Chris Moukarbel
Chris Moukarbel is an American director, producer and visual artist.[1][2] His first feature documentary Me @ The Zoo premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2012[3] and was acquired by HBO Documentaries as part of their summer series.[4] The film charts the rise of YouTube and tells the story of the first Internet celebrity, Chris Crocker of “Leave Britney Alone!” fame. Moukarbel was approached by Sheila Nevins to direct[5] the Emmy nominated documentary Banksy Does New York.[6] He is also the creator and director of the HBO series Sex On // which takes a look at sex and relationships in the Information age. It was conceived as a reboot of the classic show Real Sex.[7][8][9] His work often explores technology and identity.[10]
Other works
Art
Moukarbel made videos and contemporary art while living in NYC.[1] His best known video art project World Trade Center was made as part of his graduate school thesis at Yale School of Art. Moukarbel acquired a bootleg script for a then upcoming Oliver Stone film World Trade Center and he shot his own version using student actors and a homemade set. The video was released freely on the internet as a way to pre-empt the Stone film and caused a highly publicized lawsuit by Paramount Pictures.[11]
In a New York Times article about the art project Moukarbel said in the interview "My film was offered free on the Internet… It cost $1,000 to produce. We're at a place now where technology allows the democratization of storytelling."[12] After paramount blocked the distribution of the video it continued to be shown at Witte de With institute of Contemporary art who refused to comply with the court order.
His artwork has shown at Marianne Boesky Gallery,[13] Air de Paris, Witte de with[14] and Wallspace gallery among others.
Books
IN/OUT commissioned by Art in General
System Error, War is a Force that gives us meaning.
Music videos
Moukarbel co-directed the REM music video Everyday is Yours to Win,[15] The Drums, I Felt Stupid[16] and Joan as Police Woman’s Start of my Heart.[17]
Personal life
Chris Moukarbel was born in New Haven, CT and lived between Washington DC and NYC. Moukarbel's partner since 2004 is Jake Shears, frontman of the rock band Scissor Sisters.[18]
He attended Corcoran School of Art and Yale University MFA.[18]
External links
Professional Profiles
Film and Television Projects
Interviews
Press
References
- 1 2 "Introducing Chris Moukarbel" Interview Magazine, September 29, 2010
- ↑ "IMDB : Chris Moukarbel" IMDB Profile
- ↑ "Meet the filmmaker: Me at the Zoo’s Chris Moukarbel" Sundance.tv
- ↑ Peter Knegt, "HBO Buys Sundance Doc 'Me @the Zoo'" Indiewire, January 17, 2012
- ↑ "Interview: "Banksy Does New York" Director Chris Moukarbel Talks Creating a Crowd-Sourced Film and the Allure of the Infamous Street Artist" Complex.com}
- ↑ "IMDB: Banksy Does New York : Awards"
- ↑ "HBO Sex Now Gets inside the World of Cam Girls" Vice Magazine
- ↑ "The Scintillating Details Behind HBO's New Docuseries 'SEX // NOW,' Debuting January 2014" Indiewire
- ↑ "Interactive Gets a New Meaning"
- ↑ "About: Chris Moukarbel"
- ↑ "Paramount sues over 9/11 Internet film" USA Today
- ↑ "An Artist Releases a New Film After Paramount Blocks His First" New York Times
- ↑ Marianne Boesky Gallery, October 26 – November 25, 2006.
- ↑ "Witte de With : Event : Don Quixote"
- ↑ "R.E.M. Recruits James Franco, Albert Maysles to Helm 'Collapse Into Now' Videos" Billboard.com
- ↑ "The Drums on Athletics, Their New Video" Interview Magazine
- ↑ "Interrogation: Joan as Police Woman" Interview Magazine
- 1 2 "Introducing Chris Moukarbel" Interview Magazine