{{short description|American film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Don Argott | image = Don Argott (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Argott at the 2018 Montclair Film Festival | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|14}} | birth_place = Pequannock Township, New Jersey, U.S. | birth_name = | occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, musician | spouse = | website = {{URL|www.914pictures.com}} }}
'''Don Argott''' (born September 14, 1972) is an American documentary filmmaker and musician. He has directed several documentary films and has also worked as a producer and cinematographer.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} He co-owns the production company 9.14 Pictures with producer Sheena M. Joyce.
==Biography== Originally from Pequannock Township, New Jersey,<ref>{{cite news |last=Biese |first=Alex |url=http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/events/2015/04/12/nj-talent-display-tribeca-film-festival/25514287/ |title=NJ talent on display at Tribeca Film Festival |newspaper=Asbury Park Press |date=12 April 2015}}</ref> Argott currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He has worked with film score in a rock band format, releasing original music under the name Pornosonic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/00_04/wet_ink/music_pr/pornosonic.shtml |title=Pornosonic Music Review |first=Julio |last=Diaz |work=Ink 19 |date=12 April 2000}}</ref> Pornosonic's work has been featured in numerous films, including ''Old School''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Argott currently plays guitar in the proto-metal band Serpent Throne along with 9.14 Pictures editor Demian Fenton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://citypaper.net/Serpent-Thronersquos-Adventures-in-Metal-and-Celluloid/ |title=Serpent Throne’s Adventures in Metal and Celluloid |first=Elliott |last=Sharp |newspaper=Philadelphia City Paper |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013200532/http://citypaper.net/Serpent-Thronersquos-Adventures-in-Metal-and-Celluloid/ |archivedate=13 October 2015 }}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Rock School'' (2005) *''Two Days in April'' (2007) *''The Art of the Steal'' (2009) *''Last Days Here'' (2011) (co-directed with Demian Fenton) *''The Atomic States of America'' (2012, co-directed with Sheena M. Joyce) *''Slow Learners'' (2015, co-directed with Sheena M. Joyce) *''As The Palaces Burn'' (2014) *''Batman & Bill'' (2017, co-directed with Sheena M. Joyce) *''Taylor Swift: The End of an Era'' (2025, co-directed with Sheena M. Joyce)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/reviews/end-of-an-era-taylor-swift-review-disney-docuseries-1236607569/ |title=Taylor Swift's docuseries 'The End of an Era' is savvy about giving Swifties more of what they want most — Kameron Saunders and her other dancers: TV review |last=Willman |first=Chris |magazine=Variety |date=December 12, 2025 |access-date=December 14, 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0034531}} *[http://www.914pictures.com 9.14 Pictures] official website *[http://www.myspace.com/serpentthrone Serpent Throne] at MySpace *[http://www.myspace.com/officialpornosonic Pornosonic] at MySpace
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