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Courtney Fathom Sell est un Réalisateur Américain né le 28 janvier 1985 à Boston (Etats-Unis)
Courtney Fathom Sell (born in Boston, Massachusetts 28 January 1985) is an American underground filmmaker, musician, composer, writer and video artist. He has shot a majority of his work on a Hi8 video camera, including numerous documentaries. Sell's debut documentary "No Place Like Home", based around the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was produced alongside the non-profit organization 'Defend New Orleans', and his short film My Dying Day, which centered upon his cancer-suffering father's final days, has been supported by the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
He commonly composes and records the soundtrack scores to many of his films, and an album of many of those scores was released under the title "Themes for Films" in 2011. In 2009, four of his short documentaries, My Dying Day, No Place Like Home, Long Way Back to Paradise and White Clover were released in a DVD compilation set.
In addition, Sell has directed music videos for various bands including Xiu Xiu.He has made cameo appearances in numerous projects including HBO's Treme and a commercial for Stella Artois.
After leaving Pratt Institute at the age of 18, Sell began traveling the country with a Hi8 video camera documenting his life on the road. Traveling through 42 states in just a few years, Sell continued to shoot and produce documentaries on little to no budget, supporting himself by working various odd jobs. While living in Northern California, Sell slept in a graveyard and played his guitar on the street for money. Upon his return to New York City, Sell lived in Washington Square Park for a brief amount of time. During this time, Sell continued to screen his films at various venues in the city and kept the fact that he was residing in the park a secret from friends.
Regarding this time, Sell was quoted in an interview with The Village Voice:
"It was fun. It was the first place I went to. I got off the Chinatown bus after running away from home, in Boston. I came for a screening of my films at Cinema Classics on East 11th."
However, in a later interview Sell commented to a Journalist:
"I didn't want to go home, I was stubborn and naïve. It was a lonely feeling."
Soon afterwards, Sell found residence in a Lower East Side apartment alongside other artists and filmmakers whom he frequently collaborated with. By the age of twenty, he had produced a number of personal documentaries involving close friends or family members as main subjects. In his published writing, Sell often discusses the struggles he had encountered while making no-budget films during the beginning of his career. Inspired by filmmakers such as Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Stan Brakhage whom his experimental work has been compared too, Sell spoke in an article of his life as a no-budget filmmaker:
"When you spend every waking hour working on films that most likely will never see the light of day, yet you feel so compelled to continue on, living off of food stamps, sleeping on friends couches, and getting by on tall boys and peanut butter sandwiches, it is a sure sign that you’re in it for the long run"
Sell is currently in a relationship with artist, writer, and frequent collaborator Rev Jen Miller.
Describing his relationship with Miller in an interview, Sell explained:
"We immediately got along, got drunk, and won a bunch of cash on scratch tickets. Later that night, we decided to start a production company"
Additionally, Sell is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute.
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Nom de naissance Courtney Fathom Sell
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 28 janvier 1985 (39 ans) à Boston (Etats-Unis)
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 28 janvier 1985 (39 ans) à Boston (Etats-Unis)
He commonly composes and records the soundtrack scores to many of his films, and an album of many of those scores was released under the title "Themes for Films" in 2011. In 2009, four of his short documentaries, My Dying Day, No Place Like Home, Long Way Back to Paradise and White Clover were released in a DVD compilation set.
In addition, Sell has directed music videos for various bands including Xiu Xiu.He has made cameo appearances in numerous projects including HBO's Treme and a commercial for Stella Artois.
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Personal lifeAfter leaving Pratt Institute at the age of 18, Sell began traveling the country with a Hi8 video camera documenting his life on the road. Traveling through 42 states in just a few years, Sell continued to shoot and produce documentaries on little to no budget, supporting himself by working various odd jobs. While living in Northern California, Sell slept in a graveyard and played his guitar on the street for money. Upon his return to New York City, Sell lived in Washington Square Park for a brief amount of time. During this time, Sell continued to screen his films at various venues in the city and kept the fact that he was residing in the park a secret from friends.
Regarding this time, Sell was quoted in an interview with The Village Voice:
"It was fun. It was the first place I went to. I got off the Chinatown bus after running away from home, in Boston. I came for a screening of my films at Cinema Classics on East 11th."
However, in a later interview Sell commented to a Journalist:
"I didn't want to go home, I was stubborn and naïve. It was a lonely feeling."
Soon afterwards, Sell found residence in a Lower East Side apartment alongside other artists and filmmakers whom he frequently collaborated with. By the age of twenty, he had produced a number of personal documentaries involving close friends or family members as main subjects. In his published writing, Sell often discusses the struggles he had encountered while making no-budget films during the beginning of his career. Inspired by filmmakers such as Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Stan Brakhage whom his experimental work has been compared too, Sell spoke in an article of his life as a no-budget filmmaker:
"When you spend every waking hour working on films that most likely will never see the light of day, yet you feel so compelled to continue on, living off of food stamps, sleeping on friends couches, and getting by on tall boys and peanut butter sandwiches, it is a sure sign that you’re in it for the long run"
Sell is currently in a relationship with artist, writer, and frequent collaborator Rev Jen Miller.
Describing his relationship with Miller in an interview, Sell explained:
"We immediately got along, got drunk, and won a bunch of cash on scratch tickets. Later that night, we decided to start a production company"
Additionally, Sell is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute.
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Satan, Hold My Hand (2013)
, 57minutesRéalisé par Courtney Fathom Sell
Origine Etats-Unis
Thèmes Comédie horrifique
Acteurs Janeane Garofalo, Saint Reverend Jen Miller
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