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David Zellner

David Zellner

David Zellner is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He lives and works in Austin, Texas. He started his career by studying at the University of Texas film school and then staged exclusively Independent feature films and short films.

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Movies Starring David Zellner (27)

Some of Our Stallions (2021)

After completing a mandatory stay at a mental hospital, two best friends decide that the only way they can reintegrate back into society is by finding romantic love. ...

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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman figh ...

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Damsel (2018)

Oregon, a small town near the sea, around 1870. Henry, a grieving man who aspires to preach as a way to overcome his unfortunate past, reunites with eccentric pioneer Samuel Alabaster, who has hired him to officiate at his marriage to the precious Penelope ...

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Also Starring Austin (2018)

ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture. ...

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Ghostbox Cowboy (2018)

Tech entrepreneur Jimmy Van Horn arrives in China armed with an invention and confidence, only to learn that being American is not enough to succeed. ...

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Person to Person (2017)

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day. ...

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There (2015)

A disgruntled veteran unable to adjust back into society justifies domestic terrorism by interpreting his actions with alien invasion. ...

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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)

Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it. ...

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Faults (2014)

Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth. ...

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Love & Air Sex (2014)

When brokenhearted Stan flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of "accidentally" running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy, he arrives to find their best friends Jeff and Kara in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, battle lines are drawn ...

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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes ...

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Tug (2013)

A small town guy tries to decide between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex. ...

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Kid-Thing (2012)

On the outskirts of Austin, 10-year-old Annie tears around on her BMX bike, hurls dough at cars, and smashes things up with her baseball bat. Her father, a goat-farmer-cum-demolition-derby driver, does little parenting. Annie has no friends her age, so her ...

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Dignity (2012)

Agents Mr. Rainbow and Mr. Lamb are sent to an alien planet fighting a civil war. Their mission to destroy a perpetual motion machine is interrupted by their capture. While their interrogations proceed the two men struggle to come to terms with their suffe ...

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Slacker 2011 (2011)

Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmm ...

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Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two (2010)

Rooster Teeth Shorts returns with a vengeance, as well as a magical prototype, an evil button, a mystery box, an inter-dimensional sandwich, and a bunch of ridiculous jokes! ...

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Shit Year (2010)

Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she can't ...

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Beeswax (2009)

Jeannie and her estranged business partner Amanda have a falling out leading to Amanda getting back with an ex and Jeannie bonding more with her non-paralyzed twin Lauren. ...

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Baghead (2008)

Four actors go to a cabin in the woods to write, direct, and act in a film that will jump-start their careers. Their idea is a horror film about a man with a bag over his head, but what happens when that man mysteriously shows up? ...

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Goliath (2008)

A recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage that still matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath. ...

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Pardon My Downfall (2008)

The tragic 1978 story of the The Jibcutters, the last great American alt-bluegrass band. ...

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Aftermath On Meadowlark Lane (2007)

While on their way to a mariachi recital, a devastating car crash forces a mother and her two sons to confront the truth about their past. ...

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Redemptitude (2006)

A black comedy about an altruistic yet deranged preacher who heads deep into the Australian Outback in hopes of saving the soul of a man who has abandoned his faith. ...

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Foxy and the Weight of the World (2005)

A despicable young man, at the end of his life, espouses his comically bleak and bitter world view to his only friend, his dog Foxy. ...

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Rummy (2003)

Sam (David Zellner) runs into Lacey (Stephanie Wilson) walking her dog in the park. She doesn't seem too thrilled to see him. But he is really, really thrilled to see Choo-Choo. The dog used to be his and he is less-than-thrilled to learn that Lacey has si ...

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Frontier (2001)

Strangers in a strange land, Bulbovia's dimmest explorers attempt to dutifully colonize a new world but soon find their buttoned-up shirts and rational thoughts melting away into beetle-eating, tree-molesting, wife-swapping chaos. ...

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Plastic Utopia (1997)

In a world where moral corruption and prosperity go hand-in-hand, James is out of his element. He's unpopular, whiny and cranky, not to mention a second-rate street mime fond of belittling his audience. James longs for a life or reckless abandon, much like ...

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Movies Made By David Zellner (21)

Sasquatch Sunset (2024)

In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind—embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survi ...

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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman figh ...

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Support the Girls (2018)

Lisa Conroy is general manager at a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', Double Whammies. She nurtures and protects her employees fiercely - but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big ...

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Damsel (2018)

Oregon, a small town near the sea, around 1870. Henry, a grieving man who aspires to preach as a way to overcome his unfortunate past, reunites with eccentric pioneer Samuel Alabaster, who has hired him to officiate at his marriage to the precious Penelope ...

Watch Now

Ghostbox Cowboy (2018)

Tech entrepreneur Jimmy Van Horn arrives in China armed with an invention and confidence, only to learn that being American is not enough to succeed. ...

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Black Something (2016)

In late 2015, "Bright Ideas" magazine and its publisher, the innovative crowdfunding and distribution platform Seed & Spark, commissioned directing duo the Zellner Bros. (KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER) to make a short piece in response to a Criterion Col ...

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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)

Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it. ...

Watch Now

Kid-Thing (2012)

On the outskirts of Austin, 10-year-old Annie tears around on her BMX bike, hurls dough at cars, and smashes things up with her baseball bat. Her father, a goat-farmer-cum-demolition-derby driver, does little parenting. Annie has no friends her age, so her ...

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Sasquatch Birth Journal 2 (2010)

An unprecedented peek at the mysteries of nature. ...

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Goliath (2008)

A recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage that still matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath. ...

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Pardon My Downfall (2008)

The tragic 1978 story of the The Jibcutters, the last great American alt-bluegrass band. ...

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Aftermath On Meadowlark Lane (2007)

While on their way to a mariachi recital, a devastating car crash forces a mother and her two sons to confront the truth about their past. ...

Watch Now

Redemptitude (2006)

A black comedy about an altruistic yet deranged preacher who heads deep into the Australian Outback in hopes of saving the soul of a man who has abandoned his faith. ...

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Who Is On First? (2005)

A take on the classic Abbott and Costello baseball routine. ...

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Foxy and the Weight of the World (2005)

A despicable young man, at the end of his life, espouses his comically bleak and bitter world view to his only friend, his dog Foxy. ...

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Flotsam/Jetsam (2005)

Fact and fiction collide on the high seas. ...

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Quasar Hernandez (2004)

A Big Brother mentor has some bad news for his young charge. His confession is no less poignant for being absurd. ...

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Rummy (2003)

Sam (David Zellner) runs into Lacey (Stephanie Wilson) walking her dog in the park. She doesn't seem too thrilled to see him. But he is really, really thrilled to see Choo-Choo. The dog used to be his and he is less-than-thrilled to learn that Lacey has si ...

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This Is John (2003)

The age-old battle between man and answering machine wages on as John attempts to record the perfect outgoing message. ...

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Frontier (2001)

Strangers in a strange land, Bulbovia's dimmest explorers attempt to dutifully colonize a new world but soon find their buttoned-up shirts and rational thoughts melting away into beetle-eating, tree-molesting, wife-swapping chaos. ...

Watch Now

Plastic Utopia (1997)

In a world where moral corruption and prosperity go hand-in-hand, James is out of his element. He's unpopular, whiny and cranky, not to mention a second-rate street mime fond of belittling his audience. James longs for a life or reckless abandon, much like ...

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