Years active 1994–present Movies Loren Cass | Parents Nancy Dubé | |
Full Name Christopher Elwin Fuller Born October 8, 1982 (age 34) ( 1982-10-08 ) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. Occupation Director, writer, producer, editor, actor, entrepreneur Nominations Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Similar Kayla Tabish, Jacob Reynolds, Din Thomas, Blag Dahlia, Keith Morris | ||
Christopher Elwin Fuller (born October 8, 1982) is an American film director, writer, producer, editor, actor and entrepreneur from St. Petersburg, Florida. His films have been compared to the early, avant-garde works of Gus Van Sant, Harmony Korine and Robert Bresson, though his peers consider him a rarity in that his films are entirely unique.
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In 2006, he released Loren Cass, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in under the name Lewis Brogan. The film is set against the backdrop of the St. Petersburg, Florida riots of 1996. The film was written at the age of 15 and filmed in 2004 at the age of 21, making Fuller one of the youngest professional feature filmmakers in history. The movie was released theatrically and on DVD in 2009 by Kino International. The film played in competition at Dennis Hopper's CineVegas Film Festival, the Filmmakers of the Present section of the Locarno International Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art.
In 2016, he filmed Surpassing All Other Kings, which he also wrote and directed, slated for a 2017 release and starring himself, Bob Devin Jones and Canadian singer/songwriter Sierra Noble.
Education
Fuller graduated from the Canterbury School of Florida in 2001 and dropped out of the University of Central Florida after 2 years to make Loren Cass after being denied entry into the University's film program. He is known for having educated himself on the history of cinema and filmmaking through public library collections.
Entrepreneurship
Fuller founded Jonesing Pictures in 2002 and gourmet food company The Meatman in 2008. The Meatman was featured in the December 2008 issue of Playboy magazine.
Technology
Fuller became one of the original Webmasters for Hackers.com in 1994 after impressing owner Ed Wilkinson. He orchestrated a merger between two of the largest computer security websites at the time, Hackers.com and Silicon Toad's Infinity Void. He was also a member of the EHAP group along with RSnake and other members of the Genocide2600 hacker collective.
Awards and recognition
Fuller was nominated for an IFP Gotham Award, a Locarno Golden Leopard for Filmmakers of the Present, the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Starz Denver Film Festival and won the One+One Award for use of music in a feature film at Janine Bazin's Entrevues Belfort film festival in France.
Fuller was profiled as one of 100 new directors representing the future of film in Take 100: The Future of Film, 100 New Directors, a book published by Phaidon Press and curated by film festival programmers from around the world.
Fuller's films have screened at a number of major film festivals around the world including: Dennis Hopper's CineVegas, the Locarno International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, Entrevues Belfort film festival, Helsinki International Film Festival, Bradford Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Hudson Valley Film & Video Festival, Ljubljana International Film Festival, Gijon International Film Festival, Titanic International Filmpresence Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo de la Ciudad ded Mexico, Sarajevo Film Festival, Cine Esquema Novo, Indie Mostra Cinema Mundial.
The screenplay for Loren Cass has been archived by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of their Core Collection.
Quotes
When asked what advice he would give to young, aspiring filmmakers: "Don't do it."