Kentucker Audley

Kentucker Audley

Birth : 1981-11-13, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

History

Kentucker Audley (born 13 November, 1981; Lexington, Kentucky) is an American filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, editor, film programmer and movies hat salesman. His latest film, “Strawberry Mansion” (co-directed with Albert Birney) premiered at Sundance 2021. His previous directorial effort, "Sylvio," (also co-directed with Albert Birney) debuted at SXSW and was named one of the Best 10 Movies of The Year by The New Yorker. He also founded NoBudge, "one of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide" (The New York Times) and Movies Brand.

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Kentucker Audley
Kentucker Audley

Movies

Somewhere Quiet
Scott
Meg is trying to readjust to normalcy after surviving a traumatic kidnapping — but her grounded sense of reality soon starts to deteriorate when she travels with her husband to his wealthy family’s isolated compound.
Strawberry Mansion
Editor
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
Strawberry Mansion
Writer
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
Strawberry Mansion
Director
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
Strawberry Mansion
James Preble
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
You Don't Even Know What I Been Through
Thanks
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I BEEN THROUGH is a hybrid, experimental documentary short film loosely based on the short story Jack-O by James Franco (part of the collection of short stories entitled Palo Alto). It is told through stream-of-consciousness storytelling (inspired by filmmakers like Joel Potrkyus + Matt Johnson) with no real rhyme or reason. It's all over the place. But that's kinda the point. It is told with a millennial eye, but somehow universal. "A thing that we lack as humans is showing how vulnerable we are. Everybody's so afraid of people finding the demons under their bed. And it's like, 'Just show it. Turn it into something beautiful.'" - Noelia Towers.
Manic
Thanks
A southern film student's clear descent into madness in the vein of Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER. A 'meltdown' of sorts.
She Dies Tomorrow
Craig
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives.
At the Park by the Creek
Radio Personality
'Dazed and Confused' meets 'Blue Velvet'; two burnouts, one dead body, and a long confusing trail of clues through sleepy nowhere-ville, USA.
Tennessee Gothic
Thanks
When a dim-witted widower and his teenage son offer a beautiful young woman refuge on their farm, their living situation escalates from hysterical comedy to maddening horror once they discover she's not who she says she is.
Saul at Night
Saul
With a mandatory sleep schedule enforced worldwide, one outlier invents new ways to connect with his sleeping family.
Her Smell
Roy
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
American Woman
Brett Tobeck
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
Kingdom City Drowning Ep1. the Champion
James
KINGDOM CITY - the last standing mega-metropolis in a world choked by a toxic haze. As the haze rises and climbs the city, man is forced to endlessly create towering structures that reach into the heavens, grasping for pure air.
It Happened in L.A.
Peter
Annette might be judgmental, critical, and a total perfectionist—but only of the most charming variety. When she suddenly perceives that her relationship with her boyfriend, Elliot, is inferior to all the happy coupledom she sees among her friends, she decides they need to break up. Launched into the LA dating scene, where film industry jobs, old school bars, and elitist consumerism are the norm, Annette begins to realize that maybe meeting some cool new guy isn’t going to lead her to personal fulfillment.
Be Good
Editor
The arrival of a stray dog in a couple's apartment stirs up dormant romance.
The Show About the Show
Blurred Filmmaker
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
Sylvio
Director
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.
Sylvio
Editor
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.
Sylvio
Al Reynolds
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.
Sylvio
Writer
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.
Brad Cuts Loose
Brad
Brad, an uptight office drone, seemingly discovers the perfect vehicle for letting off steam when an advertisement for a business catering to his innermost desires pops up one morning on his computer. Brad's subsequent visit to the business and encounter with its receptionist Janine, however, don't quite go as planned.
Funny Bunny
Co-Writer
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene discovers that Titty has an ongoing online relationship with the beautiful but reclusive Ginger, who is an animal activist. Gene convinces Titty to make a pilgrimage to meet Ginger where the two men form a close bond despite both of them being drawn to the enigmatic Ginger, who is in need of rescue.
Funny Bunny
Gene
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene discovers that Titty has an ongoing online relationship with the beautiful but reclusive Ginger, who is an animal activist. Gene convinces Titty to make a pilgrimage to meet Ginger where the two men form a close bond despite both of them being drawn to the enigmatic Ginger, who is in need of rescue.
