Graham Skipper

{{short description|American film actor, director, and screenwriter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|14}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|screenwriter}}

| years_active = 1996–present

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Graham Skipper is an American actor, director and screenwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2018/05/graham-skipper-on-the-making-of-sequence-break.html|title=Graham Skipper on the Making of SEQUENCE BREAK|website=screenanarchy.com|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082442/https://screenanarchy.com/2018/05/graham-skipper-on-the-making-of-sequence-break.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinepunx.com/chewin-the-fat-with-actordirector-graham-skipper/|title=CHEWIN' THE FAT with Actor/Director Graham Skipper|website=cinepunx.com|date=5 April 2017|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403090949/http://www.cinepunx.com/chewin-the-fat-with-actordirector-graham-skipper/|url-status=live}} He is best known for his roles as Herbert West in Re-Animator: The Musical, Seth Hampton in Almost Human, Zack Connors in The Mind's Eye, Gordon Hardesty in Beyond the Gates and for writing and directing the horror film Sequence Break.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/re-animator-the-musical-1117944790/|title=Re-Animator: The Musical|website=variety.com|date=9 March 2011|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092219/https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/re-animator-the-musical-1117944790/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://moveablefest.com/joe-begos-almost-human/|title=Interview: Joe Begos, Josh Ethier and Graham Skipper's Superhuman Effort Pays Off With "Almost Human"|website=moveablefest.com|date=19 September 2013|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082440/http://moveablefest.com/joe-begos-almost-human/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/graham-skipper-minds-eye-distribution-1201751729/|title=Graham Skipper's Thriller 'Mind's Eye' Gets Distribution|website=variety.com|date=12 April 2016|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092238/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/graham-skipper-minds-eye-distribution-1201751729/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2018/05/28/interview-graham-skipper-sequence-break/|title=Interview: Director Graham Skipper On 'Sequence Break'|website=thehollywoodnews.com|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403101005/http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2018/05/28/interview-graham-skipper-sequence-break/|url-status=live}}

Life and career

Graham was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He studied theatre at Fordham University, New York. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe FUCT. In 2011, he moved to Los Angeles for Stuart Gordon's stage adaptation of Re-Animator: The Musical.{{Cite web|url=https://scriptophobic.ca/2019/01/08/an-interview-with-sequence-breaks-writer-director-graham-skipper/|title=An Interview With Sequence Break's Writer/Director Graham Skipper|website=scriptophobic.ca|date=8 January 2019|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082447/https://scriptophobic.ca/2019/01/08/an-interview-with-sequence-breaks-writer-director-graham-skipper/|url-status=live}}

In 2017, his horror film Sequence Break, premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival, Chattanooga Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/fantasia-interview-graham-skippers-sequence-break-asks-is-that-a-roll-of-quarters-in-your-pocket/|title=FANTASIA Interview: Graham Skipper's SEQUENCE BREAK Asks: Is That A Roll Of Quarters In Your Pocket?|website=amfm-magazine.tv|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930182640/https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/fantasia-interview-graham-skippers-sequence-break-asks-is-that-a-roll-of-quarters-in-your-pocket/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2017films/sequence-break.html|title=SEQUENCE BREAK|website=frightfest.co.uk|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403082442/http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2017films/sequence-break.html|url-status=live}} It also won Best Feature at the Chattanooga Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chattfilmfest.org/past-festivals#2017|title=2017|website=chattfilmfest.org|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104612/https://www.chattfilmfest.org/past-festivals#2017|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

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rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"\|Year ! rowspan="2"\|Film
width=65 \|Director ! width=65 \|Writer ! width=65 \|Producer ! scope="col" \| Notes
2013 \| Scratches \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Short film
2015 \| The Engagement Party \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Television film
2015 \| The Mind's Eye \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|
2016 \| Space Clown \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2017 \| Sequence Break \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2019 \| Bliss \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|

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rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Film

width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Writer

! width=65 |Producer

! scope="col" | Notes

2013

| Scratches

| {{yes}}

| Short film

2015

| The Engagement Party

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Television film

2015

| The Mind's Eye

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2016

| Space Clown

| {{yes}}

2017

| Sequence Break

| {{yes}}

2019

| Bliss

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

As actor

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1996 \| Late Bloomers \| Avery Lumpkin \|
2012 \| The Boring Life of Jacqueline \| Russian Bath Customer \|
2012 \| Story of the Eye \| Georges \|
2013 \| Almost Human \| Seth Hampton \|
2013 \| Criminal Minds \| Danny Sterling \|
2013 \| The Cartridge Family \| Sergio \|
2013 \| Sex Boss \| Graham \|
2013 \| Scratches \| Jake \|
2014 \| Suck It \| Graham \|
2015 \| The Engagement Party \| Ben Irwin \|
2015 \| The Resort \| Peter \|
2015 \| 20 Seconds to Live \| Magician \|
2015 \| Tales of Halloween \| Cop / Hellman \|
2015 \| Balloon \| Climber \|
2015 \| The Mind's Eye \| Zack Connors \|
2015 \| Dementia \| Hendricks \|
2016 \| Carnage Park \| Peter W \|
2016 \| The Devil's Dolls \| Officer Doyle \|
2016 \| Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends \| Steve \|
2016 \| Audition Girl \| Sean \|
2016 \| Beyond the Gates \| Gordon Hardesty \|
2016 \| Feeding Time \| Dale \|
2016 \| Space Clown \| Graham \|
2017 \| Downrange \| Deputy \|
2018 \| Bad Apples \| Robert \|
2015-2018 \| Suspense \| H.P. Lovecraft / Fred Bancroft / Van Meter \|
2018 \| All the Creatures Were Stirring \| Max \|
2018 \| Dementia Part II \| \|
2019 \| Bliss \| Hadrian \|
2019 \| In Search of Darkness \| Himself \| Documentary film
2019 \| VFW (film) \| Roadie \|
2022 \| Christmas Bloody Christmas \| Mike \|
2023 \| Suitable Flesh \| Pathologist \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1996

| Late Bloomers

| Avery Lumpkin

2012

| The Boring Life of Jacqueline

| Russian Bath Customer

2012