Todd Verow

"Todd Verow
is New York 's underground cinema posterboy, and you'll either love his work or find it utterly repellent."
-Time Out New York

"The Spielberg of film's new digital age."
- 48 Hours / CBS News

"If Andy Warhol said every person gets 15 minutes of fame, Todd Verow could offer a lifetime."
-Vancouver Sun

"Be afraid, be very afraid."
- Variety

"Todd Verow's frenetic and corrosively low-rent visions of American verities - raw sex and shredded emotion - portray glamour as a kind of drug-induced condition."
- San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Embracing feature production on portable digital equipment, Verow has become a missionary for a fast and cheap aesthetic that has created remarkably moving character-based stories."
-Filmmaker Magazine

"The real love story here may be between Todd the exhibitionist and Mr. Verow the voyeur, peeping in on his character's activities. They look to have a long and happy future together."
-New York Times

"Verow... has become something of a cult hero in the video world..."
- Variety

Controversial: Todd Verow is definitely a one-of-kind filmmaker out to make his own movies, his own way.

Born on November 11, 1966 in the town of Bangor, Maine, he studied film at the American Film Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design and directing at Brown University.

After a string of widely screened and praised short films he shot his first feature film, FRISK (Sundance, Berlin, Toronto ’96) a hyper-controversial adaptation of the novel of the same name. Featuring PXL vision, video, and super 8, FRISK assaulted audiences. Praised and reviled, it more importantly proved that Verow was an original voice that could not be ignored.

Following FRISK, Verow shifted creative gears. It was while searching for a more intimate film language with his new improvisational acting troupe that he happened to experiment with digital video technology. This led to the award winning films of his Addiction Trilogy; LITTLE SHOTS OF HAPPINESS (Berlin 97, SXSW 97, Mill Valley ’97), SHUCKING THE CURVE (SF IndieFest 99, No Dance ’99.) and THE TROUBLE WITH PERPETUAL DEJA VU (Singapore '99, Chicago Underground ‘99, Vancouver International 99) Verow and producing/writing partner James Derek Dwyer created Bangor Films, a film company to support their prolific film output, (Verow vowed ten features by the year 2000.)

Time Magazine, Variety, Wired, Filmmaker Magazine and the Independent have all featured Verow and his championing of low cost, quality DV filmmaking. Lectures at Sundance, M.I.T. and Wellesley have proven the interest in DV and Digital Verite filmmaking and solidified Verow’s reputation as a truly independent digital director and the leader of one of the most exciting film scenes this side of the Atlantic. He was named one of the first ever Digital Directors To Watch by Variety for 2000 and was profiled on CBS 48 HOURS.

His films A SUDDEN LOSS OF GRAVITY (Berlin 2000, Mill Valley 2000, Singapore 2001) and ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN. (Locarno 2000, Los Angeles Film Festival 2001, Dallas Video Fest 2001) screened worldwide in some of the farthest flung film festivals including South Korea and India.

The Berlin-lensed TAKE AWAY was awarded the 2002 Chicago Underground Film Fund Grant where it also world premiered. His ANONYMOUS, (in which he also stars,) world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2004 to sold out screenings, controversy and acclaim. It had a limited theatrical release and a deluxe DVD was issued in the Fall of 2004.

Verow's twisted Anti-Bush/Dangerous Liasons political drama, BULLDOG IN THE WHITE HOUSE won the Best Film Prize at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

His most autobiographical pic to-date, VACATIONLAND greeted the world with a multi-city film fest tour, a limited domestic and international theatrical engagement and a DVD release on Water Bearer Films in October 2007.

His latest motion picture, HOOKS TO THE LEFT, was shot solely on a Nokia cellphone and has received glowing reviews. It screens at the 2007 Los Angeles Outfest in July.

Todd has just put the finishing touches on his next feature, BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING. He begins pre-production on his adaptation of James Derek Dwyer's novel, THE BOY WITH THE SUN IN HIS EYES in NYC in August 2007.

