Jeff Feuerzeig

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Feuerzeig (born 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for The Devil and Daniel Johnston, his profile of cult musician and outsider artist Daniel Johnston, for which he was awarded the Directing prize for Documentary at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and which was released theatrically in March 2006 by Sony Pictures Classics. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Feuerzeig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Real Rocky (2011)

Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Chuck Wepner  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Sonny Liston  •  Muhammad Ali

Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Chuck Wepner  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Sonny Liston  •  Muhammad Ali

Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993)

A documentary covering the rise of extremely alternative band Half Japanese: from the early days when Jad and David Fair recorded loud music in their bedroom for distribution via mail order cassette tape, to their contemporary incarnation after David's departure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Byron Coley  •  Jad Fair  •  David Fair  •  Maureen Tucker

A documentary covering the rise of extremely alternative band Half Japanese: from the early days when Jad and David Fair recorded loud music in their bedroom for distribution via mail order cassette tape, to their contemporary incarnation after David's departure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Byron Coley  •  Jad Fair  •  David Fair  •  Maureen Tucker

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Daniel Johnston  •  Matt Groening  •  Louis Black  •  Gibby Haynes

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Daniel Johnston  •  Matt Groening  •  Louis Black  •  Gibby Haynes

Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Laura Albert  •  Bruce Benderson  •  Panio Gianopoulos  •  Winona Ryder

New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Laura Albert  •  Bruce Benderson  •  Panio Gianopoulos  •  Winona Ryder

The Dude (2011)

Meet the dude behind The Dude! Sundance Award winning director JEFF FEUERZEIG, (THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, ESPN 30 for 30's THE REAL ROCKY), reveals the inspiration for the beloved central character in the Coen Brothers' cult-favorite film THE BIG LEBOWSKI. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Eddie Daniels  •  Jeff Dowd

Meet the dude behind The Dude! Sundance Award winning director JEFF FEUERZEIG, (THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, ESPN 30 for 30's THE REAL ROCKY), reveals the inspiration for the beloved central character in the Coen Brothers' cult-favorite film THE BIG LEBOWSKI. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Feuerzeig
CAST:  Eddie Daniels  •  Jeff Dowd