George Hickenlooper

Directing

George Hickenlooper

Born 1963-05-25 · St. Louis, Missouri, US

George Hickenlooper (May 25, 1963 – October 29, 2010) was an American narrative and documentary filmmaker.

Acting credits

Factory Girl poster
6.0

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

Factory Girl

2006

Persons Unknown poster
5.5

When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.

Persons Unknown

1996

Corman's World poster
7.0

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

Corman's World

2011

Picture This poster
9.5

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

Picture This

1991

Grey Knight poster
5.0

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies of both Union and Confederate soldiers creating an army of its own bent on conquest.

Grey Knight

1993

No artwork available
10.0

In an intimate and revealing hour, we follow the brilliant Karen Black from Malibu to London to Yucatan as she shoots films and creates characters, watching her work with directors and fellow actors.

Karen Black: Actress at Work

1999

The Low Life poster
5.4

Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

The Low Life

1995

Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper poster
7.0

George Hickenlooper launched his professional directing career with this Dennis Hopper interview that includes details about the 1980 art exhibit where he detonated dynamite around himself in front of students at Rice University.

Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper

1988

The Real Edie poster
NR

A documentary about Edie Sedgwick featuring photos of her and clips from Factory Girl, narrated by her real-life friends and loved ones, including her brother Jonathan, cousin John Sedgwick, roommate Danny Fields, artists Richie Berlin and Gerard Malanga, photographer Nat Finkelstein, designer Betsey Johnson, and others.

The Real Edie

2007

Behind the camera

The Man from Elysian Fields poster
5.9

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001

Casino Jack poster
5.9

Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.

Casino Jack

2010

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster
7.9

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster
7.9

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Factory Girl poster
6.0

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

Factory Girl

2006

Persons Unknown poster
5.5

When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.

Persons Unknown

1996

Dogtown poster
4.0

Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.

Dogtown

1997

Dogtown poster
4.0

Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.

Dogtown

1997

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade poster
6.7

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade poster
6.7

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

Picture This poster
9.5

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

Picture This

1991

Picture This poster
9.5

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

Picture This

1991

Mayor of the Sunset Strip poster
6.9

A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

2003

Mayor of the Sunset Strip poster
6.9

A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

2003

Grey Knight poster
5.0

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies of both Union and Confederate soldiers creating an army of its own bent on conquest.

Grey Knight

1993

The Big Brass Ring poster
4.6

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.

The Big Brass Ring

1999

The Big Brass Ring poster
4.6

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.

The Big Brass Ring

1999

The Low Life poster
5.4

Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

The Low Life

1995

The Low Life poster
5.4

Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

The Low Life

1995

The Big Brass Ring poster
10.0

George Hickenlooper filmed five pages (two scenes) from Orson Welles' screenplay of "The Big Brass Ring" in 1997 in the hope of attracting interest in the project. The feature film version was released in 1999.

The Big Brass Ring

1997

Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper poster
7.0

George Hickenlooper launched his professional directing career with this Dennis Hopper interview that includes details about the 1980 art exhibit where he detonated dynamite around himself in front of students at Rice University.

Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper

1988

Monte Hellman - American Auteur poster
6.5

"This documentary persuasively positions cult figure Monte Hellman as emblematic of an entire generation of American directors. From UCLA film school and Roger Corman hireling to working with Jack Nicholson and independent filmmaking in the 1970s, to his subsequent retreat from directing, Hellman's career illustrates the ups and downs of an artist working in a medium where the lines between art and commerce are often blurred."

Monte Hellman - American Auteur

1997