Vernon Zimmerman

Vernon Zimmerman is an American writer and director who made his debut as director with the 1962 short Lemon Hearts starring Taylor Mead. He collaborated with Terrence Malick on the script to his directorial debut, the road movie, Deadhead Miles. Zimmerman wrote and directed the Claudia Jennings roller derby drive-in film Unholy Rollers. He is most well known for his horror slasher film Fade to Black, a dark and despairing psychological study of an awkward and alienated hardcore film buff who exacts a harsh revenge on his cruel tormentors. Zimmerman received a Saturn Award nomination as Best Director for the film, a predecessor to more well-known modern parodies of the horror genre. Vernon also wrote the scripts for the horror-Western Hex (a.k.a. Charmed), the redneck crime exploitation film Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, the made-for-TV wrestling comedy/drama , the failed TV pilot film , and the teen fantasy comedy Teen Witch. Zimmerman's latest film is the six-minute comic short . More recently Vernon has been working as a script analyst.^[1] He also teaches screen-writing courses at UCLA's Extension and Certificate Program. Zimmerman also taught classes on both writing feature scripts and directing actors for film and television at the USC School of Cinema and Television. Vernon Zimmerman lives in Los Angeles^[2] and is a member of both the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.^[3]

Filmography[]

(short) (1961)
(short) (1962)
(documentary) (1964)
Unholy Rollers (1972) also writer
Deadhead Miles^[4] (1973) also writer
Hex (1973) writer only
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976) writer only
(TV movie) (1977) writer only
Fade to Black (1980) also writer
(TV film) (1983) writer only
Teen Witch (1989) writer only
(short) (1995)

References[]

^ Aaker, Everett (19 April 2013). "George Raft: The Films". McFarland – via Google Books.
^ Abreu, Carlos De; Smith, Howard J. (7 April 2010). "Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea, Story, Screenplay, Manuscript". Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale – via Google Books.
^ "SCRIPT DOCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY AND CREDITS". www.scriptdoctor.net.
^ Dern, B.; Fryer, C.; Crane, R. (2014). Bruce Dern: A Memoir. Screen Classics. University Press of Kentucky. p. pt76. ISBN 978-0-8131-4713-0. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

External links[]

Vernon Zimmerman at IMDb

[1] Aaker, Everett (19 April 2013). "George Raft: The Films". McFarland – via Google Books.

[2] Abreu, Carlos De; Smith, Howard J. (7 April 2010). "Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea, Story, Screenplay, Manuscript". Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale – via Google Books.

[3] "SCRIPT DOCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY AND CREDITS". www.scriptdoctor.net.

[4] Dern, B.; Fryer, C.; Crane, R. (2014). Bruce Dern: A Memoir. Screen Classics. University Press of Kentucky. p. pt76. ISBN 978-0-8131-4713-0. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

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