Courtney Fathom Sell (born in Boston, Massachusetts 28 January 1985) is an American underground filmmaker, musician, composer, writer and video artist. He has shot a majority of his work on a Hi8 video camera, including numerous documentaries. An advocate of D.I.Y. no-budget filmmaking, Sell's writing on the subject has been published in various publications including Filmmaker Magazine and Indiewire, who referred to Sell as being a reincarnation of the young John Waters due to his unconventional approach at making films. Along with documentaries, Sell has directed numerous music videos, commercials, exploitation films and experimental films. His films have been featured on Artnet TV. He coined the term 'Crash Cinema', to best describe the manner of his guerrilla style filmmaking. He is the Co-Founder of ASS Studios alongside writer and artist Rev Jen Miller. Sell is also the co-founder of the Assdance Film Festival, a week long event in New York City which specializes in screening films which have been rejected from other film festivals.
Themes for Films, a full length album of Sell's film scores and soundtrack compositions was released in June 2011.
Sell's upcoming feature length horror film 'Satan, Hold My Hand', written by ASS Studios' co-founder Reverend Jen is set to be released early in the Spring of 2013. The project will be co-produced by writer Jonathan Ames
Read more about Courtney Fathom Sell: Documentaries, Experimental Videos, ASS Studios (Art Star Scene Studios), Music Videos, Music and Compositions, Select Filmography
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