Salem Kapsaski
Height: 180 cm
Salem Kapsaski is a writer, film director, and producer living in Manchester, England. Salem is the director of the cult Horror Musical Spidarlings (2016) released by Troma Entertainment. His debut novella "Nazi Sniper" was published in 2015 by Sleazy Viking Press. The book received some press attention after it was banned in the UK.Salem...
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Salem Kapsaski is a writer, film director, and producer living in Manchester, England. Salem is the director of the cult Horror Musical Spidarlings (2016) released by Troma Entertainment. His debut novella "Nazi Sniper" was published in 2015 by Sleazy Viking Press. The book received some press attention after it was banned in the UK.Salem is also the director and a co-creator of the US TV show London Calling (2015) presented by Jeff Kristian. He directed the award winning short film My Head Hurts (2000) as well as several music videos and theatre plays. In 2018 he will present the erotic film anthology Films Confiscated from a French Brothel (2018) for which he also directed a segment.He studied Film at the New York Film School, Athens and Sound Engineering at the City of Westminster College. He worked as a production assistant on Dario Argento's Giallo (2009). For several years Salem worked and toured with the theatre ensemble "Act Provocateur International". Previous directorial works in theatre include staging "That Abortion Play" by controversial playwright Greg Moulder (T-Decadence). He has also occasionally acted in plays including portraying the role of Ian Brady in an adaptation of Fassbinder's "Pre-Paradise Sorry Now" (2006).His writing has appeared in Art Decades, Weng's Chop, Black Giraffe Quarterly (Dynatox Ministries), Mass Movement Magazine, Scene4 Magazine and Filmrage. Salem also edited and published a xerox-zine called In Punk We Trust Inc.
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[on Jesús Franco] Very few artists have played such a big part in my life as Jess Franco. There is ...
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[on Jesús Franco] Very few artists have played such a big part in my life as Jess Franco. There is so much more to his work than just sleaze. Franco's films are full of light, aesthetic, sensuality, humor and passion. His name should be all the way up there with the cinematic greats like Bunuel and Tarkovsky.
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Although I started in theatre I believe that my approach to directing is more visual. With Spidarlin...
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Although I started in theatre I believe that my approach to directing is more visual. With Spidarlings I wanted to achieve an almost cartoony and artificial look and feel.
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Gender is a playground.
Gender is a playground.
I have always hated films with an overly reactionary or moralist attitude.
I have always hated films with an overly reactionary or moralist attitude.
Salem Kapsaski's FILMOGRAPHY