
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
USA
Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and...
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Executive Producer
2025
Director, Writer, Editor
2025
Director, Editor, Writer
2024
Executive Producer
2023
as Host (Chapter 2: 'Membranes') (voice)
2021
Editor, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
2020
2019
Story Editor, Executive Producer, Co-Producer
2019
Director
2018
2018
as Peterson, Executive Producer
2017
Director
2016
as himself
2015
Director, Editor
2015
Editor, Producer
2014
Director, Editor
2014
Editor, Director
2012
Director, Editor, Writer
2012
Additional Camera
2011
Graphic Designer
2010
Director, Editor
2009
Director, Editor, Cinematography
2008
Director, Writer
2006
Director
2006
Director