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| Directed by | Adrian Grenier |
| Produced by | Adrian Grenier Matthew Cooke Robin Garvick John Loar Bert Marcus Lynda Pribyl |
| Narrated by | Thomas de Zengotia |
| Starring | Adrian Grenier Austin Visschedyk Lindsay Lohan Paris Hilton Alec Baldwin Kevin Connolly Matt Damon Whoopi Goldberg[1] |
| Cinematography | Lance Bangs Jason Banker Matthew Cooke Steven Fierberg Bill Megalos David Serafin |
| Editing by | Jim Curtis Mol Matthew Cooke |
| Distributed by | Reckless Productions |
| Release date(s) | January 22, 2010 (Sundance) September 27, 2010 (United States) |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Teenage Paparazzo is a 2010 documentary film about the life and times of a 14-year-old Paparazzi photographer named Austin Visschedyk. It was directed by actor Adrian Grenier. Produced by Adrian Grenier and Matthew Cooke.
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Teenage Paparazzo chronicles the relationship of a 14-year-old paparazzo Austin Visschedyk and actor Adrian Grenier. Grenier encountered Visschedyk one night and decided to, through following him while searching for celebrities, get to understand the world of the paparazzi. Austin has to be tutored and stays up late at night taking pictures and surfing the internet. During the day he is often called away to photograph celebrities, which he is successful at doing due to his young age and appearance. As the film progresses Grenier realizes his rather negative influence on Visschedyk's life. A year after initial production of the film ended, Austin's attitude and behavior has changed for the better. Grenier offers Austin to have a relationship stronger than the pap-celebrity one they have had. The film concludes with Austin telling Adrian to turn the camera off, which he subsequently does.
Teenage Paparazzo received positive reviews from critics. Jeniffer Merin of About.com gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Grenier not only does a very good job of considering the many nuances of the relationship between paparazzi and celebrities, his presentation is thoroughly entertaining." [2] David Chen of Slash Film.com praised Teenage Paparazzo as well, commenting "Teenage Paparazzo Austin Visschedyk actually proves to be an incredibly fascinating individual and documentary subject. But Grenier also manages to weave in some cultural analysis and some decent drama to create a film that’s entertaining from beginning to end." [3]