Douglas Reese
Directing
Biography
Douglas Reese is an independent filmmaker and actor located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Reese has gathered small attention for his work as a "no-budget" filmmaker, releasing his features and shorts on social media websites without any intention of financial profit. Since 2008, Reese has released nearly fifty short films and twenty features, some of his work garnering divisive reactions from both critics and viral audiences; many arguing the filmmaker's relevance as an "amateur auteur".
Known For
A visual/aural essay on Lindsay Lohan and celebrity culture.
Bambi Eyes
Ethan, a film student in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself reflecting on his family estrangement when he takes interest in claims of an alien abduction at a local beach.
Pacific Angels
A cosplay artist requests the help of an amateur filmmaker to document her attendance at an upcoming convention.
Metayouu
An experimental short film by Douglas Reese.
Blavatsky's Exodus
A post-grad travels to Seattle for a job interview, crossing paths with a mysterious male prostitute.
Warwick
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What You Read Into This Is None of My Concern, But No, I Wasn't Thinking About Much of Anything.
A v-logger takes questions from strangers in a film-related community.
A.M.A.
A video essay on James Bridges' 1984 film "Mike's Murder".
Analog Desires
An experimental film comprised of Ed Wood's GLEN OR GLENDA? played forwards and backwards at the same time on the same screen, creating bizarre juxtapositions and startling synchronicities.
Glen or Glenda Forwards and Backwards
After a phone call from his estranged sister threatening suicide, an aspiring screenwriter takes the ultimatum to drive her to the childhood town where their documentarian father abused them for the sake of his art.
Maysville
A man can't find his dog.
Looking for Nannerz
All of Reese's first eighteen features are overlaid and timed to end at the same time.
Amalgamation
Douglas Reese stitches hours of footage from his cloud's video library, offering achronological glimpses spanning February 2015 to October 2019.