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Steve Balderson circa 2003
Steve Balderson circa 2003

Steve Balderson is a film director. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He was born Stephen Clark Balderson on January 19, 1975, in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manhattan is a city in Pottawatomie and Riley counties in the northeastern part of the U He was raised in nearby Wamego until the age of twelve, when his family moved to Manhattan. Steve attended Manhattan High School. Manhattan High School is a public High school (grades 9-12 in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. Though his class attendance was poor, Steve graduated a semester early, ahead of his peers. He refused to walk the stage and accept his diploma, opting out of the graduation ceremony altogether. The administration asked if he would like his diploma mailed to him. He responded, "I'll never need it. "[1]

Balderson attended film school at California Institute of the Arts, where he directed six full-length digital movies, including a screen adaptation of Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat. The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California. The Vampire Lestat (1985 is a Novel by Anne Rice, and the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the At the end of his third year at CalArts, Steve realized he'd never had a mid-residency review. When he asked his dean, Hartmut Bitomsky, Hartmut answered, "Master's students don't have mid-residency reviews. " When Hartmut learned Steve was an undergrad, he instructed Steve to stop going to his classes and instead, to do independent study with him. Once a week the two would meet and dissect Alfred Hitchcock films and Steve learned how to focus his vision. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 After months of working one-on-one with his dean, Steve decided he was ready to leave CalArts without graduating. [2]



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Pep Squad

After leaving CalArts in 1996, Steve returned to Kansas and directed his debut feature film. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Pep Squad satirized and predicted American school violence prior to the horrific series of school shootings. After the era of school violence ended in the United States, Pep Squad was released on DVD. School violence refers to Violence and Crime taking place within educational institutions.

Firecracker

Balderson’s award-winning second feature film, Firecracker, was released theatrically in 2005 to sold out audiences in a first-ever "Freak Show Tour" supervised by Landmark Cinemas, the nation’s largest art house chain. Preeminent film critic Roger Ebert called it "Brilliant" and named Firecracker on his list of the year's best films [Source]. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter.

Hailed as a "masterpiece" (Film Threat [Source]) and "told by a story teller who has a nascent finger on the pulse of contemporary cinema" (Aftertaste magazine), Firecracker features the acting debut of alternative music icon Mike Patton and the critically acclaimed comeback of Academy Award nominee Karen Black. Michael Allan Patton (born January 27 1968) is an American singer Songwriter, Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Video Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an American actress, Screenwriter, Singer and Songwriter. Also starring are Susan Traylor, Pleasant Gehman, Jane Wiedlin, Selene Luna, The Enigma, George the Giant, Jak Kendall, Brooke Balderson, Amy Kelly, and Lobster Girl Cathy Berry, daughter of the infamous Lobster Boy Grady Stiles. Pleasant Gehman is a magazine Writer, Poet, and Musician from Los Angeles. Jane Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc Wisconsin, United States of the Los Angeles punk scene. The Enigma, born Paul Lawrence, is a Sideshow performer actor and Musician, who has undergone extensive Body modification, including horn Grady Franklin Stiles Jr ( June 26, 1937 - November 29, 1992) was a Freak show performer

Firecracker premiered at London’s Raindance Film Festival, to sold out crowds, where it won a Jury Prize nomination for Best Picture. The Raindance Film Festival is the UK's largest independent Film festival. It also won numerous awards on the festival circuit worldwide including: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Actress for Karen Black, and Steve Balderson won the 2005 Domani Vision Award for emerging talent at Tribeca’s Visionfest. Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an American actress, Screenwriter, Singer and Songwriter.

Watch Out

Currently in post-production, Watch Out is based on the controversial novel of the same name by Joseph Suglia.

Watch Out is the story of Jonathan Barrows, a man who falls in love with himself, literally. He is secretly attracted to his own body, carries out an erotic relationship with a blow-up doll that resembles him, and takes pleasure in rejecting the advances of his many admirers, both male and female. He descends into a world of carnivorous priests and Prozac-popping Polish prostitutes and eventually assassinates the world's most popular pop-diva. "You strange creatures," Barrows declares, "you are nothing more to Me than a meal at the fast-food restaurant of life. " But who will end up being devoured?

The film was shot guerilla-style, without permits, in March and April on location in Wamego, Kansas. Starring Matt Riddlehoover (the actor/director and MySpace sensation best known for his award-winning comedy TO A TEE) and co-starring Peter Stickles (Shortbus), B-movie superstar Jeff Dylan Graham, Amy Kelly, Jon Niccum and burlesque sensation Lady Monster. Matt Riddlehoover is a Film director, Screenwriter, editor, Actor and producer heavily influenced by the work of Woody Allen Peter Stickles (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor from New York. For other uses see Short Bus (disambiguation. Shortbus is a 2006 comedy - Drama film written and

Misc

Steve is also the subject of a new book written and published by author Joe Schaefer. [3] In Conversations, the author writes, "Having a dream and actually sitting down and hashing out how one will achieve it are two different things. Steve Balderson longed to be a filmmaker, so he made it happen. This writer/director/producer just may be the personification of the new American dream. "[4]

Balderson’s attention to detail and strong work ethic is chronicled in the award-winning documentary series WAMEGO. Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere was released in 2004 on DVD, Making Movies Anywhere won Best Film at the 2005 Fox Film Festival and the 2004 Kan Festival Award. [5] Wamego Strikes Back, the sequel to Making Movies Anywhere, was released in 2007. The third installment, out in 2009, chronicles the making of Watch Out.

Filmography

As film director

References

  1. ^ Schaefer Jr. , Joseph (2006). Conversations-Steve Balderson, Dreams and Firecracker, 6–12.  
  2. ^ Schaefer Jr. , Joseph (2006). Conversations-Steve Balderson, Dreams and Firecracker, 13–23.  
  3. ^ Schaefer Jr. , Joseph (2006). Conversations-Steve Balderson, Dreams and Firecracker.  
  4. ^ Schaefer Jr. , Joseph (2006). Conversations-Steve Balderson, Dreams and Firecracker, 6.  
  5. ^ Sterneker, Leah (April 22, 2005). Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Film Fest". Hutchinson Collegian 45: 2.  

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