted in the indie narrative feature SHADY GROVE, which premiered at SXSW before doing the international film festival circuit. She holds a BFA in film from New York University and is a graduate of the MFA acting program at The North Carolina School of the Arts. She has received grants from: TFPF, Texas Commission for the Arts, Texas Council for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Grappell currently lives and works in Austin as a producer and casting director for film and television. Amy received a TFPF grant for QUADRANGLE and a Travel Grant to take the film to Sundance. She also received a grant in 2003 for LIGHT FROM THE EAST. DUANE GRAVES & JUSTIN MEEKS Duane Graves was born and raised in San Antonio. After receiving a degree in TV/Film from Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, he directed the critically-acclaimed documentary UP SYNDROME, an intimate portrait of his childhood friend born with Down Syndrome. The film won several awards at festivals across the country including Slamdance, and is currently available through Netflix. Teaming with college peer Justin Meeks, Graves then co-wrote/directed their debut feature THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD, a shoestring drive-in horror that premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and was later released internationally by IFC Films. He is currently in post-production of the pair's sophomore feature, BONEBOYS, a horror film shot in Austin in 2010. Duane received a TFPF grant in 2001 for UP SYNDROME. Justin Meeks was born and raised in Corpus Christi. After receiving dual degrees in TV/Film and Psychology from Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, he immediately moved to Austin to collaborate with college peer Duane Graves. Their first projects became a trilogy of experimental/horror shorts co-produced by TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE scribe Kim Henkel and later released by Alternative Cinema. Meeks then wrote, co-directed and starred in their short comedy, RIO PELIGROSO: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LEGENDARY COYOTE, which won the first round of director Kevin Smith's Movies Askew contest in 2006. He is currently in post-production of their sophomore feature BONEBOYS, a horror film written and produced by Henkel. Duane and Justin received a Travel Grant in 2008 to take THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. BERNDT MADER Berndt Mader is a filmmaker and writer living in Austin, Texas. His first feature film, FIVE TIME CHAMPION, premiered at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, and recently won the MPS Texas Filmmaker Award at the Dallas International Film Festival. For this film Mader was awarded the Panavision New Filmmaker grant, a grant from Eastman Kodak, as well as a 2009 TFPF grant. Mader is also the co-founder of Austin based production company The Bear. GEOFF MARSLETT Geoff Marslett is a native Texan who took a circuitous path to filmmaking, studying mathematics, philosophy, art, science, and languages at St. John’s College (1996) before returning to Texas to pursue an MFA in filmmaking at UT (2001). In addition to making films, Geoff teaches in the RTF Department at the UT at Austin. He has directed fourteen short films and a half dozen segments for other directors’ television and film programs, and been fortunate enough to collaborate with a wide variety of artists, filmmakers, and musicians along the way. His critically acclaimed MONKEY VS. ROBOT screened at over 25 festivals worldwide, was distributed theatrically, and ultimately broadcast on HBO, PBS, and Univision. His most recent short, BUBBLECRAFT, premiered in 2006 and served as a laboratory for developing his own unique animation process