Director
Paul Rachman
Born September 13, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA
10 films
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Paul Rachman (born in New York, NY on September 13) is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival. He started his career as a music video director with low budget videos for hardcore punk bands Gang Green and the Bad Brains. He was later signed to Los Angeles based Propaganda Films where he directed music videos for bands Alice in Chains, The Replacements, Kiss, Pantera, Joan Jett, and Roger Waters among many others. He made his feature film debut with the low budget film noir Four Dogs Playing Poker starring Forrest Whittaker, Tim Curry and Balthazar Getty, released by Warner Home Video. He lives in New York City.
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First watchAmerican Hardcore20066.9Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground hardcore punk years from 1979 to 1986.View filmFilmography
10 films as director- 2015Lost RockersDirector
- 2014Zoe RisingDirector
- 2006American HardcoreDirector
- 2004Zoe XODirector
- 2000Four Dogs Playing PokerDirector
- 1993Memories by Joe FrankDirector
- 1992Inside Out 4Director
- 1992Inside Out 3Director
- 1992Inside Out 2Director
- 1991Pantera: Cowboys from HellDirector