Jon Springer (born in 1966) is an American independent filmmaker whose science fiction and horror films combine explicit imagery with religious subtext.

Jon Springer - August 2012
Jon Springer (behind camera) directing Living Dead Girl in 2003.

Biography

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Springer produced and directed The Hagstone Demon,[1] a feature-length horror film starring indie-film icon Mark Borchardt (subject of the 1999 documentary American Movie), and underground cinema artist Lung Leg. The Hagstone Demon premiered at the 2009 TromaDance Film Festival in Park City, Utah[2] and screened as a double-bill with American Movie (1999) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[3]

Springer's style has been criticized as derivative of directors Stanley Kubrick and George A. Romero.[4] Springer was called “a filmmaker who sees nothing as taboo” by Film Threat in 2002,[5] and named “most audacious filmmaker” in his native state of Minnesota in 2002.[6]

Filmography

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Year Film Role
1993 Dead Looters Writer/Director
2000 The Hymens Parable Writer/Director
2001 Heaven 17 Writer/Director
2002 Heterosapiens Writer/Director
2003 Living Dead Girl Writer/Director
2005 The Wood Witch Writer/Director
2006 Space Monster Writer/Director
2009 Dollface Writer/Director
2010 Zombie 101 Writer/Director
2011 The Hagstone Demon Writer/Director

Notes

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  1. ^ The Hagstone Demon at IMDb
  2. ^ "Review of Jon Springer's brilliant combo of noir and horror THE HAGSTONE DEMON".
  3. ^ Neumann, Don. "THE HAGSTONE DEMON playing limited Halloween run at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston". Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Offender of the Faith - Page 1 - Arts - Minneapolis - City Pages". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  5. ^ "Film Threat | Your Independent Movie Guide".
  6. ^ McClanahan, Erik (2008-05-06). "Meet Local Filmmaker Jon Springer". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
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