Christopher Bickel
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Christopher Bickel | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupations | |
| Organization | Films Colacitta |
| Style | B-movies, Horror, Girl Gangs, Cult Films |
| Website | cuttored |
Christopher Bickel is an American underground filmmaker from West Columbia, South Carolina, where he films most of his movies.[1][2][3] Bickel has directed films such as Pater Noster and the Mission of Light (2024), Bad Girls (2021), and The Theta Girl (2017).[4][5][6][7][8] Bickel's films are "low-budget," being financed and produced independently.[9] He has expressed frustration with distribution issues and competition with mainstream big-budget studio films.[10][11][12] Bickel's films are available on Blu-Ray, and on streaming services such as Night Flight Plus.[13][14]
Bickel was named the 2020 Free Times "Best Filmmaker in Columbia."[15] His 2024 film Pater Noster and the Mission of Light was official selection at the 2024 film festivals: Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, South Carolina Underground Film Festival, and BizarroLand Film Festival.[16] Bickel's filmmaking influences include George Romero, Gregg Araki, John Waters, HG Lewis, Russ Meyer, David Lynch, Kenneth Anger, and Jack Hill.[17] He has hosted a "Lowbrow Cinema Explosion" at the Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia.[18]
Bickel has also directed music videos for artists such as Demiser, MNRVA, and Boo Hag.[19] Prior to entering filmmaking, Bickel wrote and conducted interviews for the counterculture website Dangerous Minds and for the punk culture 'zine Maximum Rocknroll.[9] In the 1990s and early 2000s, Bickel sang in the South Carolina punk bands In/Humanity and Guyana Punch Line, and released music for a solo project called Anakrid.[20] He is an avid collector of vinyl records and has released vinyl soundtracks to certain of his films.[21][22]