Terrance Zdunich profile picture

Terrance Zdunich

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions” – Thomas Jeff

About Me

I grew up in Santa Ana, California, and studied illustration at Otis College of Art & Design. Following graduation, I landed work as a storyboard artist for Sony Animation and then went on to work as a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist for TV shows such as Fox’s “Bones” and films like “Into The Wild” directed by Sean Penn. I’ve also taught drawing and painting over the years.

My biggest artistic endeavor however - and the one for which I am most proud - is REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA , a horror movie musical that I co-wrote with Darren Smith .

REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA began as a 10-minute opera performed in LA rock clubs, and then grew into a full-length play that’s traveled (and me with it!) to New York and Toronto, where we shot a 10-minute REPO! short film as well as the soon-to-be-released REPO! The Movie , which will be in select theatres on November 7th, 2008.

And I’ve been howling "“Graaaaaaves!” as the character GraveRobber through the many incarnations of REPO! , including performing the role in the REPO! Short Film and the upcoming REPO! The Movie , produced and distributed by Twisted Pictures and Lions Gates Entertainment .

To find out more about REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA , visit our official website at http://www.Repo-Opera.com.

My Interests

The creative process, rational skepticism, dive bars, filth, Jungian archetypes, momma jokes,zombie “science”,cool facial hair, The Fifth Amend-
ment,Roe vs. Wade for Men, legislation that states tow-truck drivers can not use
the Nuremberg Defense,
nor theologians.

I'd like to meet:

Bill Maher, George Carlin, Ricky Gervais, a hooker with a heart of gold, Lisa Simpson, Howard Stern, Lauren Phoenix, Joseph Campbell, James Randi, Sam Harris, Salman Rushdie, Willie Nelson , Frank Frazetta,
good parents, Jessica Rabbit, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and anyone who understands that “Astrology For Dummies” is duplicative - unless of course, feigning the opposite gets you laid.

Music:

Tom Waits, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Manson’s “Antichrist Superstar”, Nina Simone, Jesus Christ Superstar, Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP”, Rasputina, Bob Dylan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, The Temptations (the “Classic 5” era), Motown, Johnny Cash, Captain Beefheart, Danzig: 1-4, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Nightmare Before Chirstmas, Holst’s “The Planets”, Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” .

Movies:

"Pulp Fiction", “Se7en”,
“The Exorcist”, “Unforgiven”,
“The Big Lebowski”,
“Interview with the Vampire”, “Rushmore”,
“The Incredibles”,
“The Matrix”,“Fight Club”,
“2001: A Space Odyssey”, the films of David Lynch, “Unbreakable”,
“The Dark Crystal”,“The Fountain”, “The City of Lost Children”, “Glengarry Glen Ross”, “Angel Heart”,
“Bram Stoker’s Dracula”,and
“The Royal Tenenbaums”.

Television:

“Deadwood”,“The Office”(BBC version), “The Wire”, "South Park",
“Married…with Children”,
“The Simpsons”, "Real Time with Bill Maher", “Six Feet Under”, and “Dexter” .

Books:

“The God Delusion”,
“Fight Club”, “The Satanic Verses”, “Amadeus” (stageplay),“Lord of the Flies”,“Letter to a Christian Nation”, “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, and“Animal Farm”.

My Blog

REPO! MOVIE SOUNDTRACK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Hello Friends, I have some very excited news to share with you: REPO! THE GENETIC OPERAS OFFICAL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK IS NOW AVAILABLE! You can download 22-songs from the upcoming film that critics ar...
Posted by Terrance Zdunich on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:34:00 PST