Ramzi Abed

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Ramzi Abed (born March 5, 1973) is the founder of "Bloodshot Pictures" and also the founding member of the electronic group, Elektracity.

Mr. Abed creates films that focus on dying and transcending the physical world. Each of his films often features characters when they are sleeping. His more recent work also focuses on spiritual and magical thinking, frequently paying homage to ancient texts related to Judaism, especially the Kabbalah. His films are frequently experimental in nature, creating such grainy, abstract films as the obscure feature-length piece, entitled "Clay Fields", which has been compared to the works of David Lynch and Bill Viola. He also joined up with Lloyd Kaufman (of The Toxic Avenger and Troma fame), Mark Borchardt (of American Movie fame), and sexy Masuimi Max ( of Iamtrouble.com legend [1]), who all starred in his award-winning 16mm short film, The Tunnel, which has screened as an Official Selection of 40 international film festivals.

The newest projects from Mr. Abed include the features, "Upside Downtown", which again stars Masuimi Max, as well as the glossy carnivalesque murder mystery, Black Dahlia Movie, based on the true unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, aka Black Dahlia. The lead actress in Mr. Abed's The Devil's Muse (also known as Black Dahlia Movie was Kristen Kerr, who was also in Inland Empire. Mr. Abed cast her in his film before David Lynch. Other notable actors who acted in the cult film include Robert Williams, Gidget Gein, Julie Strain, Dame Darcy, and Caveh Zahedi. Mr. Abed has three other films in the early stages of production, including In A Spiral State, Tagger, No Worries, and Noirland.

More information on Mr. Abed can be found on the world-wide web, as well as on the Internet Movie Database.[2]

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  1. ^ Iamtrouble.com
  2. ^ Internet Movie Database
  • MovieMaker Magazine; Winter 2002, Iss. 45, pg. 62-65, by: Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke, "Troma Tricks of the Trade: Semi-Legal Ways to Get Noticed at Festivals"
  • MovieMaker Magazine; Spring 2006, Iss. 37 online, by: Jennifer Strauss, "Forward Leap: Ramzi Abed pushes the boundaries of digital technology"

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