Todd Sklar is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. His
feature directorial debut, Box Elder, gained national attention after
being self-distributed around the country. Sklar's most recent film,
Awful Nice premiered in competition at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and
was released theatrically in 2014.Todd Sklar grew up in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. He studied at the University of Missouri, but dropped out
to make his first feature film, Box Elder. After getting into no film
festivals and being unable to get the film in front of buyers, Sklar
took to the road with some of the film's cast, self-distributing it on
a four-month cross-country tour that featured pre-screening panels,
workshops, and Q&A's, as well as post-screening concerts and
after-parties.Due to the tour's success, Sklar and his crew continued
touring for the next several years, building a cult following for the
film and launching Range Life Entertainment, a marketing company
centered on doing the same thing for other films. Filmmakers that have
gone on Range Life tours include, Damien Chazelle, Alex Ross Perry,
Donald Glover, Adrian Grenier, Casey Affleck, Banksy, Dan Lindsay & T.
J. Martin, Alex Karpovsky, Todd Rohal, J. J. Lask, Bart Layton, Oren
Moverman, Brett Simon, Billy Corben, Ari Gold, Bob Byington, and Chris
Jaymes.
feature directorial debut, Box Elder, gained national attention after
being self-distributed around the country. Sklar's most recent film,
Awful Nice premiered in competition at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and
was released theatrically in 2014.Todd Sklar grew up in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. He studied at the University of Missouri, but dropped out
to make his first feature film, Box Elder. After getting into no film
festivals and being unable to get the film in front of buyers, Sklar
took to the road with some of the film's cast, self-distributing it on
a four-month cross-country tour that featured pre-screening panels,
workshops, and Q&A's, as well as post-screening concerts and
after-parties.Due to the tour's success, Sklar and his crew continued
touring for the next several years, building a cult following for the
film and launching Range Life Entertainment, a marketing company
centered on doing the same thing for other films. Filmmakers that have
gone on Range Life tours include, Damien Chazelle, Alex Ross Perry,
Donald Glover, Adrian Grenier, Casey Affleck, Banksy, Dan Lindsay & T.
J. Martin, Alex Karpovsky, Todd Rohal, J. J. Lask, Bart Layton, Oren
Moverman, Brett Simon, Billy Corben, Ari Gold, Bob Byington, and Chris
Jaymes.
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