Andrew J. Rausch
Encyclopedia
Andrew J. Rausch is an American film journalist
, author
, screenwriter
, film producer
, and actor
.
Rausch has 12 published books, including Turning Points in Film History (2004), Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary
to Steven Zaillian
(2008), and The Collaborations of Martin Scorsese
and Robert De Niro
(2010). He is also the co-author of the late cinematographer
Gary Graver
's memoir
Making Movies with Orson Welles
.
Rausch is the screenwriter of the forthcoming indie horror film
Dahmer Vs. Gacy
(2010). His production credits include Dead In Love (2009), Zombiegeddon
(2006), and Evil Ever After (2008). His book, The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book (co-written with Ronald Riley), will be published by Bear Manor Media in the Spring of 2011. Another book, I Am Hip-Hop, will be released by Scarecrow Press sometime in 2011.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Rausch has 12 published books, including Turning Points in Film History (2004), Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary
Roger Avary
Roger Avary is a Canadian film and television producer, screenwriter, olive farmer and director in the American mass media industry. He was behind the screenplays of the films Silent Hill and Beowulf...
to Steven Zaillian
Steven Zaillian
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian is an American screenwriter, film director, film editor, producer, and founder of Film Rites, a film production company. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Schindler's List and he has been nominated two times for Awakenings and Gangs of New York...
(2008), and The Collaborations of Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
and Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
(2010). He is also the co-author of the late cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
Gary Graver
Gary Graver
Gary Graver was an American film director and cinematographer. He was a prolific film-maker but is perhaps best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer. Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum he also directed adult films.Graver was born and raised in Portland, Oregon...
's memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
Making Movies with Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
.
Rausch is the screenwriter of the forthcoming indie horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
Dahmer Vs. Gacy
Dahmer Vs. Gacy
Dahmer Vs. Gacy is a 2010 American direct-to-video comedy-horror film directed by Ford Austin and written by Andrew J. Rausch. The film won the Audience Award at the 2010 Bare Bones International Film Festival.-Plot:A secret government lab run by Dr...
(2010). His production credits include Dead In Love (2009), Zombiegeddon
Zombiegeddon
Zombiegeddon is a 2003 film directed by Chris Watson. The horror/comedy, distributed by Troma Films.- Plot :The movie follows two bad cops who find themselves engaged in a battle against evil Hellspawn.- Cast :...
(2006), and Evil Ever After (2008). His book, The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book (co-written with Ronald Riley), will be published by Bear Manor Media in the Spring of 2011. Another book, I Am Hip-Hop, will be released by Scarecrow Press sometime in 2011.