Directing
Rodney Ascher
EN cinema · 28 credits
Birthplace
USA
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
Known for
Filmography
Fourth Wall
Fourth Wall
Executive Producer
Ghost Boy
Director, Editor, Writer
An Evening with Rodney Ascher
Director, Writer, Editor
Delicate Arch
Executive Producer
Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 2: 'Membranes') (voice)
A Glitch in the Matrix
Editor, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
The El Duce Tapes
Director
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Story Editor, Executive Producer, Co-Producer
Sex Madness Revealed
as Peterson, Executive Producer
Primal Screen
Director
The Nightmare
Director, Editor
Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
2015
Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein
Editor, Producer
ABCs of Death 2
Director, Editor
Enter the Optigan
Editor, Director
Room 237
Director, Editor, Writer
Swans: The Seer - Live
Additional Camera
The Universal Language
Graphic Designer
The S from Hell
Director, Editor
Dog Days
2009
Dog Days
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Visions of Terror
Director, Writer
Hot Chicks
Director
