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Chain Camera Productions and Chain Camera Pictures are two Los Angeles-based companies led by the creative partnership of Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt. Both companies produce critically acclaimed feature documentaries for international theatrical and television release. Since 1997, Productions and Pictures have sold product to HBO, IFC, Cinemax, Channel 4, the BBC, Sundance Channel, British Film Institute, Haut et Court, Zeitgeist Films, and Lion's Gate Films. Dick and Schmidt first collaborated on Dick's award-winning SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST, a moving and scathingly funny account of controversial performance artist, Bob Flanagan. SICK won the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. With Schmidt producing, Dick went on to direct the critically acclaimed CHAIN CAMERA, a frank, intimate and often hilarious look at high school life shot by the students themselves. CHAIN CAMERA premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Edinburgh Film Festival, with subsequent television debuts on Cinemax and the BBC. In 2003, HBO's America Undercover premiered the company's explosive documentary musical, SHOWGIRLS: GLITZ & ANGST. Directed by Dick and produced by Schmidt, SHOWGIRLS is an energetic and revealing portrait of the producers and performers behind a Las Vegas revue. The film was one of the highest-rated 'Undercover' specials of 2003 and continues to run on the channel. Subsequently, Dick and Schmidt's film, THE END, a profound and moving chronicle of patients and families in a Los Angeles hospice program, premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Since that time, THE END has received acclaim from critics, audiences, and educators alike, making its television debut as part of the 'Cinemax Reel Life' documentary series in October 2004. Following THE END, Dick and Schmidt completed TWIST OF FAITH, which received an Academy Award nomination, won the Audience Award at the Amnesty International Film Festival, and screened in competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. TWIST OF FAITH is the powerful story of a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse as a boy by a Catholic priest, only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community, and his faith. Released theatrically in over a dozen U.S. cities, TWIST OF FAITH premiered on HBO in June 2005 and was released on DVD with a host of special features in February 2006. Dick, Schmidt, and Chain Camera Productions' brand new documentary, THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, is a breakthrough investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound impact on American culture. Financed by the Independent Film Channel, the film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it captured the attention of critics and audiences alike. It has showcased in other prestigious U.S. festivals including South by Southwest, Seattle, Los Angeles, and will soon make its international debut at Locarno, Edingburgh, and New Zealand. On September 1st, 2006, IFC will release THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED theatrically in NY and Los Angeles. The film will expand into other markets and cities throughout September and beyond.
KIRBY DICK . Director, Executive Producer Kirby Dick's recent documentary, Twist of Faith, about a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse by a Catholic priest, debuted in competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Dick's previous film Derrida, a complex portrait of the world-renowned French philosopher, premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival and was released theatrically. The prior year, Dick directed the innovative Chain Camera, a portrait of contemporary urban teenage life, which also premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997, he directed the internationally acclaimed Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Released by Lion's Gate Films, the film earned both an IFP/West Spirit Award Nomination and an International Documentary Association Nomination for Best Feature Documentary of 1998.
THIS FILM
IS NOT YET RATED (2006) TWIST OF FAITH (2005)
THE END (2004)
DERRIDA (2002)
CHAIN CAMERA (2001)
SICK: THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST (1997)
GUY (1996)
PRIVATE PRACTICES: THE STORY OF A SEX SURROGATE (1988)
MEN WHO ARE MEN (1981) (short)
EDDIE SCHMIDT . Producer Eddie Schmidt produced Kirby Dick's Oscar nominated, Amnesty International award-winning documentary Twist of Faith as well as Dick's acclaimed teenage mosaic, Chain Camera. Schmidt also produced the explosive musical documentary Showgirls: Glitz & Angst for HBO's America Undercover, and the powerfully intimate hospice chronicle The End, which premiered at the 2004 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, for HBO/Cinemax's Reel Life. Other work includes producing stints on TV's Blind Date and The Competition, as well as creating and producing original DVD content for films such as Boogie Nights and Se7en. Schmidt also co-wrote the cult humor book, The Finger: A Comprehensive Guide To Flipping Off, and has been a contributor to National Public Radio's popular series This American Life.
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (2006)
TWIST OF FAITH (2005)
THE END (2004)
SHOWGIRLS:
GLITZ & ANGST (2003)
CHAIN CAMERA (2001)
BLIND DATE (2001-2002 season)
SPOOTWERKS (1999-2001)
LEGALESE (1998)
BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS (1998)
HAPPENSTANCE (1997)
SICK: THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST (1997) www.chaincamerathemovie.com
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