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Penelope Spheeris
Spheeris is often referred to as a 'rock 'n roll anthropologist'. In 1974 she formed the first Los Angeles music video production company, ROCK 'N REEL. She concluded her music video work with the Grammy-nominated, "Bohemian Rhapsody" video for "Wayne's World". Spheeris' feature film debut was the 1979 documentary on the Los Angeles punk scene, "...
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Director (37 credits)
1993
Danger Theatre
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Searcher in the Mist/Sex, Lies & Decaf
(1993)
... (segments "Searcher in the Mist", "Sex, Lies & Decaf")
- Move My Lips/Dead Stranger in Paradise
(1993)
... (segments "Move My Lips", "Dead Stranger in Paradise")
- Fatal Distraction/Lethal Luau
(1993)
... (segment "Fatal Distraction")
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Camera and Electrical Department (2 credits)
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Self (37 credits)
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Print ads for Directors Guild of America (2001) See more »Official Sites:
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P. Spheeris | Penelope 'Bud' SpheerisHeight:
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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["After Wayne's World (1992), you directed a bunch of studio fodder including The Little Rascals (1994) and Senseless (1998). What steered you in this direction?") When someone offers you $2.5 million to direct a film, you just fucking take it. I took the money and made a bunch of movies - The Little Rascals (1994), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), Black Sheep (1996) and Senseless (1998). After I ... See more »Trivia:
She was the oldest of four children. She often had to look after her siblings because her dad was killed when she was seven and her mom worked several jobs. She often chooses to interview musicians with troubled backgrounds because she feels her background was just as troubled. See more »Star Sign:
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