Dave Markey

Dave Markey (born December 3, 1963 in Burbank, California) is an American film director.

As a self-taught filmmaker and musician, Markey directed, produced, edited, and photographed most of his films, the majority of which has been self-funded and distributed. His work documents the punk scene in Southern California throughout the 1980s and 1990s.^{[citation needed]} Markey has worked with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Redd Kross, The Ramones, Black Flag and the Meat Puppets.^{[citation needed]}

Markey made his first film in 1974 at the age of 11 with his father’s hand-wound 8mm Brownie camera, cast from the children of his Santa Monica, California neighborhood. Markey soon discovered the burgeoning LA Punk Scene a few years hence through bands like X, Black Flag, and Redd Kross in 1980. Markey was driven to form his own band, Sin 34, in 1981 as well as Painted Willie in 1984. He also started We Got Power fanzine that year along with Jordan Schwartz spawning Markey’s cinematic Super-8 cult punk scene documents. These films were distributed underground and critically well received, putting Markey on the Cinematic Punk map before he was of legal age. Markey's work has since been exhibited internationally, including theatrical release in the US and Canada of "1991: The Year Punk Broke", theatrical screenings in Los Angeles of "Desperate Teenage Lovedolls" and "Lovedolls Superstar" and inclusion in international film festivals in Argentina, England, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Angola, China, Korea, Italy and The Netherlands.

Filmography (as Director)

• The Reinactors (2008)
• Cut Shorts (2006)
• (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)
• Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002 (2004)
• Blast Off! (1997)
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)
• Reality 86'd (1991)
• Citizen Tania (1989)
• Macaroni & Me (1988)
• Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
• Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
• The Slog Movie (1982)

Music video filmography

• Slip It In - Black Flag (1984)
• Upsidedowntown - Painted Willie (1987)
• Macbeth - Ciccone Youth (1988)
• Down With the Bass - fIREHOSE - (1990)
• Mildred Pierce - Sonic Youth (1990)
• Cinderella's Big Score - Sonic Youth (1990)
• Redd Kross - Shonen Knife (1991)
• Fuzz Gun '91 - Mudhoney (1991)
• Who You Drivin Now - Mudhoney (1991)
• Sunshine of your Love - Fudge Tunnel (1991)
• Accelerator - Gumball (1993)
• Lucky Guy - The Muffs (1993)
• The Damage Done - Gumball (1994)
• Revolution on the Rocks - Gumball (1994)
• Superstar - Sonic Youth (1994)
• Scum - Meat Puppets (1995)
• Ono Soul - Thurston Moore (1995)
• The Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth (1995) contributor
• Ritchie Dagger's Crime - The Posies (1996)
• Explosion! - Shonen Knife (1997)
• Everything's Wonderful - Abby Travis (2000)
• Alaska - Eyes Adrift (2002)
• I Love You Golden Blue - Sonic Youth (2004)
• Rotten Shame - Meat Puppets (2009)

References

External links

• Dave Markey at the Internet Movie Database
• We Got Power Films

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Name	Markey, Dave
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Date of birth	December 3, 1963
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