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| Larry Fessenden | |
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| Born | Laurence T. Fessenden 1963 (age 49–50) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Producer, actor, director, writer |
Laurence T. Fessenden (born 1963) is an American producer, writer, director, and actor.[1]
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Life and career [edit]
Larry Fessenden was the winner of the 1997 Someone to Watch Spirit Award, and a nominee for the 2010 Piaget Spirit Award for producing. He is also the writer, director and editor of the award-winning art-horror trilogy Habit (nominated for 2 Spirit Awards), Wendigo and No Telling. His recent film, The Last Winter (nominated for a 2007 Gotham Award for best ensemble cast), premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and was distributed through IFC. Fessenden directed Skin and Bones for NBC TV's horror anthology Fear Itself. He wrote the screenplay with Guillermo del Toro of Orphanage, an English-language remake of El Orfanato. Fessenden was awarded the 2007 Sitges Film Festival Maria Award for his work as a producer, actor, and director in genre film, and he won the 2009 Golden Hammer Award for "being such an inspiring force in the industry." In 2011, Fessenden was inducted into the "Fangoria Hall of Fame" and was honored by the UK's Total Film as an Icon of Horror during the Frightfest Film Festival.
Fessenden has been a producer on various projects including Rick Alverson's The Comedy, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy (nominated for two 2009 Spirit Awards and on over 60 "Top 10 Movies of the Year" lists), Ti West's The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, Joe Maggio's The Last Rites of Joe May, James McKenney's Satan Hates You, and Ilya Chaiken's Liberty Kid. Under his low-budget horror banner ScareFlix, Fessenden has produced nine films including Jim Mickle's Stake Land (winner of the 2010 Toronto Film Festival Audience Award), Joe Maggio's Bitter Feast, Ti West's The Roost and Trigger Man, and Glenn McQuaid's I Sell the Dead, which opened the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival where it won awards for best cinematography and best actor (Fessenden). I Sell the Dead won the 2008 Toronto After Dark Film Festival award for best Independent Film.
As a character actor Fessenden has appeared in numerous films, including Glenn McQuaid's I Sell the Dead for which he won a special jury prize for best performance at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival. He has appeared in Neil Jordan's The Brave One, Joe Swanberg's Silver Bullets, Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory, Jim Mickle's Stake Land and Mulberry Street, and Brad Anderson's Vanishing on 7th Street and Session 9. Fessenden stars in Habit and the Sundance pictures Margarita Happy Hour (Ilya Chaiken) and River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt).
In 2010 Fessenden curated and produced with Glenn McQuaid Tales from Beyond the Pale, a 10-episode audio series, Radio plays for a digital age. In 2011 He released his third rock album with the band Just Desserts.
Fessenden has operated the production company Glass Eye Pix since 1985, with the mission of supporting individual voices in the arts.
Filmography [edit]
Actor [edit]
- The Battery (2012)
- Jug Face (2012)
- Bro' (2012)
- All the Light in the Sky (2012)
- Wolf Dog (2012)
- Hellbenders (2012)
- Wolf Dog Tales (2012) (video short)
- Silver Bullets (2011)
- Stake Land (2010)
- Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
- Satan Hates You (2010)
- Bitter Feast (2010)
- Hypothermia (2010)
- Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
- Blood Red Earth (2009) (film short)
- I Sell The Dead (as Willy Grimes) (2008)
- Fear Itself (TV Series, Episode Skin and Bones) (2008)
- The Last Winter (2006)
- Searching for the Wendigo (2002) (documentary film short)
- Habit (1997)
- No Telling... aka No Telling (Or the Frankenstein Complex) (1991)
- Stunt: A Musical Motion Picture (1989) (film short)
- Mismatch (1987) (film short)
- Chinatown (1986) (film short)
- Experienced Movers (1985)
- Habit (1982) (V)
- A Face in the Crowd (1981)
- Lifeline (1981) (film short)
- The Field (1980) (film short)
- White Trash (1980) (film short)
- Jaws (1978) (film short)
Writer [edit]
- The Last Winter (2006)
- Wendigo (2001)
- Habit (1997)
- No Telling... aka No Telling (Or the Frankenstein Complex) (1991)
- Hollow Venus: Diary of a Go-Go Dancer (1989)
- Habit (1982) (V)
- A Face in the Crowd (1981)
- Lifeline (1981) (film short)
- The Field (1980) (film short)
- White Trash (1980) (film short)
- The Eliminator (1979) (film short)
Director [edit]
- Beneath (2013)
- The Last Winter (2006)
- Wendigo (2001)
- Habit (1997)
- No Telling... aka No Telling (Or the Frankenstein Complex) (1991)
- Hollow Venus: Diary of a Go-Go Dancer (1989)
- Habit (1982) (V)
- A Face in the Crowd (1981)
- Lifeline (1981) (film short)
- The Field (1980) (film short)
- White Trash (1980) (film short)
- The Eliminator (1979) (film short)
See also [edit]
References [edit]
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- "New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- "Must-Read Interview with 'Bitter Feast' Indie Producer Larry Fessenden!". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
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