and style. Geoff wrote software specifically for animating this film and later co-wrote an expanded version for his next project, MARS. MARS is a feature length animated, sci-fi, romantic comedy which he completed in January 2010. Geoff was the writer, co-producer, director, and character animator on MARS—which proved by far the most complex artistic effort he has undertaken and easily the one he is most proud of. Luckily, Geoff works well with others. In 2009 Geoff was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. His teaching was also recognized in 2009 when he was awarded the UT’ Board of Regents’ Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Geoff received two TFPF grants in 2001 and 2004 for TRIP TO ROSWELL. SPENCER PARSONS Spencer Parsons is a filmmaker and writer who splits his time between Austin, TX and Evanston, IL, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Radio-TV-Film Dept. at Northwestern University. He served as senior programmer for the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, worked with the programming committee of SXSW Film Festival, wrote frequently for The Austin Chronicle, taught film production at UT, and directed award-winning short films such as Resolution and Once and Future Asshole. His first feature film, I'LL COME RUNNING, premiered at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival and debuts on IFC’s Festival Direct Video On Demand service this fall. His short film CHAINSAW FOUND JESUS played at SXSW 2011 and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. His recent feature is available from IFC and SundanceNow and was the recipient of TFPF grants in 2005 and 2007. PJ RAVAL Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2006 and Out Magazine’s "100 OUT 2010", PJ Raval discovered film and video after working with photography and media installation art. PJ’s latest film TRINIDAD (co-directed by Jay Hodges) is a feature documentary that uncovers Trinidad, Colorado’s transformation from Wild West outpost to “sex change capital of the world” and follows three influential transgender women who may steer the rural ranching town toward becoming the “transsexual mecca”. Called “a must see” by Ellen Huang (GLAAD), TRINIDAD recently won the Cleveland International Film Festival Documentary Jury Award and currently can been seen on SHOWTIME as well as MTV’s LOGO network. PJ’s previous films have won awards such as Best Narrative Short at the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Int’l Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the Cinematexas Int’l Film Festival, the Betty Nowlin Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, and the Director’s Award at the Santa Cruz Film Festival. PJ’s short film LEAD ROLE: FATHER was nominated for the Golden Reel award at the VC Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and named the “programmer’s pick”. In 2004 PJ’s body of film work screened at the Artists’ Television Access (ATA) in San Francisco sponsored by the Alliance of Emerging Creative Artists (AECA), and then again in 2006 as part of the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival’s Filmmaker Series. PJ has received 6 TFPF and Travel Grants for various projects. BOB RAY With ass kicking music videos for the likes of Nashville Pussy, Fuckemos and Riverboat Gamblers, a slew of freaky CrashToon cartoons, and three critically acclaimed features: the stoner-comedy ROCK OPERA (SXSW ‘99), the modern era roller derby doc HELL ON WHEELS (SXSW ‘07) and his newest flick, the crazy-fun, touching and extremely out-there documentary TOTAL BADASS, Bob Ray catapults the Austin counterculture onto the big screen, reveling in its inspiring, unique and deliriously offbeat glory. Behold the oddities and awesomeness: