Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.107 |
| Birthday | |
| Place of Birth | Webster, Texas, USA |
| Also Known As |
2007
I-Be Area
5.8/5
Dazzling and raucous, Ryan Trecartin's first feature-length video takes cues from chat rooms, social networking web sites, YouTube, John Waters, and P...
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I-Be Area
2002
Yo! A Romantic Comedy
0/0
In Yo! A Romantic Comedy, Trecartin borrows clichés from hip-hop culture and genre films to craft a dark, dream-like narrative that veers from comic m...
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Yo! A Romantic Comedy
2006
(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)
4/2
Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place inside and outside of an e-mail." Trecartin's intense...
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(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)
2010
Roamie View: History Enhancement
7/1
Roamie View: History Enhancement reveals JJ as a husk of his former self, overwhelmed by too many experimental personalities and reverted to factory p...
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Roamie View: History Enhancement
2005
A Family Finds Entertainment
6.2/8
Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist...
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A Family Finds Entertainment
2016
Temple Time
0/0
Shot in a former Masonic temple in Los Angeles – a five-story warren of large, cavernous rooms akin to a windowless convention center – Temple Time un...
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Temple Time
2003
What's The Love Making Babies For
0/0
Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid animation about reproduction, sexuality, and contemporary...
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What's The Love Making Babies For
2009
K-CoreaINC. K (section a)
0/1
The video revolves around an unending "meeting" - a busy, aimless meeting that goes in circles to evade a traditional narrative arc. The meeting is es...
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K-CoreaINC. K (section a)
2009
Sibling Topics (Section A)
10/1
Trecartin returns to his conception of family-as-business-enterprise, casting parent figures as managers and executives on one end of the spectrum, es...
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Sibling Topics (Section A)
2010
P.opular S.ky (section-ish)
0/0
In P.opular S.ky (section ish), a character played by Trecartin informs us that she wants ‘to live in a world where narration is the devil’. The abili...
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P.opular S.ky (section-ish)
2016
Mark Trade
0/0
Shot in 2013 - In 'honor, of cause fake news - less gravity here - don't bird watch with a gun - remember your dreams before they remember you : the s...
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Mark Trade
2019
Plot Front
0/0
A delirious movie installed inside a ghostly barn made with prefabricated materials. The oscillatory movement of the rocking chairs on which visitors...
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Plot Front
2013
Comma Boat
0/0
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscilla...
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Comma Boat
2013
Item Falls
0/0
In Item Falls, we are peaking. We start out at a casting call, but before long we're firmly in the grip of hallucination, shedding our anxieties and e...
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Item Falls
2003
Wayne's World
0/0
Trecartin and his collaborator/co-star Lizzie Fitch ponder the messages delivered by the most banal forms of mass media and pop culture in their own u...
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Wayne's World
2010
Temp Stop
6/1
Temp Stop, as the title implies, has a disjunctive quality that separates it from the other parts of Re'Search Wait'S. As if emanating from the baseme...
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Temp Stop
2010
Ready
0/0
In Ready, Wait, played by Trecartin, is introduced as the eponymous figure of the series. Wait waits. He forsakes a "career" in favor of a "job," the...
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Ready
2010
The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)
5/2
The movie is actual market research collected by Wait for Y-Ready. It doubles as the site of Wait's vacation, as well as echoed versions of scenarios...
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The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)
2013
Center Jenny
7.4/5
The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her interests.
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Center Jenny
2001
Belly's
0/0
This rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, showcase the artist's maturati...
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Belly's
2001
Valentine's Day Girl
0/0
Trecartin crafts a fantastical narrative about a girl whose obsessive personal utopia is disrupted. Trecartin's collaborator, Lizzie Fitch, plays a gi...
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Valentine's Day Girl
2024
Spirit Riser
0/0
Two sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a terrifying cosmic entity. On their quest to reunite they discov...
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Spirit Riser
2013
Junior War
0/0
In Junior War, a throng of highschoolers congregate at night for a party in the woods sometime in the year 2000. A band plays, the kids get drunk, the...
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Junior War
2002
Love Part One
0/0
A short film showcasing the artist’s maturation in experimental video which would culminate in his debut feature film – “A Family Finds Entertainment....
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Love Part One
2016
Permission Streak
0/0
Permission Streak opens with a question: “Can you tell the difference between a camera and a camera?” Shown in a sculptural theater that combines aspe...
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Permission Streak
2015
Yielders Path
0/0
The video displays Fitch and Trecartin's signature style of ludicrous cut-scenes and ironic hyperbole. “Yielders Path” also features swerving point-of...
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