Bret Wood Explained

Bret Wood is an Atlanta-based film director and author.

Film career

Wood was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee,[1] and attended the University of Tennessee. After living in New York City, where he was hired by Kino International, he moved to Atlanta, with wife Felicia Feaster.[2]

Wood's most recent film is Those Who Deserve to Die, a supernatural revenge drama inspired by the novella The Avenger by Thomas De Quincey. His 2016 film The Unwanted was based on Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire tale Carmilla.[3] His previous films include The Little Death (2010), Psychopathia Sexualis (2006), and Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films[4] (2002), released by Kino International. His shorts include Judgement (2005), Rapture (2006), Security (2007), and The Other Half (2009).

In February 2007, his feature-length screenplay The Seventh Daughter was developed as part of Emory University's Brave New Works festival of plays. It was later named one of the winners of the first annual Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.[5] In 2020, The Seventh Daughter was adapted as a ten-episode podcast from iHeart Radio.[6] [7] [8]

In 2018, Wood wrote and directed the scripted podcast "The Control Group for Stuff Media.[9] [10]

As SVP and Producer of Archival Restorations for Kino Lorber, Wood's projects include Pioneers of African-American Cinema[11] (2016), which won the Film Heritage Award from the National Society of Film Critics and [12] (2018, Kino Lorber), which won a Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle.[13] [14]

Writings

Wood is the author of the biography Tod Browning: une vie avec les freaks.[15] He also co-authored the book Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film[16] with his wife, Felicia Feaster. He edited the books Queen Kelly: The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim and Marihuana, Motherhood and Madness: Three Screenplays from the Exploitation Cinema of Dwain Esper. In 2013, Wood wrote the introduction to Centipede Press's edition of William Lindsay Gresham's Nightmare Alley,[17] and edited an anthology of Gresham's selected works entitled Grindshow.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Cinema of Bret Wood: Q&A with the Director. Stafford. Jeff. Burnaway.org. December 20, 2013. July 26, 2015.
  2. Web site: Preview: Atlanta's Bret Wood explores fathers, daughters (and vampires) in "The Unwanted". Farmer. Jim. Artsatl.com. March 31, 2014. July 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150725183808/http://www.artsatl.com/2014/03/preview-atlantas-bret-love-explores-fathers-daughters-and-vampires-the-unwanted/. July 25, 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Atlanta Filmmaker Tells A Vampire Story Without The Vampires. Watts. Gabbie. WABE. June 9, 2015. July 25, 2015.
  4. Web site: 'Hell's Highway'. NPR.org .
  5. Web site: Atlanta Film Festival 365 - 2009 Screenplay Competition. atlantafilmfestival.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100210002535/http://atlantafilmfestival.com/content/view/301/154/. February 10, 2010. February 16, 2010.
  6. Web site: 2020-02-12 . Podcast, 'The Seventh Daughter,' Is A Callback To The Golden Age Of Radio . 2022-12-06 . WABE . en-US.
  7. News: Holman . Curt . Local scripted podcasts craft spellbinding tales . English . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 2022-12-06 . 1539-7459.
  8. Web site: Immerse Yourself In New Narrative Podcast The Seventh Daughter . 2022-12-06 . BIN: Black Information Network . en.
  9. Web site: Listen Free to the Control Group on iHeartRadio Podcasts.
  10. Web site: Films directed by Bret Wood. 2021-06-11. letterboxd.com. en.
  11. Web site: Pioneers of African American Cinema.
  12. Web site: Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers.
  13. Web site: New York Film Critics Name 'Roma' the Best Film of 2018. 2018-11-29.
  14. Web site: Bret Wood. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611082257/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd06deffc. dead. June 11, 2021. 2021-06-11. BFI. en.
  15. Web site: Lalibrairiedujouet.net.
  16. Web site: Images - Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film. imagesjournal.com. February 16, 2010.
  17. Web site: Nightmare Alley. centipedepress.com. September 24, 2013 .
  18. Web site: Grindshow. centipedepress.com. September 24, 2013 .
  19. Web site: 2016-10-21. Atlanta's Bret Wood to restore films by pioneering female directors. 2021-06-11. ARTS ATL. en-US.

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