Barry Shils Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Barry Shils Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Barry Shils is an American film director and producer. He is best

known for directing and producing the films Motorama and Wigstock: The

Movie, and for producing Vampire's Kiss starring Nicolas Cage.Born in

Philadelphia, Shils became an integral part of the vibrant downtown

New York City art scene in the late 70s and early 80s. A graduate of

Yale University, Barry is the son of academic, Dr. Edward B. Shils

(deceased 2004) a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the

University of Pennsylvania and Founder of the Wharton Entrepreneurial

Center. Shils' grandparents on both sides were first generation

Americans of Russian Jewish descent.Shils' films and videos from this

period are part of the New York Museum of Modern Art collection.

Inspired by the fertile Club 57 scene, titles include BEEHIVE, THE

JONES, LOVE COMIX and LADY WRESTLING. Shils and his various

collaborators: Steve Brown, Jim Self, Ellie Nagler and Frank Moore

were honored by the screening of the films in the 2017-18 MoMA show

“Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art from the East Village,

1978-1983.†Throughout the 80s and 90s, Shils was active in the

independent film scene. In 1989 he produced Vampire's Kiss, a dark

comedy written by Joseph Minion. The film stars Nicolas Cage and

Jennifer Beals. He has been a member of the Directors Guild of America

since 1998.
Barry Shils Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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