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David Markey (born December 3, 1963, in
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, United States) is an American
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.


Biography

As a self-taught filmmaker and musician, David Markey directed, produced, edited, and photographed most of his films, the majority of which have been self-funded. His work is also noted as documenting the punk scene in Southern California throughout the 1980s, growing to find a larger audience in the 1990s while continuing to produce work throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Markey has worked with
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,
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, Black Flag and the
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. Markey made his first film in 1974 at the age of 11 with his father's hand-wound 8mm Brownie camera, cast from the children of his
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, California neighborhood. He soon discovered the burgeoning LA punk scene a few years hence through bands like X, Black Flag, and Redd Kross in 1980. Markey was driven to form his own band,
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, in 1981 as well as Painted Willie in 1984. He also started ''We Got Power'' fanzine in 1981 along with Jordan Schwartz, spawning Markey's cinematic
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cult punk scene document ''The Slog Movie'' in 1982. Following closely behind was '' Desperate Teenage Lovedolls'' (1984) and its 1986 sequel '' Lovedolls Superstar''. These films were distributed underground and critically well-received, putting Markey on the cinematic punk map before he was of legal age. Markey's work has since been exhibited internationally, including theatrical release in the US and Canada of '' 1991: The Year Punk Broke'', followed by a VHS release by the
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. In 2011
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re-released the film in the DVD format with an hour plus of bonus material produced by Markey. Theatrical screenings of his work have taken place in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and elsewhere. His 2008 documentary '' The Reinactors'' was included in international film festivals in Argentina, England, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Angola, China, Korea, Italy and The Netherlands. David Markey has appeared in the documentary films '' American Hardcore and'' '' We Jam Econo.'' Markey was interviewed for the
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re-release of
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's ''
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'' Special Edition DVD in 2006. He played a bouncer in the 2007 film '' What We Do Is Secret.'' He is also seen as an uncredited extra in
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1983 film ''
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''. In October 2012, he became a published author as
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released the critically acclaimed hard bound book ''We Got Power: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980's Southern California, c''onsisting primarily of the photographic work of Markey and his longtime collaborator Jordan Schwartz. The book's release was timed with a gallery retrospective of the duo's photos from the early 1980s to the early 1990s entitled "We Survived The Pit" at Track 16 Gallery in
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, blocks away from where Markey and Schwartz grew up.


Filmography (as director)

* ''My Career As A Jerk'' (2012) * ''Dinosaur Jr. - Bug Live At 9:30 Club'' (2012) * '' The Reinactors'' (2008) * ''Cut Shorts'' (2006) * ''(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale'' (2004) * '' Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002'' (2004) * ''Blast Off!'' (1997) * '' 1991: The Year Punk Broke'' (1992) * ''Reality 86'd'' (1991) * ''Citizen Tania'' (1989) * ''Macaroni & Me'' (1988) * '' Lovedolls Superstar'' (1986) * '' Desperate Teenage Lovedolls'' (1984) * ''The Slog Movie'' (1982) * ''The Ominous'' (1980)


Music video filmography

* ''SIN 34 - Trip to San Francisco'' -
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(1982) * "
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" - Black Flag (1984) * "Upsidedowntown" - Painted Willie (1987) * "Macbeth" -
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(1988) * "Down With the Bass"' - Firehose (1990) * "Mildred Pierce" -
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(1990) * "Cinderella's Big Score" - Sonic Youth (1990) * "Redd Kross" -
Shonen Knife Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional ...
(1991) * "Fuzz Gun '91" -
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(1991) * "Who You Drivin' Now?" -
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(1991) * "Sunshine of Your Love" -
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(1991) * "Innocent X" -
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(1992) * "Curse Me" -
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(1992) * "Accelerator" - Gumball (1993) * "Lucky Guy" -
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(1993) * "The Damage Done" - Gumball (1994) * "Revolution on the Rocks" - Gumball (1994) * "Superstar" - Sonic Youth (1994) * " Scum" -
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(1995) * "Ono Soul" -
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(1995) * "The Diamond Sea" - Sonic Youth (1995) contributor * "Ritchie Dagger's Crime" -
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(1996) * "Explosion!" -
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(1997) * "Everything's Wonderful" - Abby Travis (2000) * "Alaska" -
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(2002) * "I Love You Golden Blue" - Sonic Youth (2004) * "Rotten Shame" - Meat Puppets 2009 * "Stay Away From Downtown" -
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(2012) * "Funny" -
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(2014) * "The War" -
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(2014) * "Doors and Fours" -
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(2020)


References


External links

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We Got Power Films
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