Rodney Ascher
Directing
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
Behind the camera
2025Ghost Boy
Director & Writer
2025An Evening with Rodney Ascher
Director & Writer
2021A Glitch in the Matrix
Director & Screenplay
2020Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
Director
2019The El Duce Tapes
Director
2018Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
Director
2017Primal Screen
Director
2015The Nightmare
Director
2014ABCs of Death 2
Director
2014Enter the Optigan
Director
2012Room 237
Director & Writer
2010The S from Hell
Director
2008Visions of Terror
Director & Writer
2006Somebody Goofed
Director
2006The Wheel of Torment
Director
2006Hot Chicks
Director
2001Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director