David Zellner
| David Zellner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Greeley, Colorado, United States |
| Residence | Austin |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Home town | Austin, Texas |
David Zellner is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He lives and works in Austin, Texas. Zellner is best known for directing the films Kid-Thing (2012) and Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014).
Career
David Zellner started his career by studying at the University of Texas film school and then staged exclusively Independent feature films and short films. He always works together with his younger brother Nathan Zellner under the name Zellner Bros.[1]
For his feature film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), starring Oscar-nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi, which he directed and acted in, and co-wrote with his brother Nathan Zellner, he won a Best Director Jury Prize award at the 2014 Fantasia Film Festival. The film also won an Audience Award for Best Film and Special Jury Award at the 2014 Las Palmas Film Festival. At the 2014 Little Rock Film Festival, the film won the Golden Rock Narrative Award for Best Feature Film, and at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the film won a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score (by The Octopus Project) and was also nominated for the U.S. Grand Jury Dramatic Prize. Furthermore, at the 2014 Nantucket Film Festival, David and his brother Nathan won the Showtime Tony Cox Award for Best Screenwriting in a Feature Film for their screenplay Kumiko. Kumiko also won a "Most Original Film" award at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. David was nominated for a Best Director Independent Spirit Award in 2014 for directing the film, with lead actress Rinko Kikuchi who was nominated for a Best Female Lead Actress Independent Spirit Award. Additionally, for his producing work on Kumiko and several other films, Producer Chris Ohlson received the Independent Spirit Award's Piaget Producers Award.
For his feature film, Kid-Thing (2012), which he directed and wrote, David won a Best Film award from the 2012 Gen Art Film Festival. He also received 2nd place in a Village Voice Film Poll for "Best Undistributed Film."
David's short film Sasquatch Birth Journal 2 (2010), got into the Sundance Film Festival in 2011 and was nominated for the Sundance Short Filmmaking Award that year.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Plastic Utopia | James | Also director, co-writer, producer, editor |
| 1998 | The Curve | Deadhead #1 | |
| 2001 | Frontier | Officer | Also director, writer |
| 2002 | "Nutella and Gummi Bear Sandwich" | Music video; director | |
| 2002 | I Love You | Man | |
| 2003 | The Meat Market | Maynard Rollins | Short film |
| 2003 | Rummy | Sam | Short film; also director |
| 2004 | The Virile Man | Gary | Short film; director, writer |
| 2004 | Quasar Hernandez | Short film; director, writer | |
| 2004 | Dear Pillow | Phone Man #1 | Voice |
| 2004 | Oh My God | Witness | |
| 2005 | Foxy and the Weight of the World | Short film; director, writer | |
| 2005 | Flotsam/Jetsam | Short film; director, writer | |
| 2005 | Who Is On First? | Short film; director | |
| 2006 | The Cassidy Kids | Cat Burglar | |
| 2006 | Redemptitude | Preacher | Short film; director, writer |
| 2007 | "TRUCK" | Music video; director | |
| 2007 | Aftermath on Meadowlark Lane | Short film; director, writer | |
| 2008 | Untitled (Thanks, Get in...) | The Star | |
| 2008 | Goliath | Also director, writer | |
| 2008 | Baghead | Festivalgoer | |
| 2008 | Pardon My Downfall | Short film | |
| 2009 | "This Old World" | Music video; director | |
| 2009 | "Wet Gold" | Music video; director | |
| 2009 | Cinemad Mix Tape #1 | Australian Priest | Co-director |
| 2009 | Beeswax | Scott | |
| 2010 | Tug | Geno | |
| 2010 | Shit Year | Hal Ashland | |
| 2010 | Sasquatch Birth Journal 2 | Short film; co-director, co-writer | |
| 2010 | Hexadecagon | Director | |
| 2011 | Slacker 2011 | Kid with Soda #1 | Segment: "Boyfriends"; director |
| 2012 | "Star Bowling" | Music video; co-director | |
| 2012 | Kid-Thing | Caleb | Also director, writer |
| 2013 | "Sharpteeth" | Music video, cinematographer | |
| 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Zellner | |
| 2013 | Love and Air Sex | Cab Driver | |
| 2014 | Dignity | Lamb | |
| 2014 | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | Policeman | Also director, writer |
| 2014 | Faults | Restaurant Manager | |
| 2015 | There | Thrill | |
| 2017 | Damsel | Writer, director | |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Strangerhood | Sam | Voice |
| 2008 | Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction | PFL Troop | Voice |
| 2009 | FIDDLESTIXX | 3 episodes; director, writer | |
| 2010 | Rooster Teeth Shorts | Businessman | |
References
- ↑ Zellner Bros. – zellnerbros.com