Biography
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
3
Acting credits
19
Directing
6
Writing
16
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1
529 votesRoom 237
2012 · movie
- 2
346 votesABCs of Death 2
2014 · movie
- 3
292 votesThe Nightmare
2015 · movie
- 4
47 votesA Glitch in the Matrix
2021 · movie
- 5
32 votesLynch/Oz
2023 · movie
- 6
14 votesSwans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · movie
- 7
11 votesThe S from Hell
2010 · movie
- 8
6 votesThe El Duce Tapes
2019 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
