Scrapper (film)

Scrapper is a 2011 American documentary feature film directed by Stephan Wassmann and co-directed by Olivier Hermitant. It documents the lives of persons who salvage scrap metal from a live-fire military testing range in Southern California.^[1]

Scrapper won Best Documentary at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival^[2] and the Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival^[3] in June 2011. This feature documentary had its world premiere at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival. It was also an official nominee at the Durango Film Festival and won a Royal Reel Award at the Canada International Film Festival^[4] Scrapper is an official nominee at the 2011 San Francisco DocFest and the 25th Annual Leeds Film Festival (Nov. 2011) in the UK.

Personnel

• Director — Stephan Wassmann
• Co-director — Olivier Hermitant
• Producer — Stephan Wassmann
• Co-producers — Olivier Hermitant and Michael DiGregorio
• Writers — Stephan Wassmann and Michael DiGregorio
• Editor - Stephan Wassmann
• Cinematographer - Stephan Wassmann
• Additional writing — Olivier Hermitant
• Sound Mix - George Lockwood

References

1. Review by Robert Koehler in Variety Magazine
2. Mike Schotlz. "Best Documentary Feature- Wild Bill’s Run Directed". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
3. "2012 WINNERS". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
4. "2011 Royal Reel Winners". Canada International Film Festival. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

Further reading

"Brooklyn FIlm Festival: Scrapper and Sky Dancers". Retrieved 28 July 2012. "FROM BROOKLYN TO FINLAND: DOCS OF SUBSTANCE". Retrieved 28 July 2012. "SF Docfest 2011 – Scrapper Review and Trailer". Retrieved 28 July 2012.

External links

• Scrapper at the Internet Movie Database
• Koehler, Robert (27 February 2011). "Scrapper (review)". Variety. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
• "Scrapper Stephan Wassmann Slamdance 2011". Archived from the original on January 23, 2011.
• "Big Screen Berkeley: Scrapper & Patagonia Rising". Retrieved 28 July 2012.