CrashCam Films REEL WOMEN UT CHAPTER Reel Women Students is the University of Texas chapter of Austin's Reel Women (local filmmaking non-profit) that provides a support system for student filmmakers at all levels of experience. We aim to provide students with the knowledge, tools and connections that will better enable them to create successful films. For this project, we have Carlyn Hudson directing, Elizabeth “Beth” Chatelain producing, Sara Deuel editing and script supervising, Melodie Irvin and Jordan Harrison as Assistant Producers and Therese Tran as Director of Photography. Elisabeth Sikes KAREN SKLOSS Karen Skloss works as a filmmaker and visual artist. Her films and video installations have been shown in festivals internationally including the Cannes Film Festival Market and International Film Festival Rotterdam. Her artwork has been exhibited at nationally juried shows such as “New American Talent,” curated by Dan Cameron senior curator The New Museum New York, and the triennial “22 to Watch” at the Austin Museum of Art. Her short film, SMITTEN, is distributed through Hart Sharp Video. SUNSHINE, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was nationally broadcast on PBS's Emmy Award winning series, Independent Lens, is her first documentary feature as director. Karen’s work as an editor for documentary film has been released theatrically across the USA and Europe; as well as shown on PBS, HBO, and in the MoMA. Feature titles include ATOMIC ED & THE BLACK HOLE, (dir. Ellen Spiro), BE HERE TO LOVE ME (dir. Margaret Brown), DIRT (dir. Jeff Bowden), WRIT WRITER (dir. Susanne Mason), and TAKEN BY STORM (dir. Roddy Bogawa). She also works in television, commercials and occasionally lectures at The University of Texas. She received an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in studio art in 2005 and a bachelor’s in radio, television, and film from The University of Texas in 1999. BEN STEINBAUER Ben Steinbauer (Director, Writer, Producer) made his feature directing debut with WINNEBAGO MAN which won awards at festivals around the world before being released theatrically in the summer of 2010. Steinbauer's short films have played at SXSW, the Austin Film Festival and aired nationally on PBS, MTV and Nickelodeon. He is a recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Award for filmmaking and holds an MFA from the Radio Television and Film Department at the University of Texas. Additionally he is an alumnus of the undergraduate Theater and Film department at the University of Kansas and is the co-founder of the commercial production house, The Bear. Ben received two Travel Grants for WINNEBAGO MAN to take the film to Hot Docs in Toronto and CineVegas. DAVID & NATHAN ZELLNER David and Nathan Zellner are Austin-based filmmaking siblings who have written, produced, directed and edited numerous films and music videos that have screened at festivals worldwide. This includes five shorts (FLOTSAM/JETSAM, REDEMPTITUDE, AFTERMATH ON MEADOWLARK LANE, FIDDLESTIXX, and SASQUATCH BIRTH JOURNAL 2), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival ('05-'11). In 2008 their feature GOLIATH, which also premiered at Sundance, went on to be distributed by IFC Films and aired on The Sundance Channel. That same year they made Filmmaker Magazine's annual "25 New Faces of Independent Film." CREDITS CAST Should Have Stayed at the Bus Stop: Bus Rider- 1 Bus Rider- 2 Pedicab Pilot Cab Driver, Traditional Luggage Cart Man Skateboarder- 1 Skateboarder- 2 Skateboarder- 3 Picnicker Picnicker Picnicker Bob Ray Paul Hrissikopoulos Corri Mava Marc Wiskemann Benjamine Anyabine Sam Riggs Sikander Khan Stephanie Tower Dharam Khalsa Nicole Ray Jett Ray Rex Ray Picnicker Slacker- Jilted Boyfriend Slacker- Boyfriend