Damien Echols

Birth : 1974-12-11, Arkansas, USA

History

Damien Wayne Echols is an American writer and magician. He is best known as one of the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers controversially accused and convicted of a triple murder in 1994. Since his release from death row in 2011, Echols has authored several autobiographies and spiritual books.

Movies

Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia
Self
Vincent Castiglia paints in human blood.
IRL
Gun Salesman
An alienated girl struggles to piece together the events of the previous night over 24 hours in NYC, only to be reminded that nothing is ever as it seems in a city where everyone is a self-made avatar, and violence looms like a halo.
West of Memphis
Himself
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
West of Memphis
Producer
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Self
A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Himself
Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Himself
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.