Scooter McCrae

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Scooter McCrae
Born
Middletown, New York, US
Occupation film director, film editor
Years active1994–present
Known for No budget films
Notable work
 Shatter Dead , Sixteen Tongues

Scooter McCrae is an American director known for Shatter Dead and Sixteen Tongues .

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Early life

McCrae was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his formative years in Middletown, New York. As a kid, he made Super 8 films and was a fan of science fiction. He attended SUNY Purchase after being turned down for NYU, which he said was fortuitous. With the money saved from his tuition at a state college, he was able to finance his early films. [1]

Career

McCrae says that he enjoys working with low-budget films, as the details in which he is interested are more suitable for those kinds of films. [2] His first work was with Frank Henenlotter, whom he cited as a mentor. McCrae worked as a production assistant on Frankenhooker and Basket Case 2 . [3] McCrae's directorial debut was Shatter Dead , a zombie film. He was inspired to make his own film after watching low-budget films with his friends, after which he thought to himself that he could make a better film than the ones he was renting from the video store. [4] The film received a positive review by Joe Bob Briggs. [5] His second feature was Sixteen Tongues , a film that writer Mike Watt described as "Blade Runner meets Salo". [6] Watt wrote that a major studio would never make the film, as it explores themes that are totally alien outside of independent filmmaking. [6] He later worked again with Henenlotter as an editor on Bad Biology . [3]

Filmography

Director

Editor

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References

  1. ↑ Lamberson 2008, p. 163–164.
  2. ↑ Lindenmuth 1998, p. 50.
  3. 1 2 Lamberson 2008, p. 164.
  4. ↑ Lamberson 2008, p. 167.
  5. ↑ Briggs, Joe Bob (1995-12-22). "Plagues, Zombies - 'Shatter Dead' Has It All". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  6. 1 2 Watt 2013, p. 179.

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