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Feb 3, 2022 · By Joe Deckelmeier. Published Feb 3, 2022. We interview Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris about the classic comedy film's enduring legacy to celebrate its 30th anniversary. It’s been 30 years since the release of the comedy classic Wayne’s World and Paramount is celebrating by releasing of film with a steel box special edition for ...
Mar 12, 2019 · Pioneering punk film director Penelope Spheeris ran out of fucks to give a long time ago—around the time she started getting script notes from Harvey Weinstein, as she recalls. There’s visible ...
Jan 31, 2022 · Director Penelope Spheeris speaks onstage at the screening for “SHOT! The Psycho Spiritual Mantra of Rock” at The Grove presented by CITI on April 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Penelope Spheeris. Born in New Orleans, LA, Spheeris was raised in a carnival owned by her father called The Magic Empire Shows. But when she was seven years old, her father was murdered in Alabama while trying to protect a black man. The incident was quickly swept under the rug as a justifiable homicide due to the racial tensions at the time ...
PRODUCER. Penelope Spheeris, Producer. Uncle Tom’s Fairy Tales (Bon Appetit) – directed by Richard Pryor. Saturday Night Live – 7 Albert Brooks’ film segments. Real Life. The 74th Academy Awards, segment Producer. The 75th Academy Awards, segment Producer.
Penelope Spheeris is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She has directed both documentary and scripted films. Her best-known works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization, each covering an aspect of Los Angeles underground culture, and Wayne's World, her highest-grossing film.
Feb 23, 2022 · W hen Penelope Spheeris was making the first part of her landmark documentary The Decline of Western Civilization in 1979 and 1980, none of the people she was chronicling were known outside of Los ...