Slacker- Prodder Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Minor Mishap Marching Band Graffitti Artist Jogging Hipster Dead Dad Roller Girl Man In White Voice of Man In White Grocery Grabber Hit-and-Run Son Alternate Reality Roadkill Just Edited Phone Movie Fanboy Impressed By Stunt Work Film Blogger/Cop Laurie Marchant Nathan Espen Jim Issacs Scott Sloan Datri Bean Skip Gerson Alexis Almeida Tere Coats Sandro Cocco Chalo Colina Haeli Colina Roy Matthew Coon Leah Durrett Samuel J. England Jason Flalkoff Sarah Kihls David Jellema Monj Kiraly Vivian Loftin Jeff Luna Caitlin Macklin Michael May Rachel May Dave Quanbury Jennifer Reel Janet Reeves Jessica Ryan Chad Sabin Julie Sabin Bruce Salmon Jace Toronto Thomas Van Der Brook Sai Zappitello Federico Archuleta Jeb Adame John Chisholm Sarah Kihls Franc Nippels Michael Dalmon Chad Holt Wyeth Miller Bob Ray Chance Walker Sean Ryan Deneice O’Connor Chris Walters Cop/Film Blogger Snuff Movie Academic Has Great Sound Stunt Double Callum Hurd Carter Smith Caleb Barwick/Maggie Lea Chris Doubek Hilah Johnson Robert Lambert Alvin Dedeaux Fritz Blaw Brad McCormick Jason McNeeley Chris Catalena David Quin Scott Marcus RT (Ryan Hampton Taylor) Leslie Naugle John Wesley Coleman Matt Medina Zoe Graham Jay Tonne Jr. Lizzie Martinez Kelli Bland Justin Meeks Argie Bonduris Patrick McDonnell Charlie Hurtin Ginger Attaway Sonny Carl Davis Tony Wolford Lori Witzel Michael Zuniga Stacy Meeks Jonny Mars Ashley Spillers Caroline Karlen Paul Gordon Monty Muir Michael Dalmon Chance Walker Ruby Walker Dodge Evans Lola Evans Hartley Wise Mallory Culbert Don Howard Ruby Walker Bob Ray Dostoyevsky Wannabe Giant Cappuccino Looking for Missing Friend Been on Moon Tura John Tura’s Friend Tura’s Friend Bush Basher Wii Player One Wii Player Two/Musician Passed Out Guy Original Ultimate Loser The Ultimate Loser Stephanie Pap Pusher T-shirt terrorist/We Are Change Wants to Leave Country Anti Traveler Sidewalk Psychic La Mass Alla (Outer Space) Happy Go Lucky Guy Greek Heckler Two For One Special Leslie in Training Has Change Roller Girl Cranky Cook/Businessman Paranoid Laptop User Traumatized Yacht Owner Café Patron Café Employee Recluse Girlfriend Voice of TV interviewer Voice of Drifter Jehovah’s Witness Man With Gun: Kid Kid Kid Kid Kid Liam Wise Avi Hurewitz Ruby Morgan Will T. Loewen Alex Baylor Bill Wise Clark Walker David Zellner Nathan Zellner Yumiko Hioki Kotaro Tsukada Kengo Hioki Akihiko Naruse Tetsuya Hayakawa Jay Duplass Jen Tracy Duplass Dan Eggleston Chris Trew Adam Parks Christopher Lee Sam Wainwright Douglas Anna Margaret Hollyman Luke Savisky Spike Gillespie Scott Dinger David Wingo Scott Whiteman Kirk Smith Kathy McCarty Thornberry RAMSEY WIGGINS HEATHER KAFKA JAMES MCMURTRY JON DEE GRAHAM TOTO MIRANDA JOSH LAMBERT YVONNE LAMBERT JAMES NAVAIRA JACK FLEISCHER BARRETT FARMER DIOJI TREY BAKER DON HERTZFELDT GEOFF MARSLETT JOHN MERRIMAN ROY RUNTNGAMLUG SCOTT MASON Kid Kid Kid Kid Kid Talking Man Talking Man Kid with soda #1 Kid with soda #2 Prodder Jilted Boyfriend Boyfriend Computer Fan Guitar Player Boyfriend Girlfriend Street Dweller 911-Was-an-Inside-Job Baby Oil Canarsie Hitchhiker Interviewer Video Cameraman Security guard "No smoking" guy Shoplifter Alamo employee The Old Anarchist Delia Book Thief Robber Gang Leader Backseat Robber Front Seat Robber Band Playing Outside (Octopus Project) Band Playing Outside (Octopus Project Band Playing Outside (Octopus Project Watching the Band Watching the Band Watching the Band Security Guy Playing Video Games TV Backpacker Grad Student in the Video Grad Student in the Video Grad Student in the Video Guy Who Trades the Beer Fletcher Freeman Christine Aprile Dr. Andrew Costigan Max Schuette Louisiana Kreutz Heather Del Rio Allie Lane Nick Offerman