
Ariel Gardner
Directing
Biography
Ariel Gardner is a writer, director, editor, and multidisciplinary artist from Los Angeles, CA. His character-driven films draw on bleak deadpan humor, emotional unease, and handmade realism, often blurring the line between sincerity and irony. He is also a co-founder of the radical editing collectives RACER TRASH and DREAM VIDEO DIVISION, known for collaboratively remixing Hollywood films into maximalist, psychedelic works.
Known For

A snarky critic navigates violent personalities and inflamed egos while incarcerated at a prison for the arts.
Art Prison
"Fishbowls" creators Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner returned to primetime in a first-place debut with "Kill the Baby," a darkly comic tale about a dude who wanted to, well, kill his baby.
Kill the Baby

An aspiring teenage filmmaker gets hired by a production company to make sketch comedy for teens.
AwesomeFunTV

A series of strange events begins in a small village with a dark past when a stranger arrives and questions his own past.
Ve Panayır Köyden Gider
Dreambow Entertainment Home Video presents "Cool Dad" and other fun fantasy-comedies for the whole family coming soon to videocassette!
Cool Dad - Official Trailer

A tumultuous relationship reaches its tipping point.
On the Rocks
Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.
Paradise Man (ii)

An aging mother finds herself at a moral crossroads when a birthday card is sent to her by mistake.
Nancy

An abusive theater director casts his girlfriend in the lead role of his next play.
A Ripple of Nothing Significant
A heartfelt short about two different people coming together. Or more specifically, mocks heartfelt shorts about two different people coming together. Starring the incomparable Randall Park.
Springbrook

A nightmare turns into reality
Cereal

An aging widower attempts to make good with his estranged daughter by selling the time he has left.
Time Realtor

A man develops an intimate relationship with a female android.
Judy

A narrator imagines what goes on in people's houses.
HOUSES

Three stories from Mulchtown: a man has frog problems; snacks are found; police arrest a worm.
Mulchtown

An invisible and disrespected sound mixer becomes infatuated with the lead actress.
Sound Speeds

A man hires a topless maid.
Topless Maid

A pair of troubled school boys navigate the chaos of love and friendship in the early 80's.
Choir Boyz

A severe storm unearths past and alternate lives of a midwestern farmhand.
Member's Mark

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