John Roecker
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John Roecker | |
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| Born | January 30, 1966 |
| Occupation | Independent filmmaker |
| Spouse | Divorced |
| Children | None |
John Roecker is an independent filmmaker who is associated with the punk subculture.[1][citation needed] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[2] Roecker is probably best known for Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, a stop motion animated comedy based on the true crime book Helter Skelter.[3][4]
From 1996 to 1999, Roecker and Exene Cervenka co-owned Los Angeles store "You've Got Bad Taste." The store specialized in kitsch and various "off-color" novelties, such as paintings by serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted poster of bank robber Patty Hearst .[5] He recently released an album with collaborator Dylan Melody titled Rocker|Melody[6] on Frontier Records. A music video was created for every track on the album.
Next, Roecker and Melody are collaborating on a musical about Charles Manson.[7]
Works
[edit]- "The Fear Morty's Theme" Bootleg: From the Lost Vault, Vol. 1, Esham. Music video. Director. (2000)
- Disease is Punishment, The Network. Concert video. Director. (2004)
- Live Freaky! Die Freaky!.[4] Stop motion feature film. Animator, director, and screenwriter. (2006)
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars* (*But Were Too Afraid to Ask). Seven-part documentary TV series based on interviews with male pornography stars. Director. (2008)[8]
- Svengali!, (webseries). Actor, director, and screenwriter. (2010)
- They're All Out Without You, short film using footage cut from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (see above in 2009). Director and screenwriter. (2011)
- Tim Timebomb's Rock'n'Roll Theatre, (webseries). Co-written with Tim Armstrong. (2012)
- Heart Like a Hand Grenade. Documentary of Green Day's production of the 2004 album American Idiot. Recorded from 2003 to 2005. Director. (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ Whitmire, Margo (2005-10-08). "Film Lets 'Freak' Flag Fly". Billboard.
- ^ Reighley, Kurt B. (February 14, 2006), "Freaky deaky", The Advocate
- ^ Voss, Brandon (November 8, 2008). "The Hardest Job in Show Business". The Advocate. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "John Roecker's 'Freaky' Puppet Show". The Washington Post. 2006-01-27.
- ^ "Who Says 'Nobody Ever Went Broke...?". The New York Times. 1999-03-21.
- ^ "One Foot on the Mattress, The Other on the Floor, by Roecker | Melody". Roecker | Melody. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "The Soapbox Office Podcast: Episode 11: Freaky Nightmare Before Christmas". www.soapboxoffice.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "here! presents "Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars *but were to afraid to ask"". here! Networks. August 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- John Roecker—Dirt
- John Roecker—Facebook
- John Roecker—Internet Movie Database
- John Roecker—Twitter
- Svengali episodes—Vimeo
- John Roecker—YouTube
Articles
For Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
- "Film Let's Freak' Flag Fly"—Billboard (pg. 54), 10/08/2005
- "An Epic Interview with John Roecker"—FilmJerk.com, 08/23/2003
- "John Roecker director of 'Live Freaky! Die Freaky!' "—GeekStinkBreath.net
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