BULLET IN THE BRAIN

Based on the short story by Tobias Wolff, "Bullet in the Brain," first published in The New Yorker on September 25, 1995. David Von Ancken (USA, 2001), 14 min. Principal crew Director and writer: David Von Ancken Director of photography: Peter Konczal Non-memory/street cinematography: James Fideler Film editors: Brian Fassett, Bill Gerstenmaier Produced by CJ Follini Line producer Mark Shuman Production designer Ryan Cooper Principal cast Anders: Tom Noonan Bank robber: Dean Winters Voice-over narration: George Plimpton Woman on line: Cecelia Antoinette Awards and distinctions include: Nashville Independent Film Festival - Best Short Seattle One Reel Film Festival - Best Live Action Short Stony Brook Film Festival - Best Short St. Louis Film Festival - Best Short Hypnotic/Universal Million Dollar Film Festival (CA) - Winner The Method Festival (CA) - Best Short Deep Ellum Film Festival (TX) - Best Live Action Short Festival of Nations (Austria) - Silver Bear Award USA Film Festival (TX) - Special Jury Prize San Francisco International Film Festival - Certificate of Merit Selected by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for a special month-long screening engagement. Relevant links The full text of Tobias Wolff's short story, "Bullet in the Brain." https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/LiteratureandMedicineInitiative/20080304/bullet.pdf Tobias Wolff reads from "Bullet in the Brain." http://fora.tv/2008/04/01/Tobias_Wolff_Reads_from__Bullet_in_the_Brain T. Coraghessan Boyle reads Tobias Wolff's short story "Bullet in the Brain" and discusses Wolff with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisma. http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/02/11/080211on_audio_boyle David Von Ancken's short film, "Bullet in the Brain." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abFe-VBokOY David Von Ancken David Von Ancken has been directing film and television for twelve years. In 1997 his first short Box Suite won awards at three film festivals including the International Surrealist Film Festival. In 2000 he made Bullet in the Brain which was screened at twenty festivals and won best short film in five of them. Over the last seven years he has directed over twenty-five one hour dramas for network and cable TV in the U.S. These shows include: Oz, The Shield, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Californication, CSI:NY, Gossip Girl and Saving Grace among others. In 2005-6 he wrote and directed a western called Seraphim Falls which starred Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. He is currently developing two feature films and a television series. Filmography (as director) Box Suite, 1997 Bullet in the Brain, 2001 Seraphim Falls, 2006 The Equalizer, 2009 plus numerous episodes of TV series listed above.

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