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Kenzie

It's about 98% hustle and 2% filmmaking---Never, Never, Never give up.

About Me



filmmaker.

My Interests

16mm, 16mm projectors, abandoned buildings, adventures, animal welfare, cinematography, comedy, dancing, drive-in theaters, exploration, fake blood (making it as close to real as possible) film festivals, filmmaking, film production, giallo, guerrilla art, halloween, japanese street culture, las vegas, laughter, meeting new people, midnight movies, movie nights, old movie theaters, photo booth pictures, rock fashion, sfx make-up, something weird video, stop motion animation, surrealism, street art, taoism, veganism, vegetarianism, wanderlust

I'd like to meet:


Music:

not limited to: 3 inches of blood,anthrax,the arcade fire, babes in toyland, bauhaus, betty blowtorch, bjork, black sabbath, black rebel motorcycle club, bloc party, blondie, boris, the clash, cradle of filth, the creatures, the darkenss, david bowie, dead kennedys, einsturzende neubauten, elliot smith, ex-girl, the faint, fischerspooner, the goblins, godspeed you black emperor!, guns n roses, iggy pop, iron maiden, johnny cash, joy division, kraftwerk, ladytron, le tigre, meg lee chin, megadeth (ol' skool), metallica (again ol'skool) ministry, the misfits, my life with the thrill kill kult, neutral milk hotel, new york dolls, obituary, opeth, pigface, placebo, public enemy, the ramones, revolting cocks, sepultura, a silver mt zion, siouxsie and the banshees, skinny puppy, slayer, the smiths, the stooges, the x-ray specs

Movies:


campy, low budget flicks, b-movies, independent films, 70's/80's horror, 70's/80'a slasher, cult, black/dark comedy, exploitation, horror,giallo, grindhouse, italian horror/zombie films, kung fu, slasher, silent and art house films, along with the something weird video catalog.
some of my favorite directors/producers: Al Adamson , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Andy Warhol , Chan-wook Park , Doris Wishman , Ed Wood , George A. Romero , Guy Maddin , Herschell Gordon Lewis , Jess Franco , John Carpenter , John Waters , José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe , Martin Scorsese , Roger Corman , Russ Meyers , Takashi Miike , Ted V. Mikels , Tobe Hooper , Wes Anderson , Wes Craven , William Castle
audition, battle royal, big lewobowski, blue rita, boksuneun naui geot aka sympathy for mr. vengeance, the cameraman's revenge, chinjeolhan geumjassi aka lady vengeance, creepshow, cry baby, curse of the were-rabbit, the darjeeling unlimited, deathrace 2000, dellamorte dellamore aka cemetary man, detroit rock city, dog day afternoon, enter the dragon, evil dead trilogy, fando y lis, faster pussycat, kill! kill!, female trouble, forbidden zone, friday 13th series, the godfather trilogy (although not fond of 3), halloween series (including part 3 season of the witch), the holy mountain, the howling, imprint, koroshiya 1 aka ichi the killer, kung fu hustle, the life aquatic, vita è bella la, aka life is beautiful, near dark (greatest vampire flick ever), nightmare on elm street series, night of/dawn of/day of the dead films, old boy, pink flamingos, polyester, raging bull, rock and roll high school, rushmore, star wars trilogy (the original), sleepaway camp series, spirited away, suicide circle, suspiria, texas chainsaw massacre (the original only- no sequels or remakes), the royal tennenbaums, the secret of nimh, the warriors, zombie 2
also props to the following make-up artists: Dick Smith and Tom Savini

Television:

the boondocks, home movies, jbtv, la ink, metalopolypse, the simpsons, south park, svengoolie

Books:

my library is all camera manuals and filmmaker's first hand encounters with low budget/guerrilla film production.

Heroes:


His name is Samson.
You only wish you knew.

My Blog

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Saturday --I shot a wedding while having the beginning of a head cold.  I arrived to the church on time, but I was the only one ---literally.  I waited outside with equipment for about a hou...
Posted by Kenzie on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:20:00 PST

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Gandhi
Posted by Kenzie on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:23:00 PST

I am finally feeling a lot better about myself these days...

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Posted by Kenzie on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:44:00 PST

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This past week I have finding myself pretty lucky as far as film networking is concerned.  Monday- After getting some equipment from Essence (the company that I will be shooting wedding for this ...
Posted by Kenzie on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:54:00 PST

Change of look...opinion please?

I need a new look, and I was thinking about maybe doing this...color and all...(minus the dark lipstick before you all get on my case) Feedback?Opinions?...
Posted by Kenzie on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:46:00 PST

"You never settled for just okay, you never will"--- Serenity Room Revisited

My week off is nearing it's end. I apologize for such a long post, but much has happended in the past 7 days.  Highlights included:  -Visiting Adam one last time before he moved to LA.&n...
Posted by Kenzie on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

Production Update

February 23-25- The Chicago Horror Festival had a table at Fangoria.  We sold T- shirts, had fliers for the upcoming festival and a sign up sheet for the website in which we collected over 300 si...
Posted by Kenzie on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:37:00 PST

...it's gonna happen soon but not today

A koi is known for having the ability to swim in the harshest of waters.But will it have the same ability and strength when placed in a pond filled with dirt?I received a call from Essence (the weddin...
Posted by Kenzie on Wed, 23 May 2007 03:03:00 PST

Future Butterfly

What happens when you stop caring  about something you love and have spent years working on, just doesn't do it for you anymore? Do you just shrug your shoulders and say "eh?"Is it growing up, or...
Posted by Kenzie on Wed, 16 May 2007 06:31:00 PST

Editor and Others Needed -48 Hour Film Project this weekend

Date: Apr 26, 2007 10:01 AMI'm participating in the Chicago 48 Hour Film Projectand I'm looking for a little help.  Basically, the 48Hour Film Project is a competition in which teams offilmmaker...
Posted by Kenzie on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:55:00 PST