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.
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.
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