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FILM GEEK is a joyous and emotional look back at a movie-obsessed kid growing up in New York City and his relationship with his mysterious father. Crafted entirely out of film clips from over 200 movies, as well as his personal archives, Emmy and DGA award-winning director Richard Shepard (THE MATADOR with Pierce Brosnan) mines the material for clues to understand his own cinematic DNA.
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Calum Marsh New York Times May 16, 2024
Shepard describes movies in clichés, when he describes movies at all. More often he is talking about himself, a subject of interest to far fewer viewers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Lillian T @RT00593888 Apr 28, 2025 An homage to the art of film, childhood, the creator's (Richard Shepard's) father, and to a specific era in New York City 1970s-80s, as well as to how craft catches up with artistic vision and desire through immersion and obsession. Wonderful, honest, subjective and stimulating, and yes, artistic and multi-layered. I plan to watch it again, and maybe again after that. See more Read all reviews
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Richard Shepard

Director

Richard Shepard

Screenwriter

Stacey Reiss

Producer

Richard Shepard

Producer

Jonathan Stern

Executive Producer

Adam Lichtenstein

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Synopsis FILM GEEK is a joyous and emotional look back at a movie-obsessed kid growing up in New York City and his relationship with his mysterious father. Crafted entirely out of film clips from over 200 movies, as well as his personal archives, Emmy and DGA award-winning director Richard Shepard (THE MATADOR with Pierce Brosnan) mines the material for clues to understand his own cinematic DNA.
Director
Richard Shepard
Producer
Stacey Reiss, Richard Shepard
Screenwriter
Richard Shepard
Production Co
Stacey Reiss Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 22, 2023, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 17, 2024
Runtime
1h 35m
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