Kevin Corrigan Adriene Mishler Jessie Tilton Maggie Lea Alejandro Rose-Garcia Eric Lord Will Elliott Mimi Lopez Gaia Bonsignore Nathan Smith Byron Brown Hugo Vargas-Zesati Brian Ramos Kelly Williams Miguel Alvarez Johnny Lopez Zak Loyd Melanie Clemmons Joe Alvarez Invincible Czars Lars Nilsen Sarah Gay Jessica Olsen Daniel Metz Mutsuko Myslinski Atsuko Parker Paul Soileau Elizabeth Brammer Chris Lucas Julie Gillis Evan Lucas Ashley Jergins Dave Mikol Lynette Liwanag Scott Leveque Eric Celedonia Karl Schmidt Shaw Wagner Having a Breakthrough day Tampon Artist Tampon Artist's assistant Man on Porch Working on Some Painting WAITRESS CUSTOMER SCOOBY DOO PHILOSOPHER PAPA SMURF QUESTIONS HAPPINESS TRAVELER WRITER STEVE Doorman Guy on Ledge Bike Rider with Nice Shoes Cousin from Italy Guy at Stairs Going to Catch a Show To Be Buried by History Masonic Malcontent Doorman Pixl-Visionary Performer Video Artists (VidKidz) Video Artists (VidKidz) Segway Man Band Anti-Artist Dairy Queen Photographer Late Night Pickup Watching Early Morning YouTube Walking Woman Walking Woman Ranter On Bike Angry SUV driver Yuppie Man Yuppie Woman Yuppie Child Sorority Girl Birdwatcher on Sidewalk Hipster on Fixed Gear Bike Hipster on Fixed Gear Bike Hipster on Fixed Gear Bike Hipster on Fixed Gear Bike Hipster on Fixed Gear Bike Matt Wright Amanda Montgomery Wright Ross Abel Yael Abel Man in Convertible Front Seat Woman in Convertible Front Seat Man in Convertible Back Seat Woman in Convertible Back Seat SCENE 1: BUS & TAXI Director: Bob Ray Producer: Mila Cevallos Director of Photography: Joe Kentspeth Editor: Bob Ray Steadicam Operator: Joe Kentspeth Camera Operator: Michael Crawford Boom Operator: Robert Marchant Sound: Kurtis D. Machler Boom Operator: Michael Crawford Special Effects: April Swartz Music Supervisor: Dominique Preyer Assistant Editor: Marc Wiskemann Grip: Jeb Adame Transportation Provided By: US Backline Driver: Robert Malina Craft Services: Letty Lamont Production Assistant: Ruth Alfandary Welding & Rigging: Bill Jett Welding & Rigging: Beau Rodriguez Post-Production Re-Recording Services: Million Dollar Sound Camera Provided By: Dottie Tambini Production Company: CrashCam Films SCENE 2: PHONE CALL & POLICE Director: Spencer Parsons Producer: Andrew Logan 1st Assistant Director: Derek Franzese Production Assistant: Emanuelle Salas Production Assistant: Brian Pedersen Director of Photography: Drew Daniels 1st Assistant Camera: Melissa Porter 2nd Assistant Camera: Aaron Leggett Gaffer/Dolly Grip: Allen Ho Grip: Emmett Kerr-Perkinson Sound Recordist: Gopal Bidari Art Director: Deneice O’Connor Costumes: Midi Soliz Editor: David Fabelo Set Photographer: Jory Balsimo Re-Recording Mixer: Lucas Segall SCENE 3: COFFEE SHOP Director: Rusty Kelley D.P.: Brian Boeckman Casting: Griffin Goetzmann Casting: Hana Petree Editing: Brian Boeckman Audio: Kirk Hunter PA: Elliott Sadler SCENE 4: BEEN ON MOON Director: Berndt Mader Producer: Ben “The Bear” Steinbauer Dir. Of Photgraphy: David McMurry Asst. Camera: EJ Enriquez Production Sound: James Payne Art Director: Christie Zangrilli Key Grip: Ezra Venetos Gaffer: Colin Harrington Production Manager: Seana Flanagan Prod. Asst.: Crawford Hunt Prod. Asst.: Stefan Gil Sound Mix: Chris Keyland Music: Taylor Holland SCENE 5: CO-OP HOUSE Written & Directed by Amy Grappell Produced by Mikaela Thomas Director of Photography: Christian Moore Co - Director /Editor: Leah Marino Assistant Director: Evan Roberts Assistant Camera: Ken Dvorak Sound Design: Justin Hennard B Camera: Keith Maitland Wardrobe: Lily Walker Grip: Forest Croft Grip: Travis Benn Production Assistant: Jillian Glantz Production Assistant: Catherine Gonzales Production Assistant: Taylor Ward Creative Consultant: Chris Krager Special Thanks to