River Faught
Acting
Biography
River was in college at Arkansas State University when he first decided to become an actor though he forged forth and earned a B.A. in Criminology with the pursuit of Law School previously on his mind. However, one year after completing his collegiate endeavors at the bachelor level, River moved to LA in July of 1998 to pursue his dream of becoming an actor in Hollywood. He trekked across the country in a U-Haul with a Jeep attached to the back and $3000 in his pocket...with no place to live. He spent three days knocking on doors of apartment complexes looking for a place to call home...for awhile. On the third day (and the day the U-Haul was due back at the dealership), he found an available apartment in Studio City, California. He recalls having made a phone call to his father from a pay phone at the cross streets of Vineland and Ventura Blvd. excitedly stating, "I can see Universal Studios from where I'm standing!" He was steps away from fulfilling his dream. Soon thereafter, River landed his first big role in a national commercial for "Red Stripe Beer... and then came television roles for ABC Family Channel and various documentaries. These days River can be seen Starring in Feature Films, Reality Shows, TV Pilots, documentaries, commercials, music videos, and print ads! In addition, River has written a "Dark Comedy" screenplay. Registered with the Writers Guild of America, the movie screenplay is making its rounds in numerous screenplay contests. He has begun work on his second screenplay at this time.
Known For
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
1 Buck
Ever read a Darwin Award headline and think “How could this possibly happen??” Well, this show is about how they possibly happened. Darwin’d was released on September 23, 2018 in the United States.
Darwin’d
Misha, Dalton, Jaxon, Hamlet, and David are young aspiring actors who move to Hollywood to follow their dream, but wind up testing their fate with consequences beyond their wildest imagination. Each of the actors have been hand picked by 'The Master'. A dark, mysterious teacher who promises to teach them the ultimate secret to success. Without knowing it, the young faithful dreamers are set to the test of their lives. They are hypnotized, mentally and physically abused and brainwashed as The Master slowly steals away any human instinct and empathy from them and applies a strange animal behavior instead. He calls it his unique acting technique. But in spite of all their hopes, dreams and aspirations The Master is never planning on giving them the secret to success. He has his own dark agenda. He is the hungry wolf in the jungle waiting for the right moment to prey on little girls. Just like the fairy tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Academy of Satan
A collage storybook retelling of the Jesus Christ story with Digital, Super 8, 16MM, and VHS, primarily set within a decaying and run-down world and divided into three acts. Accompanying the film's images is distilled church music provided by various noise artists. This is the first feature film from Los Angeles experimental filmmaker Case Esparros and was released in 2019.
King Baby
When her drug-addict mother dies, Emmie returns home, traveling through the underbelly of suburbia looking for a package her mother has left behind, reconnecting with her estranged sister, Eve, along the way.
The Things We Carry
The LA Corner Productions released The Lodge on June 1, 2016 in the United States.
The Lodge
John, an old mason who suffers from a disease after years of working with concrete, is locked up in the family bookstore. His younger brother Dave, who takes care of John and the bookstore, moonlights as an accomplice to John's murderous habit.
Blockhead
Embassies of Cinema released Montana on September 13, 2007.
Montana
Saul Williams is a punk teenager that lashes out at his mother in violence. He is taken to a correctional facility and must face his caged anger.
Saul of Suburbia
A single mother struggles with the grief of her missing child on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance, while her neighborhood milkman begins to feel a strong connection to her grief.
The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost
When the subject of a documentary is found murdered, the documentarian shifts the focus of her picture to finding out who is responsible.
Short Side of Nothing
The first 24 hours are the hardest.....especially when you’re homeless.
Staying Clean
Benjamin Ironside Koppin and David Orgill released Guiding Light on March 27, 2016 in the United States.
Guiding Light
"Flesh On Fire: Addicted To A Dream" is a feature documentary film that takes the viewer on an intimate roller coaster of pain and joy as actor River Faught, aka Donnie Faught, climbs his way out of the backwoods of Arkansas to success in the city of angels. Along this journey, passionate (and volatile) relationships are ignited, but some are agonizingly sacrificed, all for the ultimate dream of making it on the big screen. Faught's unwavering determination to succeed in an industry that swallows people whole and spits them out broken, is a testament to his burning passion that refuses to be extinguished.
Flesh on Fire: Addicted to a Dream
Dub Gardens Productions released Cedar Flats in 2002 in the United States.
Cedar Flats
An OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) professional has a reoccurring character as he dreams. Little does he know this 'character' is apart of him in reality.
Jim
Can time heal all wounds?