Damion Dietz
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Damion Dietz is a writer and film director
known for his successful underground/independent films.
, Dietz' debut feature film Fag Hag (1998), a politically incorrect, low-budget satire for Troma Entertainment, was described as "a punk, underground trash cinema classic" (New York Post / Page Six), "a savagely funny, deranged comedy of manners (Chicago Tribune), and "rollicking, trashy and clever" (Variety). The film stars Dietz, Stephanie Orff and features Wil Wheaton.
Dietz' subsequent films have also skewered popular culture and/or dealt with characters on the fringe. Neverland (2003), a surreal and modern retelling of the classic J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan, stars Rick Sparks, Melany Bell, Gary Kelley, and anime voice actress Kari Wahlgren. The film also features appearances from Wil Wheaton and Scott Mechlowicz. Other films include Beverly Kills (2005), a campy farce about a terrorist cult of failed Hollywood actors and Love Life (2006), a melodrama about the marriage of convenience
between a closeted former athlete and his lesbian wife, which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival
in San Francisco and was selected as the benefit film for the Human Rights Campaign.
Dietz' film Dog Tags
(2008), financed and distributed theatrically in the US and UK by TLA Releasing, is a sharp departure from his satirical earlier work, prompting the Village Voice to note "in 'Dog Tags', Dietz gets serious and is all the better for it... he has freed himself as a writer". The acclaimed drama centers around a Marine on leave and the sexually confused man with whom he develops an intense bond. The film stars Paul Preiss (as Nate Merritt), Bart Fletcher (as Andy Forte), Amy Lindsay and Academy Award nominee Candy Clark
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Dietz is a member of WGAw.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
known for his successful underground/independent films.
Background
A graduate of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Dietz' debut feature film Fag Hag (1998), a politically incorrect, low-budget satire for Troma Entertainment, was described as "a punk, underground trash cinema classic" (New York Post / Page Six), "a savagely funny, deranged comedy of manners (Chicago Tribune), and "rollicking, trashy and clever" (Variety). The film stars Dietz, Stephanie Orff and features Wil Wheaton.
Dietz' subsequent films have also skewered popular culture and/or dealt with characters on the fringe. Neverland (2003), a surreal and modern retelling of the classic J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan, stars Rick Sparks, Melany Bell, Gary Kelley, and anime voice actress Kari Wahlgren. The film also features appearances from Wil Wheaton and Scott Mechlowicz. Other films include Beverly Kills (2005), a campy farce about a terrorist cult of failed Hollywood actors and Love Life (2006), a melodrama about the marriage of convenience
Marriage of convenience
A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as political marriage. The phrase is a calque of - a marriage of...
between a closeted former athlete and his lesbian wife, which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival
Frameline Film Festival
Frameline is a nonprofit media arts organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence...
in San Francisco and was selected as the benefit film for the Human Rights Campaign.
Dietz' film Dog Tags
Dog Tags (film)
Dog Tags, full title Dog Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a 2008 film written and directed by Damion Dietz starring Paul Preiss and Bart Fletcher.-Synopsis:...
(2008), financed and distributed theatrically in the US and UK by TLA Releasing, is a sharp departure from his satirical earlier work, prompting the Village Voice to note "in 'Dog Tags', Dietz gets serious and is all the better for it... he has freed himself as a writer". The acclaimed drama centers around a Marine on leave and the sexually confused man with whom he develops an intense bond. The film stars Paul Preiss (as Nate Merritt), Bart Fletcher (as Andy Forte), Amy Lindsay and Academy Award nominee Candy Clark
Candy Clark
Candace June "Candy" Clark is an American film and television actress, well known for her role as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, a character she reprised in 1979 for the sequel More American Graffiti...
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Dietz is a member of WGAw.
Director
- 1996: Respect My Ass
- 1998: Fag HagFag Hag (film)Fag Hag is the debut film of director Damion Dietz released in 1998. He also wrote the film and has a lead role in it alongside Stephanie Orff.-Cast:*Stephanie Orff, as Destiny Rutt*Damion Dietz as Scott Bushey...
- 2001: The Virgin Larry
- 2003: Neverland
- 2005: Beverly Kills
- 2006: Love Life
- 2008: Dog TagsDog Tags (film)Dog Tags, full title Dog Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a 2008 film written and directed by Damion Dietz starring Paul Preiss and Bart Fletcher.-Synopsis:...
Writer
- 1996: Respect My Ass
- 1998: Fag Hag
- 2001: The Virgin Larry
- 2003: Neverland
- 2005: Beverly Kills
- 2006: Love Life
- 2008: Dog Tags
Producer
- 1998: Fag Hag (producer)
- 2001: The Virgin Larry (producer)
- 2003: Neverland (producer)
- 2005: Beverly Kills (producer)
- 2006: Love Life (executive producer)
Actor
- 1990: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael .... Whipped Cream Boy
- 1996: Respect My Ass
- 1998: Fag Hag .... Scott 'Bushey' Bushey
- 2001: The Virgin Larry .... Larry Gantry