Douglas Buck

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Douglas Buck is an American film director.

Buck grew up on Long Island, [1] [2] in New York State. He later moved to New York City, where he began making films while working as an airport electrical engineer. [2]

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Buck started by making short films, including Cutting Moments (1997), Home (1998), and Prologue (2003), all three of which were collected together in the Family Portraits anthology. [3] [4] Rue Morgue magazine selected Cutting Moments as one of its "100 Alternative Horror Films". [5] In 2004 he began making a new version of Brian De Palma's 1973 film Sisters starring Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea and Chloë Sevigny, which was released in 2007, and described by Variety as "a worthy partner to his predecessor's famously violent slasher thriller". [6] [7] [8] In 2008 Buck was reported to be working on an eco-horror film titled The Broken Imago, which he stated was influenced by the 1976 Spanish film Quién puede matar a un niño. [9] While a short proof-of-concept piece was produced, the feature film was not.

Buck also co-wrote the 1999 film Terror Firmer .

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

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References

  1. Burkart, Gregory (June 9, 2017). "Love Will Tear Us Apart in Douglas Buck's 'Cutting Moments' (NSFW)". The13thFloor.tv. Retrieved February 22, 2020. Shot on 16mm film in a mundane suburban neighborhood (possibly inspired by Buck's former home town of Long Island)...
  2. 1 2 "Bio". Douglas Buck official website. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018.
  3. Deming, Mark. "Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America". AllMovie. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  4. Gates, Anita (October 13, 2004). "Movie Review: 'Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America – A Sadistic Father's Legacy Cuts a Swath of Suffering". The New York Times . Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  5. "The Connoisseur's Guide to 100 Alternative Horror Films". Rue Morgue . Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  6. Kipp, Jeremiah. "'Suburban Holocaust': An Interview with Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America Writer-Director Douglas Buck". Filmmaker . Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
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  8. Anderson, John (2007) "Sisters", Variety , March 20, 2007, retrieved November 16, 2009
  9. "Exclusive: Douglas Buck Talks Broken Imago!". Dread Central. July 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.