Stephen Kessler

참여 작품

Being Canadian
Co-Producer
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the answer.
Paul Williams Still Alive
Additional Photography
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Paul Williams Still Alive
Producer
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Paul Williams Still Alive
Writer
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Paul Williams Still Alive
Director
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Executive Producer
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist. Widely known for his banned queer erotica film Flaming Creatures, Smith was an innovator and firebrand who influenced artists such as Andy Warhol and John Waters.
The Independent
Director
The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
휴가 대소동: 라스베가스
Director
한 집안의 가장이자, 충실한 남편인 클라크(Clark W. Griswold: 체비 체이스 분)는 이번에도 휴가 계획을 짜느라 여념이 없다. 그동안 가족 여행때마다의 해프닝을 생각하자니 골치만 아픈 클라크는 온 가족이 모두 다 행복하고 즐겁게 지낼 수 있을 거라 여기고 라스베가스로 여행지를 결정한다. 하지만 그 곳에는 이제까지의 사건들보다 더 심각한 '변수'들이 기다리고 있다. 라스베가스는 가족 모두가 즐길 수 있는 건전한 놀이들이 많은 한편, 현란하고도 마법과 같은 유혹이 이곳 저곳에 도사리고 있었다. 게다가 그 화려한 풍경들에 눈이 휘둥그레해진 클라크의 가족들은 그만큼 그 유혹에 빠져들기가 쉬웠던 것. 그리하여 문제는 클라크의 아내인 엘렌(Ellen Griswold: 비버리 단젤로 분)에서부터 시작되는데...
Birch Street Gym
Director
A group of elderly retirees join a boxing gym, and rediscover their self-worth as they repudiate expectations that they're too old to lead vigorous lives. Jack is particularly relieved to escape the tedium of his retirement home, as he advances to challenge brutish Rocco for the club championship. But Rudy, the club's operator, must battle local officials who are trying to close the club out of fear that the members are endangering themselves.