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Harrod Blank is a California native who grew up in the Bonny Doon Mountains of Santa Cruz, where he attended high school and college. In 1989, he moved to Berkeley, where he currently lives part-time. When Harrod Blank first realized that his '65 VW Beetle could be treated as a canvas, the result was "Oh My God!"... See full bio »

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Automorphosis

Automorphosis (2009)

Wild Wheels

Wild Wheels (1992)

Driving the Dream

Driving the Dream (1998)

In the Land of the Owl Turds

In the Land of the Owl Turds (1987)

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Cinematographer (6 titles)

2012 Art Car: The Movie (documentary)

2009 Automorphosis (documentary)

2008 Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! (documentary)

2006 When I Came Home (documentary)

1998 Driving the Dream (short)

1992 Wild Wheels (documentary)

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Automorphosis -- This is the 2 minute trailer for the 77 minute feature film, "Automorphosis" which is currently touring film and art festivals. For more information please check www.automorphosis.com for updates to the film's status, release and distribution.

Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! -- Trailer for the documentary film Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

A feature documentary film exploring the life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod Blank, a creator of spectacles such as the Camera Van-- a Dodge van with 2000 cameras attached to it – and The Flash Suit- a man’s suit festooned with hundreds of photo flash bulbs going off. The film follows Blank from his youth spent in the woods with chickens, to his current multi-faceted career as filmmaker and art-car maven extraordinaire. A tireless champion of self-expression, Blank chases dreams and attacks obstacles with a creative vigor that is refreshing to witness. The first documentary feature by Berkeley filmmaker David Silberberg, Oh My God! It’s Harrod Blank! uses footage spanning two decades to celebrate the man just as it exposes his naivete, and the particularly trying effects his extroversion has on those around him. Blank's family, friends, and girlfriends take turns criticizing, advising, and explaining a guy whose uncommon openness and resilience can tolerate such a forum, even as viewers laugh and squirm. Rounding out the film's point of view is Blank's own painful, often hilarious examination of his personal life and challenges, from his need for attention to such obsessions as encroaching baldness.
Blank's spirited outlook is undeniably inspiring, and the film embodies a contagious affection for him as both bigger-than-life and so very human. 'The pressure to conform is incredible,' says Blank, 'but I don't care what other people think. The reason I'm alive is to create.' With special appearances from Harrod Blank’s filmmaking father Les Blank, revealing details of his early career.

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6' 4½" (1.94 m)

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