Larry Fessenden

Larry Fessenden
Born Laurence T. Fessenden
March 23, 1963
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Producer, actor, director, writer

Laurence T. "Larry" Fessenden (born March 23, 1963)[1] is an American producer, writer, director, and actor.[1]

Life and career

Larry Fessenden was born in New York City, New York.[1] Fessenden comes from a privileged background: his father was a banker, and Fessenden attended St. Bernard's School, then Phillips Academy where he was kicked out.[2] He has operated the production company Glass Eye Pix since 1985.[3] Fessenden was influenced by the old Universal Monsters.[4]

An actor, screenwriter, director and film editor, he has worked, in addition to feature films, on such television projects as the NBC horror anthology Fear Itself, directing the episode Skin and Bones. He wrote the screenplay with Guillermo del Toro of Orphanage, an English-language remake of El Orfanato.[5]

Fessenden has worked as a mentor to young directors, such as Jim Mickle and Ti West.[6] He has been a producer on projects including Rick Alverson's The Comedy, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, Ti West's The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, Joe Maggio's The Last Rites of Joe May, James McKenney's Satan Hates You, and Ilya Chaiken's Liberty Kid. Under his low-budget horror banner ScareFlix, Fessenden has produced films including Jim Mickle's Stake Land, Maggio's Bitter Feast, West's The Roost and Trigger Man, and Glenn McQuaid's I Sell the Dead.

As a character actor, Fessenden has appeared in numerous films, including I Sell the Dead, Neil Jordan's The Brave One, Joe Swanberg's Silver Bullets, Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory, Jim Mickle's Stake Land and Mulberry Street, and Brad Anderson's Vanishing on 7th Street and Session 9. Fessenden stars and had directed in Habit, The Last Winter and Wendigo.[7] Fessenden also starred in the Sundance pictures Margarita Happy Hour (Chaiken) and River of Grass (Reichardt).

In 2010, Fessenden produced Tales from Beyond the Pale, a 10-episode audio series.[6] In 2011, he released his third rock album with the band Just Desserts.[8] In 2014, he starred with Alexandra Turshen and Lauren Molina in the thriller Body[9] and portrayed Smith in the mystery thriller film Pod,[10] in which he also acted as executive producer.[11] A year later was set with Noah Segan,[12] as one of the leading actors in Joe Begos revenge thriller The Mind's Eye.[13]

Awards

In 2011, Fessenden was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame and was honored by the UK's Total Film as an Icon of Horror during the London FrightFest Film Festival.

Filmography

Actor

Writer

Director

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Southern, Nathan. "Larry Fessenden Biography". Allmovie. Retrieved 2011-08-04 – via The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Adams, Sam (2009-08-31). "Larry Fessenden". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ Truitt, Brian (2013-06-25). "Sunday Geekersation: The many horrors of Larry Fessenden". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. ↑ "Icons Interview with Larry Fessenden". IconsOfFright.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. ↑ ew York horror mogul Larry Fessenden
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kohn, Eric (2011-04-15). "A Kingmaker in the Realm of Cheapie Horror". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  7. ↑ Larry Fessenden
  8. ↑ Sojourn Records - Just Desserts
  9. ↑ ‘Body’ Trailer Delivers Horror On Christmas!
  10. ↑ Lauren Ashley Carter, Dean Cates, Brian Morvant, Larry Fessenden, and John Weselcouch star in Pod
  11. ↑ POD
  12. ↑ Joe Begos Enters The Mind’s Eye with Telekinetic Revenge Thriller
  13. ↑ “ALMOST HUMAN” Director Returns with “THE MIND’S EYE”
  14. ↑ "Larry Fessenden and Gualberto Baña receive the Honorary Maria Award in Sitges 07'".
  15. ↑ Larry Fessenden / bio
  16. ↑ Larry Fessenden - Awards - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com
  17. ↑ Larry Fessenden Awards + Nominations - Fandango

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