David Quin for the use of his beautiful home SCENE 6: PAP SMEAR & STREET SCENES Director: Karen Skloss Producer: Rolando Alonzo Romero Producer: Evan Ho 1st AD: Drew Saplin Director of Photography: Deborah Eve Lewis 1st AC: E.J Enriquez 2nd AC: Jeffrey Buras Camera PA: Irene Georghiades Production Designer: Chrissy Pazalek Make up: Holly Hays Costumer Designer: Chrissy Pazalek Location Sound: Andrew Garrison Boom Operator: Renee Stairs Key Grip: Huay Law Grip: John Knudsen Grip: Roshan Murthy Grip: Austin Culp PA: Elizabeth Chatelain PA: Lindsey Edge PA: Kelly Johnson Still Photography: Patrick Rush Editor: Ginny Patrick Assistant Editor: Maria Claire Post Production Supervisor: Melinda Brown SCENE 7: NEVER TRAUMATIZE A WOMAN SEXUALLY Produced, written and directed by Duane Graves & Justin Meeks Edited by Duane Graves Director of Photography: Duane Graves Production Designer: Duane Graves Casting: Justin Meeks Set Photographer: Ryan Green Boom Operators: Michael Zuniga, Tony Wolford Sound Recordist: Duane Graves Costume Designer: Justin Meeks Production Assistant: Mary Bonilla Foley Artist: Shara Lynn Graves SCENE 8: RECLUSES Producers: Caroline Karlen and Scott Colquit Director: Paul Gordon Director of Photography: Lucas Millard Sound Recordist: Steven DeGennaro Production Designer and Wardrobe: Caroline Karlen Grip: Monty Muir Gaffer: Scott Colquitt SCENE 9.1: KIDS Director: Jonny Stranger Writers: Jonny Stranger and Bill Wise Producer: Rebecca Campbell Producer: Ryan Long Producer: Clark Walker Director of Photography: Ben Powell Camera Operator: Ben Powell Camera Operator: Richard Chavez Camera Operator: Rob Wheeler Camera Operator: Mark Spacek Key Grip: Judy K. Langford Casting Director: Mike Hurewitz Editor: Michael Dalmon Editor: Benjamin Pascoe Editor: Rob Wheeler Editor: Leslie Smeaton SCENE 9.2: BOYFRIENDS Director: David Zellner Produced and Photographed by: Nathan Zellner Sound: Tommy Sturgis Color: Nick Smith Additional Camera: Clay Lifford Edited by: Melba Jordorowsky Translator: Yumiko Hioki SCENE 10: AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES Jay Duplass – Director Megan Gilbride – Producer Steadicam – Ralph Watson John Bryant – Sound SCENE 11: CONSPIRACY Writer/Director/Producer AD Cinematographer/Camera Operator Camera Operator/Location Sound Gaffer Best Boy Electric John Bryant Chris Ohlson Mike Washlesky Matt Wallis Tony Brummer Eric Cunningham SCENE 12: MECHANICS Written and Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas Produced by David Hartstein Co-Producer Adam Parks Director of Photography/Color CorrectionClay Liford Location Sound Tim Dallesandro David Hartstein Costumes/Art Direction Caroline Karlen Re-recording Sound Mixer Chris Keyland Grips Monty Muir Joe Nicolosi Stephanie Noone Brandon Franklin Bob Peck SCENE 13: INTERVIEW Director Producer Director of Photography Production Sound Camera Assistant Gaffer Ben Steinbauer Berndt Mader & the Bear David McMurry James Payne EJ Enriquez Colin Harrington Dolly Grip Costume Design Production Design Production Manager Chris Rusch Lily Walker Christie Zangrilli Seana Flanagan Production Assistants Crawford Hunt Stefan Gil SCENE 14: SECURITY GUARD Elisabeth Sikes Gerrie McCall Allen Ho Leah Marino Carlos Boillat John Knudson Andy Garrison Annie Silverstein Nathan Efstation Alison Swett Aaron Castillo Director Producer D.P. Editor Camera Assistant Camera Assistant Sound Recordist Audio Department Audio Deptartment Craft Services Color correction SCENE 15: BURGLARY Director Producer Director of Photography Production Designer Camera Assistant Camera Operator/Key Grip Camera Assistant/Media Manager Art Director Editor Mike Dolan Paul Knaus Jason Eitelbach Elizabeth McClellan Nathan Efstation Barry Lucina Rowland Ellis Cara Stewart