Rodney Ascher

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth USA

Rodney Ascher

Biography

Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.

Known For

Director

2021
2019
The El Duce Tapes

as Director

2017
Primal Screen

as Director

2015
The Nightmare

as Director

2014
ABCs of Death 2

as Director

2014
Enter the Optigan

as Director

2012
Room 237

as Director

2010
The S from Hell

as Director

2008
Visions of Terror

as Director

2006
2006
Somebody Goofed

as Director

2006
Hot Chicks

as Director

1997
Alfred

as Director

Editor

2015
The Nightmare

as Editor

2014
2014
ABCs of Death 2

as Editor

2012
Room 237

as Editor

2010
The S from Hell

as Editor

Producer

Fourth Wall

as Executive Producer

2024
Delicate Arch

as Executive Producer

2021
A Glitch in the Matrix

as Executive Producer

2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?

as Executive Producer

2018
Sex Madness Revealed

as Executive Producer

Writer

2021
2019
2012
Room 237

as Writer

2008

Actor

2023
Lynch/Oz

as Host (Chapter 2: 'Membranes') (voice)

2018
2016

Art

2011
The Universal Language

as Graphic Designer