Funny Bunny
Editor
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene discovers that Titty has an ongoing online relationship with the beautiful but reclusive Ginger, who is an animal activist. Gene convinces Titty to make a pilgrimage to meet Ginger where the two men form a close bond despite both of them being drawn to the enigmatic Ginger, who is in need of rescue.
Christmas, Again
Noel
Noel is a young man who travels from upstate New York every year to sell Christmas trees in New York City. Returning without the help of his long-time girlfriend, this year Noel finds it impossible to do the one thing he knows so well---sell Christmas trees. As Noel begins to spiral downwards, alienating co-workers and customers in the process, it turns out this same community of people may be the only ones capable of saving Noel from self-destruction.
The Middle Distance
James
Womanizing workaholic Neil returns to Michigan to reunite with his brother after their father dies. As they try to sell the family home, their interactions are as chilly as the frost-covered February landscape. But Neil’s facade thaws under the glow of his brother’s charismatic fiancée. Chicago writer-director Patrick Underwood crafts a big-hearted romantic melodrama about rebuilding.
Ma
Policeman
In this modern-day vision of Mother Mary's pilgrimage, a woman crosses the American Southwest playfully deconstructing the woman’s role in a world of roles.
Come Down Molly
Patrick
New mother Molly (Eléonore Hendricks) is overcome with the need to run away. Feeling abandoned by her husband and unable to connect with her infant son, she takes up an invitation from her old high school group of guy friends to go on a weekend trip to the mountains. Without the pressure of daily responsibilities and with the help of psychoactive mushrooms, Molly comes out of her shell and is ready to accept the beauty and love that can be found in nature. When Molly's “trip” turns into a dark out-of-body experience she is forced to choose between the person she was and the person she's become.
Queen of Earth
James
Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Jonny Come Lately
Sam
A short film about a young woman trying to find a way out of an abusive relationship.
Felt
Kenny
A woman creates an alter ego in hopes of overcoming the trauma inflicted by men in her life.
Sabbatical
Dylan Hardin
After his mother suffers a stroke, Ben Hardin returns to his rural hometown to care for her and complete his most recent book. While home, his relationships with family and friends are strained and tested.
The Sixth Year
Matt (first segment)
The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field. The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and gossip it abstracts and extrapolates into a fictional narrative.
The Sacrament
Patrick
A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a sinister edge to the commune that belies the seemingly peaceful setting.
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Additional Camera
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Freddy
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
V/H/S/2
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
River
self
Setting out on what is technically a houseboat but more realistically a shed on two pontoons, award-winning filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross (45365, Tchoupitoulas), their brother Alex and friend Kyle “The Muscle” Rouse embark on a journey to sail from their home state of Ohio to New Orleans. As they brave the mighty Mississippi for three weeks on the not-so-trusty Rosemarie, the boys’ journey becomes a cavalcade of hijinks, near death experiences, nautical close calls and impromptu sing-alongs. Featuring an illustrious cast of characters met along the way and wonderful escapades with every dock they make, the film becomes a beautiful and hilarious adventure. Originally released online in weekly episodes, the film quickly became a much-lauded addition to the Ross brothers’ already beloved body of work. This is the first time River has ever been shown on the big screen in its feature version.
A Pale Shadow
Jesse
A Pale Shadow is a dark, meditative western that follows Jesse, a quiet young carpenter at odds with his alcoholic older brother over the money their dead father has left behind.
Open Five 2
Editor
A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.
Open Five 2
Kentucker
A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.
Open Five 2
Producer
A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.
Open Five 2
Director
A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.
The Romance of Loneliness
Richard
Amanda, a misfired pistol, has no idea what to make of her life and is determined to avoid finding out. At her cousin Cristina's renegade wedding to her longtime girlfriend at a West Tennessee farmhouse, she finds out she has nowhere left to hide.
White Fox Mask
Federico
This is the story of a musician who is led on a wild goose chase by an elusive woman, who he believes to be the love of his life, only to end up walking into a mystical forest on the trail of a lady hiding behind a white fox mask.
