Lewis Schoenbrun
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Lewis Schoenbrun | |
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| Born | September 21, 1958 Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun (born September 21, 1958)[1] is an American filmmaker and editor.
Early life and career
[edit]Schoenbrun became a fan of director Stanley Kubrick at age nine, when he watched the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.[2] At eleven years old, Schoenbrun shot short films with his father's super 8 film camera, and received his own camera from his parents at the age of thirteen. In the 1970s, during his time at a university, he worked at a PBS station in Atlanta, Georgia, and later spent a year working with Tela Moving Images, a production company in Springfield, Massachusetts.[2] During his time with the production company, he used a Moviola to edit a documentary film about a trip to Kenya, Africa that he went on with a group of aspiring astronomers.
In the late 1980s, Schoenbrun acted as an assistant editor on the films Mystic Pizza and UHF. After directing several direct-to-video films in the 2000s, Schoenbrun and a producer wanted to make an adaptation of the comic book hero Spider-Man, starring a female protagonist.[3] In the summer of 2010, having instead chosen to create a parody film of the character the Hulk, Schoenbrun financed and directed the film The Amazing Bulk in Los Angeles, California.[3] He remained in Los Angeles to work on the film's post-production and to shoot the film Aliens vs. Avatars.
He currently teaches at the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu, Philippines.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]As director
[edit]- Dr. Chopper (2005)
- Slaughterhouse Phi: Death Sisters (2006)
- Queen Cobra (2007)
- The Amazing Bulk (2010)
- Aliens vs. Avatars (2011)
As editor
[edit]- Mystic Pizza (1988, as assistant editor)
- UHF (1989, as first assistant editor)
- The Mark of Dracula (1997)
- Children of the Living Dead (2001)
- Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail (2003)
- Tower of Blood (2005)
- The Amazing Bulk (2010)
- Aliens vs. Avatars (2011)
References
[edit]- ^ "Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun". Intelius. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ a b c McCauley, Dan (16 August 2012). "Interview with Director Lewis Schoenbrun". Misflix. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ a b "How To Bulk Up Without a Budget: An Interview with Lewis Schoenbrun". Ninja Dixon. 26 October 2012.