Name The Brothers | Role Filmmaker | |
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Movies The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind, April Fool's Day Similar Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores, Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer | ||
The Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores.
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Biography
Their first feature film The Hamiltons was the co-winner of the Gold Vision Award of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the Malibu International Film Festival. It was released by Lions Gate Entertainment in 2006 (Limited Theatrical) and 2007 (DVD). Their influences include Tobe Hooper, David Cronenberg, and David Lynch.
In 2007, they filmed the video for the Static-X song "Destroyer". They shot the horror film The Violent Kind, which is part of the Sundance Film Festival 2010. The Butcher Brothers are currently working on Black Sunset, a psychological thriller, which is produced by Cynthia Stafford of Queen Nefertari Prod. They recently released the sequel to The Hamiltons, The Thompsons, in 2012.