White Fox Mask
Writer
This is the story of a musician who is led on a wild goose chase by an elusive woman, who he believes to be the love of his life, only to end up walking into a mystical forest on the trail of a lady hiding behind a white fox mask.
V/H/S
Camera Operator
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
V/H/S
Rox (segment "Tape 56")
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Sun Don't Shine
Leo
Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.
Tape 56
Rox
"V / H / S" (2012) is an anthology of several stories, all of which feature "found footage". Each individual tape is framed by a story (titled "Tape 56") that follows a team of masked criminals that are sent by an unknown person to retrieve a VHS tape from a seemingly empty house.
Tape 56
Camera Operator
"V / H / S" (2012) is an anthology of several stories, all of which feature "found footage". Each individual tape is framed by a story (titled "Tape 56") that follows a team of masked criminals that are sent by an unknown person to retrieve a VHS tape from a seemingly empty house.
Marriage Material
Writer
Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend’s 6-month-old for a day. The experience causes them to examine their own relationship and their feelings about marriage and children.
Marriage Material
Andrew
Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend’s 6-month-old for a day. The experience causes them to examine their own relationship and their feelings about marriage and children.
Scattered Junk
Thanks
A document from the week in the life of Greg Cushing after his brother's suicide, commemorating the late Tim Cushing and his music. Filmed in 2004, unearthed and re-edited this year [2011], a brilliant and poignant documentary collage.
The Zone
Writer
A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking.
The Zone
Visitor
A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking.
Bad Fever
Eddie
A humorless loner attempts to win the admiration of a drifter with his debut performance at the local comedy club.
Open Five
Writer
A blend of reality and fiction, "Open Five" follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.
Open Five
Director
A blend of reality and fiction, "Open Five" follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.
Open Five
Kentucker
A blend of reality and fiction, "Open Five" follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.
Holy Land
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Holy Land
Editor
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Holy Land
Director of Photography
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Holy Land
Producer
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Holy Land
Screenplay
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Holy Land
Director
Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.
Passenger Pigeons
Jesse
Set among the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, 'Passenger Pigeons' is a story about finding hope and beauty in the dark hills of Appalachia. The film quietly interweaves four separate story lines over the course of a weekend as the town copes with the death of a local miner.
Family Tree
Producer
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.
Family Tree
Editor
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.
Family Tree
Screenplay
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.
Family Tree
Director
Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.
Ginger Sand
Editor
David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.
And He Just Comes Around and Dances with You
Screenplay
An intense, despairing look at obsession and the twisted nature of attraction.
Ginger Sand
Writer
David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.
Ginger Sand
Director
David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.
Ginger Sand
David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.
And He Just Comes Around and Dances with You
Director
An intense, despairing look at obsession and the twisted nature of attraction.
And He Just Comes Around and Dances with You
An intense, despairing look at obsession and the twisted nature of attraction.
Team Picture
Editor
A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.
Team Picture
Writer
A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.
Team Picture
Director
A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.
Team Picture
David (as Andrew Nenninger)
A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.
Bright Sunny South
Brandon (as Andrew Nenninger)
Brandon's life gets a nuisance when the man who saved his life becomes his next door neighbor.
Bright Sunny South
Editor
Brandon's life gets a nuisance when the man who saved his life becomes his next door neighbor.
Bright Sunny South
Screenplay
Brandon's life gets a nuisance when the man who saved his life becomes his next door neighbor.
Bright Sunny South
Director
Brandon's life gets a nuisance when the man who saved his life becomes his next door neighbor.
Blue Citrus Hearts
Boom Operator
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ignorant girlfriend, and suicidal thoughts -- or will the conflict that his love for Julian stirs throughout his life prove to be more than one boy can handle?