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Overview
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Bio
Brian Chirls is a filmmaker and technologist in New York. He has worked on the film Four Eyed Monsters as Manager of Distribution and Marketing. Brian is currently serving as Head of Theatrical for From Here to Awesome and consulting on the distribution of John Sayles's latest film, Honeydripper, while continuing to develop and write about ways for independent artists to create and distribute their work. Brian has also produced and directed a number of short films, video blogs and a bit of machinima.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Brian built financial software and worked in construction management on subway stations and highways. He graduated from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania and is the least successful member of his graduating class.
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Favorite Movies
15 Waffles, Hot Oral Hygiene, Four Eyed Monsters, Manhattan, Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, Amélie, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Bowfinger
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Favorite TV Shows
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Daily Show, Seinfeld, Firefly, Flight of the Conchords
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Favorite Books
Nobody's Perfect by Anthony Lane, The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams, Straight Man by Richard Russo
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Favorite Music
U2, Beatles, Tom Waits, Ella Fitzgerald, Parliament, Dangerdoom, Jeff Buckley, University of Pennsylvania Glee Club, The Doors, Digital Underground, Joan as Police Woman, Vince Guaraldi, Kings of Convenience, Aviette, Giraffe, sloshy, Miles Davis
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Favorite Quotes
"When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!"
"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
"As soon as you meet someone, you know the reason you will leave them." -Banksy
"By the Eternal! I'll smash them!" - Andrew Jackson
"Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy." -Benjamin Franlkin
"Momma told me never to do the dance of joy alone, or I would go blind."
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Gender
Male
Credits
Director on 15 Waffles (2005)
Other on Four Eyed Monsters (2005)
Other on Honeydripper (2007)
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Stats
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Member since
2/20/2008