Paul Rachman

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rachman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

13-09-1962

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Total Films

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New York City, New York, USA

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13-09-1962

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Virgo

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Total Films

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New York City, New York, USA

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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.

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2025

Daughters

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.

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2024

Ignore Heroes - The True Sounds of Liberty

A film about the inception, the 1983 destruction, and the reformation of the American punk band T.S.O.L.

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2023

San Miguel

Ana, a devout nine-year-old girl, pushes her faith to the limit in hopes of divine intervention.

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2018

American Hardcore

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. Interviews and rare live footage from artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, SS Decontrol and the Dead Kennedys.

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2006

Who Is Bernard Tapie?

This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society and may be on the rise again; and, it's a look at Marina Zenovich's fascination with Tapie, behaving oddly in spite of her awareness that she's being irrational. Politicians, athletes, friends, companions, and journalists comment on Bernard's charm, his rise to prominence in sports and politics, and his subsequent trouble with the law. Zenovich becomes fixated on her need to interview Tapie, becoming virtually a stalker in her quest.

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2001