David Fabelo SCENE 16: TV ROOM Director/Writer/Editor Producers Geoff Marslett Robert Howell Melissa Dalley Director Of Photography Amy Bench (Underpass Scene And Hargrave Arcade) Director Of Photography Jason Eitelbach (Anarchist Shootout Scene) Production Designer Javier Bonafont First Assistant Director Karinne Berstis Key Make-Up/Hair Susan D. Slattery Gaffer Key Grip Best Boy Sound Recordist/Boom First Assistant Camera Dit/Grip Video Asst/Art Asst Pre-Lighting Assistance Art Assistant Puppet Designer/Ast Puppeteer Puppeteer Carpenter Prod. Asst Rich Bond Ben Oliver Brad Keffer Renee Stairs Jeffrey Buras Nate Gray Colin Harrington Billy Maccartney Olivia Vescovo Mabel Guccibandana Don Hertzfeldt Superbob James Navaira Erik Johnson Barrett Farmer Taylor Draker Jeremy Gruy Storyboards Daniel Shumaker Tv Footage Editors Geoff Marslett Taylor Peterson Brian Kalah Superbob Assistant Editor Erik Johnson Sound Design/Mix Eric Friend Music Octopus Project Geoff Marslett Special Gun Effects Joe Nicolosi Color Correct (Underpass And Hargrave Arcade Scenes) Dan Stuyck Color Correct (Anarchist Shootout Scene) Joe Nicolosi SCENE 17: OBLIQUE STRATEGIES Bradley Beesley Louisiana Kreutz Berndt Mader Todd Smiley Kevin Blosser Jason McKnight Martin Pedersen Derek Gildersleeve Lilian Walker Keith Lowry Justin Hennard Sean White SCENE 18: LES AMIS AT NIGHT Director/Producer Producer/Editor D.P Gaffer Art Director Dolly Grip Sound Mixer Camera assistant Wardrobe Visual effects Sound editor Production Assistant Directors Producers DP: Art Director: Sound Mixer: Gaffer/Grip: DIT: Editor/Colorist: Location and Catering Bob Byington Clay Liford Seana Flanagan Hans Graffunder Marla Quintana Sean Price Williams Christina Jennings Greg Armstrong Reed Smith Stephen Gurewitz Clay Liford Sagra SCENE 19: DRIVE & TROPHY’S Director Producer Associate Producers Director of Photography Production Design Costumer Editor Assistant Director Script Supervisor 1st Assistant Camera 2nd Assistant Camera Still Photography Gaffer Key Grip Grips Sound Recordists Boom Operator Art Direction Hair and Makeup Production Assistant Carlyn Hudson Elizabeth Chatelain Jordan Harrison Sarah Gonzalez Therese Tran Ashlyn Fielder Colin Wilkes Sarah Deuel Kelsey Coggin Brittany Washington Annie Silverstein Kate Steinhebel Ebit Breazile Patrick Rusk Rebecca Adams Chithra Jeyaram Allison Heffner Britta Lundin Deja Bernhardt Nina Vizcarrando Reneé Stairs Erin Boyle Hallease Clemons Kirsten Frazee Erin Klarer Gabbie Burns Filmed at: Trophy’s Bar and Grill, Austin, TX SCENE 20: PIXEL VISIONARY Director Producer Director of Photography Assistant Director Editor Sound Sound Designer Gaffer Assistant Camera Second AC Key Grip Grips Production Assistants Assistant to the Director Still Photography Miguel Alvarez Kelly Williams Tomasz Werner Jesse Klein Daniel Stuyck Karlo Montaño Todd Thompson Ben Slamka Anand Modi Therese Tran Colin Harrington Brandon Franklin Carlos Boillat John Knudsen Danielle Sweet Ebit Breazile Caylie Dunnam Patrick Rusk SCENE 21: CONTINENTAL CLUB & MORNING AFTER Director Producer Executive Producer Director of Photography Camera Operator 1st Assistant Camera 2nd Assistant Camera 1st Assistant Director Hair/Makeup Sound Mixer Gaffer Key Grip Boy Boy Grip/Electric Production Assistants Scott Meyers Daniel Metz Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Peter Simonite Ralph Watson PK Munson Don Howe Samantha Brooks Katherine Miller Michael Barnett Scott Conn Eric "HillBilly" Cunningham Ashley Riggs Rob Wadleigh Elijah Allred SCENE 22: RANTINGS Director Producer/Casting/1st AD Director of Photography Editor PJ Raval Jessie Dorfman Drew Xanthopoulos Gabriel Fleming Production and Costume Designer Assistant Camera Gaffers Still Photographer Art Department