Rodney Ascher

Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut the subjective documentary ROOM 237 IFC looked at Stanley Kubricks The Shining through the eyes of five very different people each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes London the Vienalle Sitges Toronto and New York His followup the horrordocumentary THE NIGHTMARE Gravitas Ventures explored the phenomenon of sleep paralysis and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade and One of the scariest documentaries ever before being released internationally in theaters and digitally His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network a GIFcentric music video for the experimental Hugonominated hiphop band CLIPPING Andy Kaufmans posthumous comedy album ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER Drag City and the infamous S FROM HELL