Rodney Ascher
- Known for
- Directing
- Place of birth
- USA
Biography
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
Movies with Rodney Ascher
- Lynch/Oz 2023 · ★ 6.9
- Sex Madness Revealed 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Blood Perspectives 2016
Movies directed by Rodney Ascher
- Room 237 2012 · ★ 6.1
- ABCs of Death 2 2014 · ★ 5.4
- The Nightmare 2015 · ★ 5.5
- A Glitch in the Matrix 2021 · ★ 5.5
- The S from Hell 2010 · ★ 5.6
- The El Duce Tapes 2019 · ★ 7.0
- Primal Screen 2017 · ★ 4.8
- Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave 2018 · ★ 5.2
- Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse 2001 · ★ 6.0
- Visions of Terror 2008 · ★ 7.0
- The Wheel of Torment 1998
- Somebody Goofed 2006
- Hot Chicks 2006
- Enter the Optigan 2014
- Alfred 1997
- Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video 2020
- Ghost Boy 2025
- An Evening with Rodney Ascher 2025
- Dog Days 2009