From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Rachman born in New York NY on September 13 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 Alice in Chains 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 Forrest Whittaker Tim Curry and Balthazar Getty released by Warner Home Video He lives in New York City Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rachman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia