Glenn Berggoetz
| Glenn Berggoetz | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Denver, Colorado |
| Occupation | Film director, author, screenwriter, film actor, film producer, composer, educator |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Home town | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Glenn W. Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He is known for directing several low-budget films, including The Worst Movie Ever!,[1][2][3] a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history.[4] His other films include To Die is Hard, Midget Zombie Takeover, Therapissed, Evil Intent, and Separate Checks [5]
Background
Berggoetz was born on October 29, 1966 just outside Atlantic City, New Jersey, and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1968 through 2005, and graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 1985,[6] and received his master's degree at California State University, Dominguez Hills.[7] Initially wishing to become a writer, he published a few short stories, and wrote three novels (unpublished). In the mid-1990s, he began to write screenplays and, by 2006, had completed eight scripts. Unable to get his screenplays read by studios, and acting upon a suggestion, he decided to produce and direct his own films. His first effort was completed in 2006 when he finished filming the short Bad Movies, Good Showers and Civil Engineers. By the end of 2007, he had completed two additional shorts and two feature-length films. To date, three of his features have screened on Canadian television, four have received limited theatrical releases, and six of his feature projects have distribution deals in place.[6] Berggoetz's film The Worst Movie EVER! was selected by independent film critic Terra King as one of the ten best independent feature films of 2011. In 2013, Berggoetz premiered Midget Zombie Takeover in Winchester, Virginia, on February 8. Since then, Midget Zombie Takeover has been showing in a number of venues across the United States.[8]
In the spring of 2014 Paste (magazine) released its list of the 100 greatest B movies in cinema history. Berggoetz's 2010 feature film To Die is Hard came in as the 16th best B movie of all time on the list.[9]
Berggoetz currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and is an adjunct professor teaching English classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver.[6]
Filmography
- Guernica Still Burning (2008)
- Bad Movies, Good Showers, and Civil Engineers (2009)
- To Die Is Hard (2010)
- Therapissed (2010)
- Evil Intent (2010)
- The Worst Movie Ever! (2011)
- Separate Checks (2011)
- Midget Zombie Takeover (2013)
- The Ghosts of Johnson Woods (2015)
References
- ↑ "Something Called The Worst Movie Ever! Made $11 Last Weekend". Movieline. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Can You Intentionally Make a Cult Film?". Film School Rejects. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ↑ "About Glenn Berggoetz & The Worst Movie EVER!". VWIFF. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=worstmovieever.htm
- ↑ http://glennspeaks.com/id4.html
- 1 2 3 Kevin Kilbane (June 30, 2011). "Indie filmmaker Glenn Berggoetz comes 'home'". News-Sentinel. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ↑ "Glenn W Berggoetz". Metropolitan State College of Denver. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.coveringmedia.com/movie/2013/02/midget-zombie-takeover.html
- ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/05/the-100-best-b-movies-of-all-time.html?a=1