Director
Rodney Ascher
USA · 19 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 19
An Evening with Rodney Ascher
2025 · Director, Writer
Ghost Boy
2025 · Director, Editor
Lynch/Oz
2023 · Host (Chapter 2: 'Membranes') (voice)
On Kanopy
A Glitch in the Matrix
2021 · Screenplay, Editor
On Kanopy
Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video
2020 · Director
The El Duce Tapes
2019 · Director
On ARROW
Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave
2018 · Director
Sex Madness Revealed
2018 · Peterson
On Plex
Primal Screen
2017 · Director
On Shudder
The Nightmare
2015 · Director, Editor
On Tubi TV
ABCs of Death 2
2014 · Director, Editor
On Philo
Enter the Optigan
2014 · Director, Editor
Room 237
2012 · Editor, Director
On AMC+
The S from Hell
2010 · Editor, Director
Visions of Terror
2008 · Director, Writer
Somebody Goofed
2006 · Director
Hot Chicks
2006 · Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2001 · Director
The Wheel of Torment
1998 · Director