Rodney Ascher

Rodney Ascher has shot countless short films and commercials for clients such as EA Games, Capitol Records and VH1, but he only achieved greater international acclaim in recent years. In his short documentary The S from Hell (2010), he explored the unsettling cryptic meaning of one particular corporate logo. His first feature-length documentary and best known film so far, Room 237 (2012), a creative interpretation of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, also screened at Karlovy Vary. He also contributed a short segment to the horror omnibus The ABCs of Death 2 (2014). His second feature-length film, The Nightmare (2015), reaffirms his position as an uncommonly original filmmaker.

50. MFF Karlovy Vary