Mooncusser Films, LLC is the film and video production company founded by documentary producer/director
Christopher Seufert
Christopher Seufert (born 1967) is a documentary film producer and film director, director, and photographer based in Chatham, Massachusetts. His production company is Mooncusser Films.
His film work has appeared on HBO, VH-1, the Discovery Chan ...
. Notable projects include cinema verité films with alterna-folk musician
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of Folk music, folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the ...
, the late illustrator
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an Americans, American writer, Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for book ...
, and one upcoming portrait of legendary filmmaker
Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles (November 26, 1926 – March 5, 2015) and his brother David Maysles (January 10, 1931 – January 3, 1987; ) were an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the Direct Cinema style. Their best-known films in ...
. Mooncusser Films has provided content to PBS, the Discovery Channel, VH-1, Twin Cities Public Television, and the History Channel.
Director Christopher Seufert is most known for his award-winning educational film series about the Cape Cod dayboat fishing industry in New England.
He also worked with actress
Julie Harris
Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary roles, she earned numerous accolades including five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play, three Emmy Awards, and a Grammy ...
, veteran journalist
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trust ...
, and with musician
Chris Trapper
Chris Trapper (born March 31, 1971, in Buffalo, New York) is an American songwriter and musician, best known as the singer and guitarist of the band The Push Stars. His song “This Time” appeared in ''August Rush''.
Early life
He is the yo ...
of the Push Stars.
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