Todd Verow
Todd Verow (born November 11, 1966 in Bangor , Maine ) is an American filmmaker .
Verow, who played minor roles in plays as a child, began making films while studying at the Rohde Island School of Design in Providence . He earned the money as a prostitute on the street. He then studied acting and directing at Brown University and cinematography at the American Film Institute . He then worked as a cameraman and founded his film production company Bangorfilms . Verow's topics are the discrimination of homosexuality in society and politics and the confrontation with one's own sexuality .
Some of the films by the New York- based filmmaker have won awards at film festivals . The drama Little Shots of Happiness received, among others, the 1997 Grand Prize of the Jury of the Long Island Film Festival . The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu and Once and Future Queen received Silver Jury Awards at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in 1999 and 2000, respectively .
Filmography (selection)
- 1993: Terminal USA
- 1993: Totally F *** ed Up
- 1994: Mod Fuck Explosion
- 1995: Frisk
- 1997: Little Shots of Happiness
- 2000: A Sudden Loss of Gravity
- 2001: Once and Future Queen
- 2004: Anonymous
- 2004: The Trouble With Perpetual Deja-Vu
- 2005: Bulldog in the Whitehouse
- 2005: Explicit
- 2005: Vacationland
- 2008: Between Something & Nothing
- 2009: The Boy with the Sun in His Eyes
- 2012: Bad Boys Street
- 2013: Tumbledown
Web links
- Todd Verow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bangor Films website
- Video interview during the Teddy Awards
- Retrospective at the Arsenal cinema in Berlin
- Retrospective of his work in the Xerix cinema in Zurich
- Verow in the Berlinale program
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verow, Todd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangor , Maine |