Gunnar Applebaum
Acting
Biography
Gunnar Applebaum is a filmmaker and musician from Detroit, Michigan. With a strong passion for media-based art, his creative skills have ranged from acting, to music composition, film production, and directing; all of which he shows a prominent and surreally dark eye for. He was exposed to particular films early on in his life, which would continuously help him to carve out his influences, and pave his way as an aspiring filmmaker from the day he picked up a cheap camera at age six. He now works with experienced local filmmakers and colleagues through the film program in Detroit.
Known For
Meet Babydoll. She's desperate to spend her birthday with the man she loves. It just so happens that he's also her boss.
Babydoll
When no one in the apartment building is willing to stand up to an outlaw's consistent use of all three public washing machines, Duncan, an agoraphobic mess of a man, must channel his inner Texas Ranger and bring justice to the laundry room.
Once Upon a Time in the Laundry Room
Siblings Dove and Larry revel in wild nights and mocking their foster mother, Lynn. While Larry seeks attention from the Reverend and her son, Dove grows secretly fascinated by roadkill, unaware that their neighbor Janet harbors an even deeper connection to death.
Puke Bitch
Rauwolfia's film debut, partner to their 2025 album with the same title, directly intersects with the album’s narrative of two struggling lovers being placed within the world’s imminent demise. The sheltered couple are taunted and entertained by an analog television in their bunker, which gives them all the answers they need, yet in very unconventional ways.
Farewell, My Love
Sierra, a teenage sociopath, is consumed by incurable boredom, driving her to experiment with intimacy and violence in search of something that finally makes her feel. Her restlessness only worsens when her naive cousin, Tess, pulls her beyond the safe confines of the suburbs and into a world filled with similarly angsty young adults. Sierra is convinced she can handle whatever the outside world throws at her, but her father isn’t so sure—and neither of them truly knows who’s right.
Dog
A debt-settlement meeting turns into a surreal nightmare of ego, sexism, and chaos.
They'll Be Calling
An interview between a determined detective and a dim-witted garbage man unfolds in this stop-motion animated short film.