The Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American

United States

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 film directors Mitchell Altieri

Mitchell Altieri

Mitchell Altieri is an American film director, producer and writer.His first feature film Lurking in Suburbia was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth...

 and Phil Flores

Phil Flores

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.

Biography

Their first feature film The Hamiltons

The Hamiltons

The Hamiltons is an independent horror film directed by the Butcher Brothers and the winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival...

was the winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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 and the Malibu International Film Festival and released by Lions Gate Entertainment

Lions Gate Entertainment

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 in 2006 (Limited Theatrical) and 2007 (DVD). Their influences include Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper

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, David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

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, and David Lynch

David Lynch

David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...

.

In 2007 they filmed the video for the Static-X

Static-X

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 song "Destroyer

Destroyer (Static-X song)

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". They shot the horror film The Violent Kind, which is part of the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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 2010. The Butcher Brothers are currently working on Black Sunset, a psychological thriller, which is procduced by Cynthia Stafford of Queen Nefertari Prod. The brothers works currently on the sequel to The Hamiltons

The Hamiltons

The Hamiltons is an independent horror film directed by the Butcher Brothers and the winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival...

, The Thompson is planned for 2011.

Filmography (Director)

• Black Sunset (2010)
• The Violent Kind (2010)
• April Fool's Day
  April Fool's Day (2008 film)
  April Fool's Day is a 2008 horror film, which is a direct-to-DVD remake of the 1986 film of the same name. It is directed by The Butcher Brothers, also known as Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, who also directed the vampire film The Hamiltons...
  
  (2008)
• The Hamiltons
  The Hamiltons
  The Hamiltons is an independent horror film directed by the Butcher Brothers and the winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival...
  
  (2006)

External links

• The Butcher Brothers' Official Website