Penelope Spheeris

Penelope Spheeris

Born: December 2, 1945
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a documentary film director whose works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization.  She has also directed feature films, including Wayne's World, her highest grossing film.

Movies for Penelope Spheeris...

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Title: Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2022
Type: Movie
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Title: Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2020
Type: Movie
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Title: Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Character: Self
Released: April 21, 2020
Type: Movie
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie.
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At the Video Store
Title: At the Video Store
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
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Title: Punk
Character: Self
Released: March 11, 2019
Type: TV
Featuring original interviews with America’s punk pioneers and the U.K.’s most notorious bands, alongside a seamless blend of rare and unseen photos, gritty archival film and video, a crackling soundtrack of punk hits and misses, this documentary series explores the music, the fashion, the art and the DIY attitude of a subculture of self-described misfits and outcasts.
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Half the Picture
Title: Half the Picture
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2018
Type: Movie
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors tell the stories of their art, lives and careers. Having endured a long history of systemic discrimination, women filmmakers may be getting the first glimpse of a future that values their voices equally.
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Corman's World
Title: Corman's World
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: December 16, 2011
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Title: Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Title: For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of American film criticism.
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The Kid & I
Title: The Kid & I
Character: Penelope Spheeris
Released: December 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Aaron Roman is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father grants Aaron his wish for his eighteenth birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Title: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
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Wedding Band
Title: Wedding Band
Character: Nicky's Mom
Released: March 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
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Thunder and Mud
Title: Thunder and Mud
Character: Herself
Released: February 12, 1990
Type: Movie
An entertaining combination of heavy-metal rockers and female mud wrestlers hosted by Jessica Hahn.
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Decade
Title: Decade
Character: Self
Released: December 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
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Calling the Shots
Title: Calling the Shots
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Title: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Character: Self
Released: June 17, 1988
Type: Movie
An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..
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The Decline of Western Civilization
Title: The Decline of Western Civilization
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
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The Second Coming of Suzanne
Title: The Second Coming of Suzanne
Character: Margo, Logan's Film Group
Released: October 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. 'Based' on a song by Leonard Cohen.
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Brothers
Title: Brothers
Character: Penny
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Set in Los Angeles, Brothers tells the story of Vince, a brooding, mustachioed stud who’s visited by his kid brother Rick, a soldier serving in Vietnam. During Rick’s stay, the two siblings slowly confront their mutually hidden desires.
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The Ski Bum
Title: The Ski Bum
Character: Star the Witch
Released: January 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.