Julien Nitzberg
2021Julien Nitzberg (born 1966) is an American film director, script writer, and theatre director.
Nitzberg directed the musical The Beastly Bombing in Los Angeles and the documentary film The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, a portrayal of The White Family, who have been called "the most extreme dope-addled, gas-huffing, alcoholic, robbing, murderous, criminal redneck family in a nation brimming over with 'em.
Nitzberg in 2007 began a script for Sputnik Monroe for HBO Films, a story about Sputnik Monroe (wrestler), a white professional wrestler who "helped integrate the sport throughout the South in the 1950s." He has recently completed the third draft of the script after HBO allowed Nitzberg time away from the script to work on the "Wonder Whites" film.
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The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
Julien Nitzberg
Jesco White
Produced by Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine for MTV and Dickhouse Productions, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a documentary about the renowned West Virginia outlaw Jesco White and his eccentric backwoods family. In addition to getting in trouble with the law, the Whites, who live deep within Appalachia, uphold a time-honored dancing style, even as they contend with poverty, drugs and other issues. Alternately humorous and sad, the movie is an unflinching look at life on the criminal margins of rural mountain culture.
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
Hasil Adkins: The Wild World of Hasil Adkins
Julien Nitzberg
Hasil Adkins
Short subject documentary by Julien Nitzberg about the legendary "psychobilly" musician and infamous wild man Hasil Adkins. Filming takes place in Adkins' own yard, his shack, and at various concerts. Adkins is notable for helping create an entirely new form of rock/rockabilly/country fusion, which he plays entirely by himself (with a guitar and drums simultaneously).
Hasil Adkins: The Wild World of Hasil Adkins
Bury Me in Kern County
Julien Nitzberg
Judson Mills, Mary Lynn Rajskub
A "Cops"-styled TV show tapes the arrest of a man charged with selling home made speed. His mother, seeing the broadcast, dies of a heart attack on the spot. His wife then decides to join with her drug addled sister and decide to rob a convenience store to get the money for the bond and for the funeral expenses. However, upon arriving they find the store already being robbed. Deciding to rob the robber, they give chase and end up killing him - only to find that it is the husband just released from jail. Events follow that places the two sisters at odds with each other.
Bury Me in Kern County
