Evan Glodell is an American feature film director, producer, writer, and actor, who directed the indie film Bellflower on a shoestring budget of $17,000. [1] This feature has received positive reviews of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is critically acclaimed by such critics as Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times.[2]
Glodell has been interviewed by multiple online sources, and spoke of his will-power to produce his own films:
Prior to the indie film success, Glodell directed, wrote and starred in the Boss of the Glory edgy pseudo sitcom series that aired on Stim-TV network. He also directed the 2009 music video "Let Me Up" by Cursive.[4] Glodell is a principal part of Coatwolf Productions, the assemblage of crew and actors that have been the core of all of Glodell's projects.[5]
A tinkerer at heart, Glodell has made repeated adjustments to what is now called the Coatwolf camera, an assemblage of old camera parts, Russian lenses and the Silicon Imaging SI-1 2K camera.[6] The camera is explained in this youtube video. Glodell's cinematographer Joel Hodge was able to achieve a unique look for the film with "amazing colors and amazing in-camera perspective tricks such as tilt-shifting, which allows for one tiny part of the image to remain in focus while the rest is not."[7]
He also built numerous prototypes that became the flamethrower that is central to the plot of Bellflower, as well as working with co-star Tyler Dawson to make the custom modifications to both cars that co-star in the movie; the flame spitting Medusa and whiskey dispensing Speed Biscuit.[8]