Kansas Bowling (born August 2, 1996) is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actress. She is best known for directing ''

B.C. Butcher ''B.C. Butcher'' is a 2016 American horror comedy film directed by Kansas Bowling and starring Natasha Halevi, Kato Kaelin, Kadeem Hardison, and Rodney Bingenheimer. The film's plot is about a tribe of cavewomen being stalked by a prehistoric mon ...

'' (2016) and acting in ''

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'' (2019).

Early life

Bowling was born and raised in

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, California. At age 13, she received a

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as a Christmas gift and immediately started shooting short films with her sister.

Career

''B.C. Butcher''

Bowling directed ''

'' (2016) starring

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Rodney Bingenheimer Rodney Bingenheimer (born December 15, 1946) is an American radio disc jockey who is best known as the host of ''Rodney on the ROQ'', a radio program that ran on the Los Angeles rock station KROQ from 1976 to 2017. In the early 1970s, he also m ...

Natasha Halevi Natasha Halevi (born January 12, 1982) is an American actress and director based in Los Angeles, California. She is known for her role as Anaconda in Troma Entertainment, Troma's ''B.C. Butcher'', Cara in ''Lunch Break Feminist Club'', and Alexis ...

, and

Kadeem Hardison Kadeem Hardison (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dwayne Wayne on '' A Different World'', a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom '' The Cosby Show''. He starred in the Disney Channel series '' K.C. ...

. The film was produced by Lloyd Kaufman and distributed by

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on their streaming service ''Troma Now'' on VHX. The movie had its theatrical premiere on March 3, 2016, at

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, California. The premiere had a musical performance by Count Smokula and

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. Bowling was the first inductee into the '' Troma Institute For Gifted Youth'' and listed as one of ''W'' Magazine's 42 up-and-comers in their April 2016 "Next in Line" issue. Bowling has stated that ''B.C. Butcher'' is inspired by ''

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'', '' Switchblade Sisters'',

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, Doris Wishman, and

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. Critics have described ''B.C. Butcher'' as a " feminist slasher movie".

Music videos

Bowling has directed over 25

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for various artists (shot on

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film). In the music video for

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's "Here I Wait", Bowling shot the only existing footage of

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's papier-mâché bird Willard who was the subject of his 1975 novel ''

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''. On April 13, 2018, German band Drangsal released a controversial video for their song "Magst Du Mich" directed by and starring Bowling and her sister Parker Love Bowling referencing

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conspiracy theories and acting as "

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's sex slaves". On August 15, 2018, ''

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'' released a video Bowling directed for the Death Valley Girls' song "Disaster (Is What We're After)". The video is four minutes of musician

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eating a hamburger. The video is an homage to Jørgen Leth's 1982 film ''66 Scenes of America'', where

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eats a hamburger. Yahoo Entertainment named it one of their favorite videos of the year. On October 2, 2018,

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premiered another video Bowling directed for the Death Valley Girls for their song "One Less Thing (Before I Die)". Bowling attended the home-made rocket launch for the daredevil and limo driver Mad Mike Hughes and filmed his successful attempt at launching in the sky. Included in the video is footage from Noize TV of Mad Mike Hughes kissing Bowling after being put on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. Galore Magazine premiered a video October 26, 2018, Bowling directed for the band Collapsing Scenery's song "Resort Beyond the Last Resort". The video is based on

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's 1994 pro-rape manifesto "Revolt Against Penis Envy" which appeared in the controversial '' Answer Me!'' magazine. The video reverses the narrative of the essay and has Rice getting raped by a woman.

Acting

Bowling and her sister Parker Love Bowling starred in Jared Master's biblical period film ''Absolute Vow'' alongside Aki Aleong. The film was deemed controversial for mixing exploitive themes with religion. June 22, 2017, Bowling appeared on season 2; episode 3 of the

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show ''

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'' directed by Lance Bangs. Kansas' segment, "Swat Team Believer", is about a time she went to a concert by

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and after meeting

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accidentally gets caught in a SWAT shoot-out. The episode is titled "Breaking Bad Vibes" and also features Theophilus London,

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, Nikki Glaser, and Duncan Trussell. In 2018, Bowling produced and acted in the short film ''Swamp Women Kissing Booth'' which went on to be nominated in both the Austin Spotlight Film Festival and the Los Angeles CineFest. ''Swamp Women Kissing Booth'' was the first film to feature actress Kathleen Hughes, star of ''

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'', in a starring role since 1958. In 2019, she portrayed Sandra Good, a member of the Manson family, in

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's ''

'' and appeared in

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's ''

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'' as well. In early 2020,

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released a music video for their first single "Caution" off their new album ''Imploding the Mirage'' starring Bowling and Griffin Dunne. In 2020, Bowling starred as the protagonist, Nancy Banana alongside

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in the parody film, ''Psycho Ape!''.

Personal life

She is the older sister of actress Parker Love Bowling.

Filmography

Film Television Music videos

References

External links

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