Andrew Bancroft
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Films

Bancroft wrote and starred in Evolution: The Musical!
Evolution: The Musical!
Evolution: The Musical! is a short musical comedy depicting the struggle between Evolution and Creationism, through two groups of fictional characters: "The Beasties" and "The Blesseds"...

which was screened at the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...

. He also wrote, directed and starred in the music video "Maximum Wage
Maximum Wage (film)
Maximum Wage is a short film/music video about a disgruntled doughnut shop worker who wants to make "maximum wage". It stars Andrew Bancroft who plays the role of Jelly Donut.-Plot:...

".

Features in the media

As his alter ego, "Jelly Donut", Bancroft had a public dispute with Lady Sovereign
Lady Sovereign
Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...

, a British hip-hop musician which was featured on MTV's
Music television
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable. Music TVs may host their own shows charts, award prizes. Examples are VIVA, Scuzz, MTV, JBTV, MuchMusic,...

 Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...

 in 2007. Bancroft has also been featured in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

, TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....

, and Blender
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....

.

The Digg Reel

Bancroft was the host and writer of the Revision3 show The Digg Reel
The Digg Reel
The Digg Reel was a daily video podcast hosted by Andrew Bancroft that covered the most recent popular videos from Digg. It was a spin-off show of Revision3's flagship podcast, Diggnation hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. The Digg Reel was launched in January 2008 and was originally hosted...

. He has interviewed numerous guests, including Bruno
Bruno (character)
Brüno Gehard , sometimes written as Bruno and Brueno, is a fictional character portrayed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. The character, a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter, first appeared during short sketches on The Paramount Comedy Channel in 1998, before reappearing on Da Ali G...

. The show was cancelled on September 30, 2010.
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