James Morgart

James Morgart
Born James Morgart
Occupation Writer, Filmmaker
Years active 2009–present

James Morgart is an American writer and filmmaker.[1]

Biography

In 2009, James made his directorial debut with Won Ton Baby!, a comedy horror B-movie starring Debbie Rochon, Lou Martini, Jr., Suzi Lorraine, and Gunnar Hansen.[2] The film has been featured as an official selection at the 2009 GoreZone Weekend of Horrors Film Festival,[3] the 2010 A Night of Horror International Film Festival,[4] the 2010 Ravenna NightMare Film Festival, and the 2010 New York City Horror Film Festival.[5] The film was released in 2012.

In 2012, Fangoria announced that Debbie Rochon would be directing a script written by James titled Model Hunger.[6] The production is expected to feature Lynn Lowry, Tiffany Shepis, and Carmine Capobianco with supporting roles from cult stars Voltaire, Suzi Lorraine, and Lloyd Kaufman.[7] The film has been noted for its focus on body image and the negative effects of exploitation and contemporary notions of beauty.[8] In 2015, the production announced the film would make its world premiere at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest in Charleston, South Carolina and its international premiere at The Oldenburg International Film Festival in Oldenburg, Germany.[9]

James has also been noted for his academic career. He has earned a BSBA in Accounting, a BA in English, a Master of Accountancy from Rider University, and a Master of Arts in English Literature from Pennsylvania State University.[10][11] As an undergraduate he served as an editorial assistant at Cineaste, and recently served as a keynote speaker at Rider University's Horror Film Symposium where he discussed Eli Roth's Hostel in connection to Marxism as well as Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals and The Birth of Tragedy.[12][13][14] On Halloween night 2010, he introduced a showing of Rosemary's Baby at the State Theatre in State College by discussing the film's subtext of woman's entrapment in a male-dominated society.[15]

From 2011 to 2013, James served as the Director of Media & Distribution for Viscera Film Festival where he organized international screenings for horror films written and directed by women. On February 4, 2012, James organized a screening of "feminist response" horror films for Pennsylvania State University. The screening was hosted by the festival's founder, Shannon Lark, and featured a panel that included Lark, Morgart, Dr. Jonathan Eburne, and PhD candidate Lauren DeCarvalho. The panel discussed the films' representation of gender, sexuality, abjection, and the female protagonists' management of horror as well as how the films differed from mainstream commercial horror films and from international horror films.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Exclusive New Won Ton Baby Behind the Scenes Stills
  2. ↑ Won Ton Baby Rampages Out of Womb!
  3. ↑ [see note 1]
  4. ↑ 2010 A Night of Horror International Film Festival Program
  5. ↑ NYC Horror Film Festival Lineup
  6. ↑ Debbie Rochon Talks her Directorial Debut
  7. ↑ Model Hunger Announces Full Cast
  8. ↑ [see note 6 & note 7]
  9. ↑ 2015 Model Hunger Festival Lineup
  10. ↑ Professor's Horror Movie Set to Screen at State Theatre
  11. ↑ Area Director's Won Ton Baby! Debuts Tonight
  12. ↑ Rider University's Horror Symposium
  13. ↑ Film and Media Studies to Host Horror Symposium
  14. ↑ A Hostel Recap
  15. ↑ 'Rosemary's Baby' Offers Sinister Metaphors
  16. ↑ Viscera Film Festival is coming to Happy Valley

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