John Angel
| John Angel | |
|---|---|
 John Birmingham Headshot.jpg John Angel at the Sundance Film Festival | |
| Born | John Birmingham Salem, Virginia, U.S. |
| 💼 Occupation | director, producer, screenwriter, actor, musician |
| 📆 Years active | 2001–present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Danica DeCosto(Divorced) (2 sons) |
John Angel is an American filmmaker, actor and musician who graduated Loyola Marymount University in 2000 with a BA in Screenwriting and Chapman University in 2005 with a MFA in Film Production. He is a singer/songwriter/musician and also makes musical feature films in which he writes the original musical numbers, stars in the films and writes/directs/produces, and usually edits his own films. John is best known for making three feature films in this style: Crazy Animal, The Vampires of Zanzibar, and Rednecks. Crazy Animal sneak previewed in Park City at Tromadance 2006. It has roles by John Angel, Ron Jeremy, Lloyd Kaufman and Brinke Stevens. It was released worldwide on March 31, 2009 by Troma Entertainment. The Vampires of Zanzibar has roles by Brandon Dicamillo and Chris Raab ("Raab Himself") of Jackass/Viva La Bam/CKY and Eerie Von of Samhain/Danzig. The Vampires of Zanzibar has not been distributed by a movie company yet but is gaining fans and showing currently for free on YouTube. Rednecks was just completed in August 2013 and does not yet have distribution. Aside from making these musical feature films, John has worked as a production designer and set decorator on feature films such as the Full Moon Studios release Horror Vision and Mitch Rouse's major independent feature Nobody Knows Anything with cameos by Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Margaret Cho and many others. John also co-produced and acts in Plan 9 by Darkstone Entertainment for release in 2014. John has had the privilege to either star in or direct films involving Ed Asner (PSA titled "The Potential" directed by Justin Jagoda), Pauly Shore (DVD Host for John's short film Rebel Fish), Peter Medak (John's professor at Chapman University) and many other Hollywood greats. Previous to January 2012, John Angel was known as John Birmingham.[1]
Selected filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Stiches | Production Designer | |
| 2001 | Horrorvision | Production Designer | |
| 2002 | Rebel Fish (short film) | Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Composer | |
| 2003 | Nobody Knows Anything | Set Decorator | |
| 2005 | Lava Lounge | Production Designer | |
| 2005 | Blood, Guts & Cleaning Supplies | Actor | Lead Guitarist |
| 2006 | Crazy Animal | Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Composer | Ricky |
| 2009 | Family Property | Actor | Sheriff Carter |
| 2009 | Arkusan Martinsson | Actor | Johnny Tex |
| 2009 | Direct Your Own Damn Movie! | Interviewee | Himself |
| 2009 | The Breeding | Actor | Accidental Victim |
| 2010 | The Vampires of Zanzibar | Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Composer | Mabus / Rakeed |
| 2010 | We Bite! | Producer, Actor, Cinematographer | Himself |
| 2010 | The Birmingham Zoo! | Director, Producer, Actor, Cinematographer | Himself (8 episodes, 2010) |
| 2011 | Midnight Matinee Psycho | Actor | Tony Love |
| 2011 | Minnows Biscjuit Special | Actor | Mrs. Leroy |
| 2012 | Grimmel | Actor | Redneck |
| 2012 | Bros on Bikes | Actor | Gay Biker |
| 2014 | Plan 9 | Producer, Actor | Bruce |
| 2014 | Rednecks | Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Composer | Jimbo |
References[edit]
- ↑ John Birmingham on IMDb
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