Elijah Drenner

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First Comes the Word: Richard Brooks and the Making of 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'

First Comes the Word: Richard Brooks and the Making of 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'

2024

Producer

Producing

Douglass K. Daniel, author of 'Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks', discusses the making of 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'.

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

2024

Producer, Editor, Director

Producing Directing

A brand new documentary by Elijah Drenner featuring interviews with Jeffrey Bass, co-star Michael Murphy, screenwriter Mayo Simon, archivist Sean Sava...

Formicidae Sinfonia: The Music and Sounds of 'Phase IV'

2024

Producer, Editor

Producing

Composer Brian Gascoigne and electronic music artist David Vorhaus discuss the music of 'Phase IV' (1974).

Against the Grain

Against the Grain

2023

Director, Editor

5.5
Directing

A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise m...

Inside Vinegar Syndrome

2023

Editor

This documentary takes you inside Vinegar Syndrome.

The War in Heaven

2023

Post-Production Manager

Documentary on the making of The Prophecy (1994) featuring interviews with director Gregory Widen, producer Joel Soisson, director of photography Rich...

Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'

2022

Producer, Editor, Director

Producing Directing

A making of documentary from the Arrow Blu-ray release of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Inhuman Experiments: The Making of "The Kindred"

2021

Editor

Features interviews with filmmakers, production designers, writers, editors, actors, and special effects artists regarding "The Kindred." The release ...

Under the Skin: The Making of 'Ticks'

Under the Skin: The Making of 'Ticks'

2021

Director, Editor

Directing
Vegas Needs a New King: The Making of Six-String Samurai

Vegas Needs a New King: The Making of Six-String Samurai

2021

Director, Editor

7.0
Directing

A documentary on Six-String Samurai

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution

2021

Director

Directing

A documentary on Scanner Cop and Scanner Cop II: The Showdown

The Beastmaster Chronicles

The Beastmaster Chronicles

2020

Director

Directing

Documentary about the making of the film The Beastmaster.

Hollywood of the North

2020

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

An animated making-of documentary featuring Minnesota crew members who worked on the film ‘Mallrats’.

The Tribe Remembers

2020

Editor

In this new program, actors Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, John Savage, and Dorsey Wright recall how they became involved wit...

Making Chance Work: Choreographing 'Hair'

2020

Producer, Editor

Producing

In this new program, choreographer Twyla Tharp remembers her collaboration with Milos Forman on Hair and explains how the entire project was put toget...

Cutting 'Hair'

2020

Editor, Producer

Producing

in this new program, editors Lynzee Klingman and Stanley Warnow remember how they were given the opportunity to work on Hair and discuss the type of w...

'Hair' Style

2020

Editor, Producer

Producing

in this new program, production designer Stuart Wurtzel recalls his initial encounter with Milos Forman and their professional relationship during the...

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020

as Self

3.0
Acting

Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attractin...

Blood, Sand, and Fire: The Making of The Hills Have Eyes Part II

Blood, Sand, and Fire: The Making of The Hills Have Eyes Part II

2019

Editor

Brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with actor Michael Berryman, actress Janus Blythe, and many more!

A Face in the Dark: Diane Baker on 'Mirage'

2019

Editor

Diane Baker discusses her acting career and participation in the film 'Mirage' (1965).

The Stranger in Your Lover's Eyes

2018

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

This two-part visual essay features the son of director Don Siegel, Kristoffer Tabori, who reads from his father book A Siegel Film. The bulk of the c...

I No Longer Belong: The Rise and Fall of Walter Wanger

I No Longer Belong: The Rise and Fall of Walter Wanger

2018

Producer

Producing

In this program, film scholar and author Matthew Bernstein discusses the life and unusual career of producer Walter Wanger, who greenlighted Invasion ...

The Fear is Real

2018

Director, Editor

Directing

In this program, directors Larry Cohen (Special Effects) and Joe Dante recall their first experiences with Invasion of the Body Snatchers and discuss ...

The Difference Between You and Me

2018

Producer, Editor

Producing

A video essay on Bound featuring Jennifer Moorman and B. Ruby Rich

Burden of Faith: Tarkovsky's Final Sacrifice

Burden of Faith: Tarkovsky's Final Sacrifice

2018

Producer, Editor

Producing

documentary on the 1986 film "The Sacrifice (Offret)" by Andrei Tarkovsky, featuring an interview with editor Michał Leszczyłowski

A Letter to Castro

A Letter to Castro

2017

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

A 2017 interview with actress Hope Holiday, who portrayed Margie MacDougall.

Crazy for Lynn Lowry

Crazy for Lynn Lowry

2017

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Cult star Lynn Lowry discusses her early career and the circumstances that lead to her role in George Romero's The Crazies.

Romero Was Here: Locating The Crazies

Romero Was Here: Locating The Crazies

2017

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

Romero historian Lawrence DeVincentz takes us on a guided tour of Evans City, PA and the locations used in The Crazies.

