Years active 1980–present Name Paul Rachman | Role Film director Music director Zoe Xo | |
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Born September 13, 1962 (age 61) ( 1962-09-13 ) New York, New York, United States Alma mater Boston University (1982) Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer, music video director, editor and Slamdance FIlm Festival co-founder Known for American Hardcore, Four Dogs Playing Poker, Movies American Hardcore, Four Dogs Playing Poker, Lost Rockers, Zoe Rising, Zoe Xo, Memories by Joe Frank, Inside Out III Similar People Steven Blush, Nigel Dick, Bernard Rose, Tony Randel, Charles McDougall | ||
Paul Rachman reveals how to get into a film festival.
Paul Rachman (born in New York, New York, on September 13, 1962) is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival. He started his career as a music video director with low-budget videos for hardcore punk bands Gang Green and the Bad Brains. He was later signed to Los Angeles–based Propaganda Films, where he directed music videos for bands Sepultura, Alice in Chains, Temple of the Dog, The Replacements, Kiss, Pantera, Joan Jett, and Roger Waters, among many others. He made his feature film debut with the low-budget film noir Four Dogs Playing Poker, starring Forest Whitaker, Tim Curry and Balthazar Getty, released by Warner Home Video. He lives in New York City.