Rodney Ascher
Known For: Directing
Biography
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
Filmography
2025
- Ghost Boy ... (Director)
- An Evening with Rodney Ascher ... (Director)
2024
- Delicate Arch ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Lynch/Oz as Host (Chapter 2: 'Membranes') (voice)
2021
- A Glitch in the Matrix ... (Editor)
2020
- Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video ... (Director)
2019
- The El Duce Tapes ... (Director)
- Swans: Where Does a Body End? ... (Story Editor)
2018
- Sex Madness Revealed as Peterson
- Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave ... (Director)
2017
- Primal Screen ... (Director)
2016
- Blood Perspectives as himself
2015
- The Nightmare ... (Director)
- Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein ... (Editor)
2014
- ABCs of Death 2 ... (Director)
- Enter the Optigan ... (Editor)
2012
- Room 237 ... (Director)
- Swans: The Seer - Live ... (Additional Camera)
2011
- The Universal Language ... (Graphic Designer)
2010
- The S from Hell ... (Director)
2009
- Dog Days ... (Director)
2008
- Visions of Terror ... (Director)
2006
- Hot Chicks ... (Director)
- Somebody Goofed ... (Director)
- The Wheel of Torment ... (Director)
2001
- Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse ... (Director)
1997
- Alfred ... (Director)