Greg Pritikin
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Greg Pritikin is an independent
Biography
According to his official biography, Pritikin inherited a love of film from his father, who had an extensive collection of 16mm prints. Pritikin watched them religiously before starting to make his own 8mm films at the age of eight.[citation needed]
Movie career
His first three feature films, Totally Confused, Dummy and Surviving Eden, all comedies, deal with, in the writer/director’s words, "small triumphs by small people."
Pritikin entered the world of independent filmmaking in 1998 with his first feature,
Surviving Eden, his third feature, is a satire about reality TV starring Michael Panes, Peter Dinklage, Cheri Oteri, Jane Lynch, Conchata Ferrell, Savannah Haske and John Landis.
Though he claims he never watched a music video in his life, Pritikin has directed several of them, including one for Willie Nelson.[citation needed]
He was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for Dummy and Best Screenplay for Surviving Eden at the Milan International Film Festival.[1]
Pritikin directed the 2011 television film Monster of the House.[2]
Filmography as director
- Totally Confused (1998)
- Dummy (2002)
- Surviving Eden (2004)
- Monster of the House (2011)
- The Last Laugh (2019)
References
External links
- Greg Pritikin at IMDb