"Todd Verow and his underground production company, Bangor Films, have become symbols of the do-it-yourself digital cinema age. Inspired by ... Fassbinder, Cassavetes and Warhol and the ease of new digital cameras, Verow shoots intimate, improvised narratives that play like trashy, flashy cousins of Europe's Dogme 95 movement. Along with producer Jim Dwyer, Verow has traveled the world extensively with his actors, a devoted hipster crew affectionately dubbed "superstars."
-Insound.com

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Email Verow's production company

©Bangor Films 2007

"Todd Verow is New York 's underground cinema posterboy, and you'll either love his work or find it utterly repellent." -Time Out New York "The Spielberg of film's new digital age." - 48 Hours / CBS News "If Andy Warhol said every person gets 15 minutes of fame, Todd Verow could offer a lifetime." -Vancouver Sun "Be afraid, be very afraid." - Variety "Todd Verow's frenetic and corrosively low-rent visions of American verities - raw sex and shredded emotion - portray glamour as a kind of drug-induced condition." - San Francisco Bay Guardian "Embracing feature production on portable digital equipment, Verow has become a missionary for a fast and cheap aesthetic that has created remarkably moving character-based stories." -Filmmaker Magazine "The real love story here may be between Todd the exhibitionist and Mr. Verow the voyeur, peeping in on his character's activities. They look to have a long and happy future together." -New York Times "Verow... has become something of a cult hero in the video world..." - Variety
Controversial: Todd Verow is definitely a one-of-kind filmmaker out to make his own movies, his own way. Born on November 11, 1966 in the town of Bangor, Maine, he studied film at the American Film Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design and directing at Brown University. After a string of widely screened and praised short films he shot his first feature film, FRISK (Sundance, Berlin, Toronto ’96) a hyper-controversial adaptation of the novel of the same name. Featuring PXL vision, video, and super 8, FRISK assaulted audiences. Praised and reviled, it more importantly proved that Verow was an original voice that could not be ignored. Following FRISK, Verow shifted creative gears. It was while searching for a more intimate film language with his new improvisational acting troupe that he happened to experiment with digital video technology. This led to the award winning films of his Addiction Trilogy; LITTLE SHOTS OF HAPPINESS (Berlin 97, SXSW 97, Mill Valley ’97), SHUCKING THE CURVE (SF IndieFest 99, No Dance ’99.) and THE TROUBLE WITH PERPETUAL DEJA VU (Singapore '99, Chicago Underground ‘99, Vancouver International 99) Verow and producing/writing partner James Derek Dwyer created Bangor Films, a film company to support their prolific film output, (Verow vowed ten features by the year 2000.)
**Time Magazine, Variety, Wired, Filmmaker Magazine** and the Independent have all featured Verow and his championing of low cost, quality DV filmmaking. Lectures at Sundance, M.I.T. and Wellesley have proven the interest in DV and Digital Verite filmmaking and solidified Verow’s reputation as a truly independent digital director and the leader of one of the most exciting film scenes this side of the Atlantic. He was named one of the first ever Digital Directors To Watch by Variety for 2000 and was profiled on CBS 48 HOURS. His films A SUDDEN LOSS OF GRAVITY (Berlin 2000, Mill Valley 2000, Singapore 2001) and ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN. (Locarno 2000, Los Angeles Film Festival 2001, Dallas Video Fest 2001) screened worldwide in some of the farthest flung film festivals including South Korea and India.
The Berlin-lensed TAKE AWAY was awarded the 2002 Chicago Underground Film Fund Grant where it also world premiered. His ANONYMOUS, (in which he also stars,) world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2004 to sold out screenings, controversy and acclaim. It had a limited theatrical release and a deluxe DVD was issued in the Fall of 2004. Verow's twisted Anti-Bush/Dangerous Liasons political drama, BULLDOG IN THE WHITE HOUSE won the Best Film Prize at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. His most autobiographical pic to-date, VACATIONLAND greeted the world with a multi-city film fest tour, a limited domestic and international theatrical engagement and a DVD release on Water Bearer Films in October 2007. His latest motion picture, HOOKS TO THE LEFT, was shot solely on a Nokia cellphone and has received glowing reviews. It screens at the 2007 Los Angeles Outfest in July. Todd has just put the finishing touches on his next feature, BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING. He begins pre-production on his adaptation of James Derek Dwyer's novel, THE BOY WITH THE SUN IN HIS EYES in NYC in August 2007.
"Todd Verow and his underground production company, Bangor Films, have become symbols of the do-it-yourself digital cinema age. Inspired by ... Fassbinder, Cassavetes and Warhol and the ease of new digital cameras, Verow shoots intimate, improvised narratives that play like trashy, flashy cousins of Europe's Dogme 95 movement. Along with producer Jim Dwyer, Verow has traveled the world extensively with his actors, a devoted hipster crew affectionately dubbed "superstars." -Insound.com return to Bangorfilms.com Email Verow's production company ©Bangor Films 2007