John Roecker
American film director
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John Roecker (born January 30, 1966) is an independent filmmaker who is associated with the punk subculture.[1][citation needed] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[2] Roecker is probably best known for Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, a stop motion animated comedy based on the true crime book Helter Skelter.[3][4]
John Roecker | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 1966 |
| Occupation | Independent filmmaker |
| Spouse | Divorced |
| Children | None |
From 1996 to 1999, Roecker and Exene Cervenka co-owned Los Angeles store "You've Got Bad Taste." The store specialized in kitsch and various "off-color" novelties, such as paintings by serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted poster of bank robber Patty Hearst .[5] He recently released an album with collaborator Dylan Melody titled Rocker|Melody[6] on Frontier Records. A music video was created for every track on the album.
Next, Roecker and Melody are collaborating on a musical about Charles Manson.[7]
Works
- "The Fear Morty's Theme" Bootleg: From the Lost Vault, Vol. 1, Esham. Music video. Director. (2000)
- Disease is Punishment, The Network. Concert video. Director. (2004)
- Live Freaky! Die Freaky!.[4] Stop motion feature film. Animator, director, and screenwriter. (2006)
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars* (*But Were Too Afraid to Ask). Seven-part documentary TV series based on interviews with male pornography stars. Director. (2008)[8]
- Svengali!, (webseries). Actor, director, and screenwriter. (2010)
- They're All Out Without You, short film using footage cut from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (see above in 2009). Director and screenwriter. (2011)
- Tim Timebomb's Rock'n'Roll Theatre, (webseries). Co-written with Tim Armstrong. (2012)
- Heart Like a Hand Grenade. Documentary of Green Day's production of the 2004 album American Idiot. Recorded from 2003 to 2005. Director. (2015)
