{{short description|American film actor, director, and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Graham Skipper | image = TFF OFF 2017 - Intervista a Graham Skipper.jpg | alt = | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|14}} | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|screenwriter}} | years_active = 1996–present | spouse = | children = | relations = }}
'''Graham Skipper''' is an American actor, director and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2018/05/graham-skipper-on-the-making-of-sequence-break.html|title=Graham Skipper on the Making of SEQUENCE BREAK|website=screenanarchy.com|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082442/https://screenanarchy.com/2018/05/graham-skipper-on-the-making-of-sequence-break.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinepunx.com/chewin-the-fat-with-actordirector-graham-skipper/|title=CHEWIN' THE FAT with Actor/Director Graham Skipper|website=cinepunx.com|date=5 April 2017|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403090949/http://www.cinepunx.com/chewin-the-fat-with-actordirector-graham-skipper/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is best known for his roles as Herbert West in ''Re-Animator: The Musical'', Seth Hampton in ''Almost Human'', Zack Connors in ''The Mind's Eye'', Gordon Hardesty in ''Beyond the Gates'' and for writing and directing the horror film ''Sequence Break''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/re-animator-the-musical-1117944790/|title=Re-Animator: The Musical|website=variety.com|date=9 March 2011|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092219/https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/re-animator-the-musical-1117944790/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moveablefest.com/joe-begos-almost-human/|title=Interview: Joe Begos, Josh Ethier and Graham Skipper's Superhuman Effort Pays Off With "Almost Human"|website=moveablefest.com|date=19 September 2013|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082440/http://moveablefest.com/joe-begos-almost-human/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/graham-skipper-minds-eye-distribution-1201751729/|title=Graham Skipper's Thriller 'Mind's Eye' Gets Distribution|website=variety.com|date=12 April 2016|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092238/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/graham-skipper-minds-eye-distribution-1201751729/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2018/05/28/interview-graham-skipper-sequence-break/|title=Interview: Director Graham Skipper On 'Sequence Break'|website=thehollywoodnews.com|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403101005/http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2018/05/28/interview-graham-skipper-sequence-break/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Life and career== Graham was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He studied theatre at Fordham University, New York. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe FUCT. In 2011, he moved to Los Angeles for Stuart Gordon's stage adaptation of ''Re-Animator: The Musical''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scriptophobic.ca/2019/01/08/an-interview-with-sequence-breaks-writer-director-graham-skipper/|title=An Interview With Sequence Break's Writer/Director Graham Skipper|website=scriptophobic.ca|date=8 January 2019|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082447/https://scriptophobic.ca/2019/01/08/an-interview-with-sequence-breaks-writer-director-graham-skipper/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, his horror film ''Sequence Break'', premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival, Chattanooga Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/fantasia-interview-graham-skippers-sequence-break-asks-is-that-a-roll-of-quarters-in-your-pocket/|title=FANTASIA Interview: Graham Skipper's SEQUENCE BREAK Asks: Is That A Roll Of Quarters In Your Pocket?|website=amfm-magazine.tv|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930182640/https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/fantasia-interview-graham-skippers-sequence-break-asks-is-that-a-roll-of-quarters-in-your-pocket/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2017films/sequence-break.html|title=SEQUENCE BREAK|website=frightfest.co.uk|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082442/http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2017films/sequence-break.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It also won Best Feature at the Chattanooga Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chattfilmfest.org/past-festivals#2017|title=2017|website=chattfilmfest.org|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104612/https://www.chattfilmfest.org/past-festivals#2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Film |- ! width=65 |Director ! width=65 |Writer ! width=65 |Producer ! scope="col" | Notes |- | 2013 | ''Scratches'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2015 | ''The Engagement Party'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Television film |- | 2015 | ''The Mind's Eye'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2016 | ''Space Clown'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2017 | ''Sequence Break'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2019 | ''Bliss'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |}
'''As actor''' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1996 | ''Late Bloomers'' | Avery Lumpkin | |- | 2012 | ''The Boring Life of Jacqueline'' | Russian Bath Customer | |- | 2012 | ''Story of the Eye'' | Georges | |- | 2013 | ''Almost Human'' | Seth Hampton | |- | 2013 | ''Criminal Minds'' | Danny Sterling | |- | 2013 | ''The Cartridge Family'' | Sergio | |- | 2013 | ''Sex Boss'' | Graham | |- | 2013 | ''Scratches'' | Jake | |- | 2014 | ''Suck It'' | Graham | |- | 2015 | ''The Engagement Party'' | Ben Irwin | |- | 2015 | ''The Resort'' | Peter | |- | 2015 | ''20 Seconds to Live'' | Magician | |- | 2015 | ''Tales of Halloween'' | Cop / Hellman | |- | 2015 | ''Balloon'' | Climber | |- | 2015 | ''The Mind's Eye'' | Zack Connors | |- | 2015 | ''Dementia'' | Hendricks | |- | 2016 | ''Carnage Park'' | Peter W | |- | 2016 | ''The Devil's Dolls'' | Officer Doyle | |- | 2016 | ''Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends'' | Steve | |- | 2016 | ''Audition Girl'' | Sean | |- | 2016 | ''Beyond the Gates'' | Gordon Hardesty | |- | 2016 | ''Feeding Time'' | Dale | |- | 2016 | ''Space Clown'' | Graham | |- | 2017 | ''Downrange'' | Deputy | |- | 2018 | ''Bad Apples'' | Robert | |- | 2015-2018 | ''Suspense'' | H.P. Lovecraft / Fred Bancroft / Van Meter | |- | 2018 | ''All the Creatures Were Stirring'' | Max | |- | 2018 | ''Dementia Part II'' | | |- | 2019 | ''Bliss'' | Hadrian | |- | 2019 | ''In Search of Darkness'' | Himself | Documentary film |- | 2019 | ''VFW (film)'' | Roadie | |- | 2022 | ''Christmas Bloody Christmas'' | Mike | |- | 2023 | ''Suitable Flesh'' | Pathologist | |- | 2025 | ''Man Finds Tape'' | Winston Boon | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0804353|Graham Skipper}} * {{Official website|http://www.grahamskipper.com}}
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