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Paul Rachman

Directing · Born 1962-09-13 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Rachman (born in New York, NY on September 13) is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival. He started his career as a music video director with low budget videos for hardcore punk bands Gang Green and the Bad Brains. He was later signed to Los Angeles based Propaganda Films where he directed music videos for bands Alice in Chains, The Replacements, Kiss, Pantera, Joan Jett, and Roger Waters among many others. He made his feature film debut with the low budget film noir Four Dogs Playing Poker starring Forrest Whittaker, Tim Curry and Balthazar Getty, released by Warner Home Video. He lives in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rachman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2026This Is BuzzExecutive Producer
2024DaughtersCo-Producer
2023Ignore Heroes - The True Sounds of LibertyExecutive Producer
2021Bob Dylan: Odds and EndsEditor
2019Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal StoryStory Editor
2018San MiguelProducer
2015Lost RockersDirector
2014Zoe RisingDirector
2006American HardcoreDirector
2004Zoe XODirector
2001Who Is Bernard Tapie?Co-Producer
2000Four Dogs Playing PokerDirector
1993Memories by Joe FrankDirector
1992Inside Out 4Director
1992Inside Out 3Director
1992Inside Out 2Director
1991Pantera: Cowboys from HellDirector

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