Script Supervisor and Translator Sound Recordist Boom Operator Hair and Makeup Artist Production Assistants Pedicab Drivers Caroline Karlen Melissa Porter Eric Cunningham Jason Kupcho Patrick Rusk Dustin Shroff Helen Ingham Scott Snyder Chilton Mendez Adrianne Lashley Elizabeth Chatelain Stephanie Noone Evan Roberts Mikaela Thomas Aaron Star Paul Miranda Catering Ben Kullerd & Jason Wohlfahrt, Put This in Your Mouth Catering Assistant Editor Jessie Dorfman Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Eric Friend Visual FX Brian Behm SCENE 23: MOUNT BONNELL Director Producer DP/Editor/VFX Additional Camera Operator Convertible Provided by Chris Eska Jacob Esquivel Carolyn Hunt Yuta Yamaguchi Zachary W. Sprague Joe Peter POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES BY Stuck On On Austin, TX On-line Editor: Parke Gregg Assistant On-Line Editor: Daniel Stuyck Colorist: Parke Gregg, Joe Malina Re-recording Editors and Mixers: Lyman Hardy, Eric Friend Post Production Coordinator: Allison Turrell Credit Sequence Designer/Editor: Erik Allen Johnson SLACKER 2011 Music Credits Music Supervisor Dominique Preyer “Track Suit” Performed by Minor Mishap Marching Band Written by Datri Bean, Rachel Proctor-May, Dave Quanbury Leah Durrett, Jeff Luna, Michael May, Joe England Published by Datri Bean Publishing Actually A Big TV “The Sleeping Eye Of The Watcher” Written by Wade Allison, Jason Tarpey Performed by Iron Age Published by Cyclopean Records Courtesy of Teepee Records “Joan Of Arc” Written and Performed by Taylor Holland Published by Taylor Holland Under License by Taylor Holland "High On The Hog" Performed by BFE Written by Will Evans & Chad Holt Published by a|s records Courtesy of a|s records “Cherokee” Performed by Pong Written by Larry Strub, Michael Shelton, Lyman Hardy, III Jason F. Craig, Gary Prescott Chester “Helping Hand” Performed by Black Eyed Vermillion Written by Gary Lindsey, Jim Finklea Published by Gary Lindsey Courtesy of 1332 Records "Mirror Maps" Performed by Sunset Written by Morton Williams Baird Published by The Moon Is Actually A Big TV Under License by The Moon Is "Why Say Don't" Performed by Bad Sports Written by Orville Bateman Neeley III Published by Mattitude Music LLC Courtesy of Douchemaster Records “Lucille” Performed by Chris Catalena Written by Chris Catalena Published by Ghost Hymns Publishing “Chicken” Performed by Charlie Hurtin & the Hecklers Written by Charlie Hurtin "Colossus of Lodes" Performed by Resistance Ensemble Written by Samuel Douglas, John Hart Asher Published by John Hart Asher Courtesy of Big Beard Films “Uncle’s Blood” Performed by The Octopus Project Written by Joshua Lambert, Yvonne Lambert, Gilberto Miranda Published by Robot High School Publishing “Drop The Book Anarchist” Written by Geoff Marslett “Bitfall” Written/Created by Michael Manzke, MoweTek Arranged by Eric Friend "Decision Making Processes" Performed by The Goin' Along Feelin' Just Fines Written by Lyman Hardy “Foe By Foe…J Why J?” Performed by Reboot Billy Written by Johnny Lopez (ASCAP) Published by Chingamagine Music (ASCAP) “Solace” Performed by Reboot Billy Written by Johnny Lopez (ASCAP) Published by Chingamagine Music (ASCAP) “The Iron Fist Of Stalin” Performed by Invincible Czars Written by Joshua Jeffrey Robins (ASCAP) Published by Attack Lamb (ASCAP) “Stranger In A Strange Land” Performed by DD Dagger Written by Allyson Lipkin Published by Dally Devita Courtesy of DD Dagger “You Don’t Need The Wine” Traditional (1921) Written by Harry Akst, Howard Rogers Performed by Eddie Cantor "Gassenhauer" Traditional Written by Hans Neusiedler Arranged and Performed by Adam Blau Published by Alien Dog Publishing “End Credit Song” Performed by A Band Written by A Songwriter Published by A Publisher