About
ANDREW REPASKY McELHINNEY is a director whose cinematic work is defined by visionary originality, kinetic acting, sharp editing, and stunning visuals.
Andrew began making movies in 1994. His feature films include the art house splash, A Chronicle of Corpses, the landmark underground movie, Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye, and the family holiday perennial, Christmas Dreams.
Andrew’s newest work is the forthcoming five-part epic, Casual Encounters: Philadelphia True Crime Confessions. This multi-format, thirty character ensemble drama explores the intersection of crime, economics, addiction and professionalism in the “City of Brotherly Love.” Look for it in 2023!
Andrew’s second feature film, A Chronicle of Corpses has been given a new 4K transfer for its 20th Anniversary. Named as one of the top ten movies of the year it was released by The New York Times, A Chronicle of Corpses is a stylish, somber period suspense-thriller about an isolated colonial American family caught in a slowly unfurling trap of grief and intrigue.
A Chronicle of Corpses, along with Andrew’s early works A Maggot Tango and Magdalen are in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Film Threat called McElhinney’s cult favorite Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye “a new landmark in underground cinema.” Inspired and informed by the cerebral, transgressive and yet oddly sentimental philosophy of Georges Bataille, the movie appropriates the title of Bataille’s most famous work for a mesmerizing examination of anticipation and spectatorship.
Always looking to innovate in new genres, Andrew’s fourth and fifth feature films took him into the genres of comedic romantic drama and then musical holiday faire…
Animal Husbandry is a modern dress production of a 1930s play with the subtext reexamined to explore issues of race, class gender and sexual identity in George W’s America.
Christmas Dreams is a holiday fantasia, shot entirely on a soundstage, featuring extensive special effects, and wordlessly set to a score comprising of traditional holiday favorites. With a dose of Alice in Wonderland, Christmas Dreams wordlessly combines the legend of The Little Drummer Boy with ETA Hoffmann’s and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.
In addition to Andrew’s work as a feature film director he has helmed the short subjects The Scream, Her Father’s Expectancy, The Things We Do For Love: A Cinemagic, Haunted Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, & Poe’s Last Train Ride, Shakespeare Action in Harrowgate Park: “To Be, Or Not To Be?”, the hour-long documentary, EGS Digital Video Diary – August 2008, directed theater, and mounted several video installations.
Andrew’s book on media culture, Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking America is available from McFarland and Company Publishers.
About
ANDREW REPASKY McELHINNEY is a director whose cinematic work is defined by visionary originality, kinetic acting, sharp editing, and stunning visuals.
Andrew began making movies in 1994. His feature films include the art house splash, A Chronicle of Corpses, the landmark underground movie, Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye, and the family holiday perennial, Christmas Dreams.
Andrew’s newest work is the forthcoming five-part epic, Casual Encounters: Philadelphia True Crime Confessions. This multi-format, thirty character ensemble drama explores the intersection of crime, economics, addiction and professionalism in the “City of Brotherly Love.” Look for it in 2023!
Andrew’s second feature film, A Chronicle of Corpses has been given a new 4K transfer for its 20th Anniversary. Named as one of the top ten movies of the year it was released by The New York Times, A Chronicle of Corpses is a stylish, somber period suspense-thriller about an isolated colonial American family caught in a slowly unfurling trap of grief and intrigue.
A Chronicle of Corpses, along with Andrew’s early works A Maggot Tango and Magdalen are in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Film Threat called McElhinney’s cult favorite Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye “a new landmark in underground cinema.” Inspired and informed by the cerebral, transgressive and yet oddly sentimental philosophy of Georges Bataille, the movie appropriates the title of Bataille’s most famous work for a mesmerizing examination of anticipation and spectatorship.
Always looking to innovate in new genres, Andrew’s fourth and fifth feature films took him into the genres of comedic romantic drama and then musical holiday faire…
Animal Husbandry is a modern dress production of a 1930s play with the subtext reexamined to explore issues of race, class gender and sexual identity in George W’s America.
Christmas Dreams is a holiday fantasia, shot entirely on a soundstage, featuring extensive special effects, and wordlessly set to a score comprising of traditional holiday favorites. With a dose of Alice in Wonderland, Christmas Dreams wordlessly combines the legend of The Little Drummer Boy with ETA Hoffmann’s and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.
In addition to Andrew’s work as a feature film director he has helmed the short subjects The Scream, Her Father’s Expectancy, The Things We Do For Love: A Cinemagic, Haunted Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, & Poe’s Last Train Ride, Shakespeare Action in Harrowgate Park: “To Be, Or Not To Be?”, the hour-long documentary, EGS Digital Video Diary – August 2008, directed theater, and mounted several video installations.
Andrew’s book on media culture, Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking America is available from McFarland and Company Publishers.