Multi-Facial

Multi-Facial (1995)

Not too light, Not too Dark

Through a series of auditions, a young actor in New York City struggles with his identity.

Date of release
1995-07-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (30)
Runtime
20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Vin Diesel

Casting

Interesting facts

Multi-Facial is a 1995 American short drama film written, directed, produced, and scored by Vin Diesel, who also stars as a multiracial actor facing various professional and emotional issues. The film is notable for essentially launching Diesel's career as it was noticed by Steven Spielberg, who then watched Diesel's film Strays, which prompted him to give Diesel his first big break by writing a small role specifically for him in Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Production

Multi-Facial was written, directed, produced, and scored by Vin Diesel. The film is semi-autobiographical, drawing on Diesel's own frustration trying to find work as an actor of mixed ethnicity. In the early 1990s, Diesel returned from Los Angeles to New York, frustrated with his failures in Hollywood.

Diesel wrote a script for a feature film called Strays, but was unable to secure financing for it due to being unknown. He decided to produce a short film instead and wrote the script for Multi-Facial in one night. He shot it over the course of three days for $3,000. He also scored the film, but became disillusioned by the response to it and stopped working on it during the editing stage.

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