Rusty Butt aka Rusty Osgood is an American

United States

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 director, writer, editor, and actor. He is best known for his feature film Acne, a black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 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...

 about a pair of teenagers who wake up to find themselves mutated into horribly strange creatures. Rusty has also made several short films, including God is Dad, The Ramones and I, Grethel and Hansel, Animated Corpse, and Santiago vs. Wigface, which won a special recognition award. When he is not making movies, Rusty runs the Movieside Film Festival in Chicago.

Director

• Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
  Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
  Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero is a 2008 documentary film directed by filmmaker Rusty Nails. The film is about the life and career of horror film director George A. Romero. Clips from his films are combined with interviews with Romero, his collaborators, and his admirers to show...
  
  (2008) - Director
• God Is Dad (2002) - Director/Writer
• The Ramones and I (2002) - Director/Writer
• Acne (2000) - Director/Writer
• Santiago vs. Wigface (2000) - Director/Writer
• Animated Corpse (2000) - Director/Writer
• Grethel & Hansel (2000) - Director/Writer
• Blood Drinkers (2000) - Director/Writer
• Three - Director/Writer

Acting credits

• Death Walks the Streets (2007) ... Yard Guy
• Skunk Ape!? (2003) ... Zuffy Dortch
• Acne (2000) ... Zooey

External links

• NewEyeFilms.com - Rusty Nails Official Site
• Imagine article from Velocity Magazine
  Velocity Magazine
  Velocity Magazine is a monthly youth culture magazine published in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area. Debuting in November 2005, it became the first publication specifically for and about “Gen-Y” in the eastern Nebraska and western Iowa region. Its monthly content ranges from Education, Sports,...
  
  
• Tastes Like Chicken Interview
• E Splatter Interview