Jarrett Schaefer
Jarrett Schaefer | |
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Born | 1979 |
Occupation | Film director |
Jarrett Schaefer (born 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature debut, Chapter 27 (2007), premiered and received substantial media and critical attention at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Biography
Born on a
Schaefer made his feature-length debut in 2007 with
Chapter 27 premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received polarized reactions from critics. It later went into limited theatrical release in the United States on March 28, 2008. Chapter 27 was cited as one of the most controversial films of 2007.[2] The film received substantial accolades from critics who praised the depiction of the mental state of Mark David Chapman in the days leading up the murder of John Lennon in December 1980.[3] It won the Debut Feature Prize for Schaefer at the Zurich Film Festival.[4]
References
- ^ Reed Business Information. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Male, Andrew (December 2007). "The movie camera turns on John Lennon's murderer". Mojo (169). Bauer Media Group: 16.
- ^ Baker, Linda (September 15, 2007). "Grapevine High Ex Shown at Sundance". Local News Only.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- Marketwire. October 12, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
External links
- J.P. Schaefer at IMDb