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

2017

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

A documentary on making the movie JD'S REVENGE.

Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren

2017

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

Visual effects artist Dennis Muren discusses the legacy of Ray Harryhausen.

The Catastrophe of Success: Stuart Gordon and the Organic Theater

2017

Producer, Editor

Producing

Director Stuart Gordon discusses his early theater roots and his continued commitment to the stage.

Theater of Blood with Mark Nutter

2017

Producer, Editor

Producing

Re-Animator: The Musical lyricist Mark Nutter discusses adapting the cult classic for musical theater.

The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen

2017

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

Visual effects experts Phil Tippett discusses the legacy of Ray Harryhausen.

Listen to the Light: The Making of 'Brain Damage'

Listen to the Light: The Making of 'Brain Damage'

2017

Editor, Director

Directing

54-minute long documentary on the making of Frank Henenlotter's cult classic, Brain Damage.

Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'

Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'

2017

Director

2.2
Directing

Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget horror slasher film Psycho Cop Returns (1993).

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

2017

Director

7.0
Directing

This retrospective features both archival and 2017 interviews with cast and crew members. It includes interviews with CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon, ex...

Hickory Dickory Doc

Hickory Dickory Doc

2017

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

An interview with actor John Lithgow talking about his experience with Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain

The Shocking Truth!

2016

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

Bob Murawski on his discovery of Herschell Gordon Lewis.

Garage Punk Gore

2016

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

Filmmaker and musician Chris Alexander discusses the films and music of Herschell Gordon Lewis.

Montag Speaks!

2016

Director

Directing

A short documentary about Montag from Wizard of Gore

The Gore The Merrier

2016

Director

Directing

An interview with Jeremy Kasten, director of the 2007 Wizard of Gore remake.

How Herschell Found His Niche

2016

Director, Editor

Directing

Lewis discusses his early work in nudie cuties and the making of The Adventures of Lucky Pierre.

Blood Perspectives

2016

Director, Editor

Directing

Filmmakers Nicholas McCarthy and Rodney Ascher on Blood Feast.

Regional Bloodshed

2016

Director

Directing

Filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons discuss the Midwestern roots and work ethic of Lewis' output and how The Gore Gore Girls represents the sh...

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016

Producer, Editor

Producing

Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale take a closer look at the feminist overtones in "Johnny Guitar."

My Microwave Massacre Memoirs

2016

Director

Directing

Documentary about Microwave Massacre (1983).

Tides and Nightmares

2016

Director

Directing

Making of "The Witch Who Came From The Sea"

Videoblivion

Videoblivion

2015

Director

Directing

An interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin regarding 'Videodrome'.

The Tao of Buckaroo

2015

Director

Directing

An Interview with Peter Weller

Lord John

2015

Director

Directing

An Interview with John Lithgow

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang

2015

Editor

5.8

A nice guy discovers his dark side when his girlfriend reveals her secret weakness.

An Exercise In Terror: The Making Of 'Death Spa'

2014

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

A documentary about the making of 'Death Spa' (1989)

Flesh, Blood & Censorship

2014

Director

Directing

Director Pete Walker reflects upon his career making b-movies in the UK during the 1960's & 70's. Starting with sexploitation quickies and eventually ...

That Guy Dick Miller

That Guy Dick Miller

2014

Director, Writer, Producer

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack

The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack

2012

Director, Producer, Editor

6.0
Directing Producing

Stephen Lack talks about playing the lead in David Cronenberg's 1981 sci-fi/horror cult classic SCANNERS.

From Manila with Love

From Manila with Love

2011

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

Retrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The Big Doll House" and "The Big Bird Cage".

American Grindhouse

American Grindhouse

2011

Director, Writer, Editor

6.8
Directing Writing Producing

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema...

Tron Wayne Gacy

Tron Wayne Gacy

2011

Acting

A conversation about sex and death winds its way between six college kids.

Luster

Luster

2010

Epk Producer

4.6
Producing

Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes...

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

2009

Director, Writer, Editor

Directing Writing

Lucio Fulci documentary

Blood River

Blood River

2009

Epk Producer

4.6
Producing

A psychological thriller following a successful young married couple on their way to visit family. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in...

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

2007

Director

9.5
Directing

The composer of ‘The Terror’ and ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ among others is remembered by Harlene Stein, Jack Hill, American Cinematheque’s Chris D...

The Hatching of Spider Baby

The Hatching of Spider Baby

2007

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Documentary focusing on Jack Hill's classic film, Spider Baby. Featured on the new Special Edition DVD.

Planetfall

Planetfall

2005

as Carson Fletcher

3.0
Acting

A spaghetti western in science fiction clothing. Competing female bounty hunters track down the ultimate treasure on a planet wracked with turmoil. A ...

Poor Little Heather

N/A

Director

Directing

Retrospective on the career of Lisane Falk, Heather McNamara of HEATHERS (1988).

Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'

N/A

Director, Editor, Producer

Directing Producing

Making-off documentary of "The American Dreamer"