Danny Plotnick

Danny Plotnick roared into the underground film world in the 1980s. Fueled by his love of punk and alternative culture and infected with d.i.y. spirit, he started making films that captured a similarly snarly attitude. His films were pegged as bawdy, bad-mouthed and beautiful, straddling the line between high-brow and low-brow art. It's no surprise that his work has screened from the MOMA in NYC to mortuaries in Baltimore to the Independent Film Channel. With little opportunity to screen this type of work in the 80s, Plotnick took to the road, projector and films in trunk, screening in bars, warehouses and cafes. Plotnick trail blazed a path for the underground film world that exploded in the early 90s, a scene that would ultimately champion his work.

Danny Plotnick is an American independent filmmaker. In addition to making over 20 films, he has released three videotape compilations and a DVD compilation which have garnered international distribution, embarked on five national film tours, two European film tours and has taught numerous seminars on a variety of film topics. Much of his work in the 1980s and 1990s was produced on Super 8 mm film.