Mooncusser Films, LLC is the film and video production company founded by documentary producer/director Christopher Seufert. Notable projects include cinema verité films with alterna-folk musician Suzanne Vega, the late illustrator Edward Gorey, and one upcoming portrait of legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles. Mooncusser Films has provided content to PBS, the Discovery Channel, VH-1, Twin Cities Public Television, and the History Channel.
Christopher Seufert is a documentary film producer and director, and photographer based in Chatham, Massachusetts. His production company is Mooncusser Films.
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.
Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.
Director Christopher Seufert is most known for his award-winning educational film series about the Cape Cod dayboat fishing industry in New England.
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll.
Chris Trapper is an American songwriter & musician, best known as the singer and guitarist of the band The Push Stars. and for his song “This Time” from the film “August Rush”. The youngest of 6 children in a working class family from Buffalo, NY, Trapper relocated to Boston, MA after college, where he formed The Push Stars with Dan McLoughlin & Ryan MacMillan. In 1999, the band released their Capitol Records debut “After The Party” and subsequently released two more records before going on hiatus in 2005. From there, Chris embarked on a successful solo career, touring all over the globe and releasing nine full length albums to date. Trapper’s songs can be heard in several major studio films including “There’s Something About Mary”, The Devil Wears Prada”, “Some Kind Of Beautiful” & “August Rush”. His songs have appeared on television shows such as Pepper Dennis, ER, and Malcolm in the Middle. In 2018, The Push Stars released their first album in 14 years, “3 Feet In The Air”, which was recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN. A relentless live performer, Trapper has performed an average of 150 shows a year for more than a decade. On October 12, 2018, Chris was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Previously, he earned a SOCAN award for his songwriting contribution to the album Sea of No Cares by Great Big Sea in 2003.
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