Jon Springer

{{short description|American independent filmmaker (born 1966)}} thumb|right|Jon Springer - August 2012 thumb|Jon Springer (behind camera) directing Living Dead Girl in 2003. '''Jon Springer''' (born in 1966) is an American independent filmmaker whose science fiction and horror films combine explicit imagery with religious subtext.

== Biography == Springer produced and directed ''The Hagstone Demon'',<ref name="The Hagstone Demon at imdb">{{IMDb title|1339098|The Hagstone Demon}}</ref> a feature-length horror film starring indie-film icon Mark Borchardt (subject of the 1999 documentary ''American Movie''), and underground cinema artist Lung Leg. ''The Hagstone Demon'' premiered at the 2009 TromaDance Film Festival in Park City, Utah<ref name="QuietEarth Review">{{Cite web|url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/01/19/Review-of-Jon-Springers-brilliant-combo-of-noir-and-horror-THE-HAGSTONE-DEMON|title=Review of Jon Springer's brilliant combo of noir and horror THE HAGSTONE DEMON|access-date=2009-02-07|archive-date=2019-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902214957/http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/01/19/Review-of-Jon-Springers-brilliant-combo-of-noir-and-horror-THE-HAGSTONE-DEMON|url-status=dead}}</ref> and screened as a double-bill with ''American Movie'' (1999) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Neumann|first=Don|title=THE HAGSTONE DEMON playing limited Halloween run at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston|url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/09/09/THE-HAGSTONE-DEMON-playing-limited-Halloween-run-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-in-Boston|access-date=13 August 2011|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014143954/http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/09/09/THE-HAGSTONE-DEMON-playing-limited-Halloween-run-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-in-Boston|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Springer's style has been criticized as derivative of directors Stanley Kubrick and George A. Romero.<ref name="City Pages profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/2001-03-21/arts/offender-of-the-faith/ |title=Offender of the Faith - Page 1 - Arts - Minneapolis - City Pages |access-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606031051/http://www.citypages.com/2001-03-21/arts/offender-of-the-faith/ |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> Springer was called “a filmmaker who sees nothing as taboo” by Film Threat in 2002,<ref name="FilmThreat Review">{{cite web| url = http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4902| title = Film Threat {{!}} Your Independent Movie Guide}}</ref> and named “most audacious filmmaker” in his native state of Minnesota in 2002.<ref name="Secrets of the City interview">{{Cite web | url=http://www.secretsofthecity.com/magazine/reporting/straight-talk/meet-local-filmmaker-jon-springer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716032539/http://archives.secretsofthecity.com/magazine/reporting/straight-talk/meet-local-filmmaker-jon-springer | archive-date=2011-07-16 | title=Meet Local Filmmaker Jon Springer | first=Erik | last=McClanahan | url-status=usurped | date=2008-05-06 }}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role |- | 1993 | ''Dead Looters'' | Writer/Director |- | 2000 | ''The Hymens Parable'' | Writer/Director |- | 2001 | ''Heaven 17'' | Writer/Director |- | 2002 | ''Heterosapiens'' | Writer/Director |- | 2003 | ''Living Dead Girl'' | Writer/Director |- | 2005 | ''The Wood Witch'' | Writer/Director |- | 2006 | ''Space Monster'' | Writer/Director |- | 2009 | ''Dollface'' | Writer/Director |- | 2010 | ''Zombie 101'' | Writer/Director |- | 2011 | ''The Hagstone Demon'' | Writer/Director |}

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0819733|Jon Springer}}

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