Glenn Berggoetz

Glenn Berggoetz
Born Glenn W. Berggoetz
Residence Fort Wayne, Indiana
Occupation Film director, author, screenwriter, film actor, film producer, composer, educator
Years active 2008–present
Home town Fort Wayne, Indiana

Glenn Berggoetz is an American director, writer and actor. He is known for directing several low-budget films, including The Worst Movie Ever!,[1][2][3] a film which had the lowest grossing opening weekend in history.[4] His other films include To Die is Hard, Midget Zombie Takeover, Auto Shop of Horrors, Evil Intent, and The Ghosts of Johnson Woods. [5]

Background

Berggoetz was born on October 29, 1966 just outside Atlantic City, New Jersey, raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 1985,[6] and received his master's degree at California State University, Dominguez Hills.[7] In the mid-1990s, he began to write screenplays and, by 2006, had completed eight scripts. Unable to get his screenplays read by studios, and acting upon a suggestion, he decided to produce and direct his own films. His first effort was completed in 2006 when he finished filming the short Bad Movies, Good Showers and Civil Engineers. By the end of 2007, he had completed two additional shorts and two feature-length films. To date, three of his features have screened on Canadian television, six have received limited theatrical releases, and all nine of his feature films have distribution deals in place.[6] Berggoetz's film The Worst Movie EVER! was selected by independent film critic Terra King as one of the ten best independent feature films of 2011. In 2013, Berggoetz premiered Midget Zombie Takeover in Winchester, Virginia. After that, Midget Zombie Takeover screened in many theaters across the United States and England.[8]

In the spring of 2014 Paste (magazine) released its list of the 100 greatest B movies in cinema history. Berggoetz's 2010 feature film To Die is Hard came in as the 16th best B movie of all time on the list.[9] Berggoetz's 2016 film The Ghosts of Johnson Woods that stars Joe Bob Briggs was selected by Gross Movie Reviews as one of the ten best films of that year.[10]

Berggoetz currently lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a professor who teaches film classes at Indiana Institute of Technology.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Something Called The Worst Movie Ever! Made $11 Last Weekend". Movieline. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Can You Intentionally Make a Cult Film?". Film School Rejects. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  3. ↑ "About Glenn Berggoetz & The Worst Movie EVER!". VWIFF. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=worstmovieever.htm
  5. ↑ http://glennspeaks.com/id4.html
  6. 1 2 3 Kevin Kilbane (June 30, 2011). "Indie filmmaker Glenn Berggoetz comes 'home'". News-Sentinel. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Glenn W Berggoetz". Metropolitan State College of Denver. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  8. ↑ http://www.coveringmedia.com/movie/2013/02/midget-zombie-takeover.html
  9. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/05/the-100-best-b-movies-of-all-time.html?a=1
  10. ↑ https://grossmoviereviews.com/


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