Scooter McCrae
Scooter McCrae | |
|---|---|
| Born | Middletown, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Film director, film editor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Known for | No-budget films |
| Notable work | Shatter Dead, Sixteen Tongues |
Scooter McCrae is an American director known for Shatter Dead and Sixteen Tongues.
Early life
[edit]McCrae was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his formative years in Middletown, New York. As a kid, he made Super 8 films and was a fan of science fiction. He attended SUNY Purchase after being turned down for NYU, which he said was fortuitous. With the money saved from his tuition at a state college, he was able to finance his early films.[1]
Career
[edit]McCrae says that he enjoys working with low-budget films, as the details in which he is interested are more suitable for those kinds of films.[2] His first work was with Frank Henenlotter, whom he cited as a mentor. McCrae worked as a production assistant on Frankenhooker and Basket Case 2.[3] McCrae's directorial debut was Shatter Dead, a zombie film. He was inspired to make his own film after watching low-budget films with his friends, after which he thought to himself that he could make a better film than the ones he was renting from the video store.[4] The film received a positive review by Joe Bob Briggs.[5] His second feature was Sixteen Tongues, a film that writer Mike Watt described as "Blade Runner meets Salo".[6] Watt wrote that a major studio would never make the film, as it explores themes that are totally alien outside of independent filmmaking.[6] He later worked again with Henenlotter as an editor on Bad Biology.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Director
[edit]- Shatter Dead (1994)
- Sixteen Tongues (1999)
- Saint Frankenstein (2015)
- Black Eyed Susan (2024)
Editor
[edit]- Bad Biology (2008)
References
[edit]- ↑ Lamberson 2008, p. 163–164.
- ↑ Lindenmuth 1998, p. 50.
- 1 2 Lamberson 2008, p. 164.
- ↑ Lamberson 2008, p. 167.
- ↑ Briggs, Joe Bob (1995-12-22). "Plagues, Zombies - 'Shatter Dead' Has It All". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- 1 2 Watt 2013, p. 179.
Sources
[edit]- Lamberson, Gregory (2008). Cheap Scares!: Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786452026.
- Lindenmuth, Kevin J. (1998). Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Independent Filmmakers. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786405176.
- Watt, Mike (2013). Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786493357.