David J. Green
Directing
Biography
Born and raised, but not conceived in New York City, David J. Green is a writer-director who loves making audiences laugh. Green's feature directorial debut, Slaughter at Camp Swinelake, a zombie horror-comedy about body image and self-acceptance, was produced by Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), distributed by Troma Entertainment, and features indie horror favorite Zelda Adams (Mother of Flies, Hellbender). For his documentary short Eugene Gregan: Born Dead, Green interviewed the titular painter as well as legendary actor and Gregan admirer Judd Hirsch. Green's offbeat rom-com short, Gen. Sex (11 mins), starring Jared Gilman (lead of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom) screened at Kevin Smith's SModcastle Film Festival, The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival, and New York Short Film Festival as well as being listed as a semi-finalist to screen at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival. Green's quirky horror-comedy short, Where Did The Day Go? (12 mins), which he wrote, directed, and starred in, was selected as a quarter-finalist for Ari Aster's Square Peg Social and won the award for Best Horror-Comedy at the 2023 Houston Comedy Film Festival. In 2021, Green's political rom-com, Elephants & Donkeys (7 mins), which he also wrote, directed, and starred in, took home the prize for Best Romantic-Comedy at the same festival. Regardless of the genre, Green's work has the dynamic visuals of an Edgar Wright flick, the raunchy humor of a Seth Rogen comedy, and the emotional sincerity of a John Hughes movie. He is a provocateur with a big heart. B.F.A. Film - The School of Visual Arts, 2023.
Known For
A depressed has-been child actor and owner of a dingy laundromat becomes powerfully vengeful when his collection of lone socks transforms into a protective, cute and murderous monster named Crust.
Crust
Troma Entertainment presents a raunchy, blood-soaked tale of body image and self-acceptance. When a meat-delivery mix-up forces a pork-themed fat camp to kill and serve its longtime pig mascot for dinner, a swine-zombie outbreak emerges. An insecure camper must team up with her CIT bestie, her hunky crush, and a cruel counselor to escape so that they won't become bacon by breakfast.
Slaughter at Camp Swinelake
An awkward college student searches for love on a dating app while trying to navigate hook-up culture.
Gen. Sex
When his father refuses to stop reaching out, a young man groomed online at twelve must decide whether to finally let someone see what was left behind.
See Me
There's something in them woods and it's killin' hunters. On his bachelor party deer killin', beer drinkin', huntin' trip weekend; Randy's world is turned inside out. All's he wanted to do was to spend a lil' time with the fellers.
Curse of the Weredeer
Two hidden camera pranksters infiltrate a funeral home, unaware that the mortician they've targeted is a demented lunatic.
Thin Skinned
An aging, reclusive painter shares stories about his life and brushes with death.