Carey Burtt is a filmmaker and musician based in New York City, mainly
working in the underground genre."Known for their disturbing humor and
dark narratives, the films of Carey Burtt include The Psychotic
Odyssey of Richard Chase and The Death of Sex, both featured in the
second edition of Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping: The Cinema of
Transgression. Psychotic Odyssey is distributed by the cult production
company Troma Entertainment in its ""Best of Tromadance Vol. 1"" DVD.
It was also featured in Other Cinema's Experiments in Terror video
exhibition. Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader was
featured in the 2005 Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival and
enjoyed audience praise. An instructional film outlining the
techniques used by destructive cults, Mind Control was also featured
on Supersphere.com where it received an audience award. Fragments from
Mind Control have been used by Flying Lotus' alter ego Captain Murphy
on the album Duality, released in 2012. His films have been shown in
several festivals including New York and Chicago Underground and The
FanTasia Film Festival. In January 2009 the Boston Underground Film
Festival celebrated his work with a retrospective screening event."In
2004 he completed his first feature, A Forked World which was
co-written and co-directed by Tucson Weekly film critic James
DiGiovanna. It won "Most Effectively Offensive" at the Boston
Underground Film Festival in 2005. Burtt and DiGiovanna also
collaborated on a parody of political ads, which was featured on a
segment on MSNBC in December 2007.Carey's Problem formed in the summer
of 1986 with Cindy Brolsma and Lisa Jenio, The Problem never quite
reached its full potential but released the album "Arena of Shame" in
1990 and was produced by Dave Sardy. The song "Led Zeppelin" had
college radio play and was featured in the Steve Zahn film Freak Talks
About Sex which played on Cinemax.
working in the underground genre."Known for their disturbing humor and
dark narratives, the films of Carey Burtt include The Psychotic
Odyssey of Richard Chase and The Death of Sex, both featured in the
second edition of Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping: The Cinema of
Transgression. Psychotic Odyssey is distributed by the cult production
company Troma Entertainment in its ""Best of Tromadance Vol. 1"" DVD.
It was also featured in Other Cinema's Experiments in Terror video
exhibition. Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader was
featured in the 2005 Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival and
enjoyed audience praise. An instructional film outlining the
techniques used by destructive cults, Mind Control was also featured
on Supersphere.com where it received an audience award. Fragments from
Mind Control have been used by Flying Lotus' alter ego Captain Murphy
on the album Duality, released in 2012. His films have been shown in
several festivals including New York and Chicago Underground and The
FanTasia Film Festival. In January 2009 the Boston Underground Film
Festival celebrated his work with a retrospective screening event."In
2004 he completed his first feature, A Forked World which was
co-written and co-directed by Tucson Weekly film critic James
DiGiovanna. It won "Most Effectively Offensive" at the Boston
Underground Film Festival in 2005. Burtt and DiGiovanna also
collaborated on a parody of political ads, which was featured on a
segment on MSNBC in December 2007.Carey's Problem formed in the summer
of 1986 with Cindy Brolsma and Lisa Jenio, The Problem never quite
reached its full potential but released the album "Arena of Shame" in
1990 and was produced by Dave Sardy. The song "Led Zeppelin" had
college radio play and was featured in the Steve Zahn film Freak Talks
About Sex which played on Cinemax.
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