Todd Verow

{{Infobox person

| name = Todd Verow

| image = Todd Verow.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = November 11, 1966

| birth_place = Bangor, Maine

| education = Rhode Island School of Design

American Film Institute

| occupation = Film producer, director, writer, actor, cinematographer, editor, composer, photographer

| years_active = 1985-present

| father = Arthur Verow

}}

Todd Verow (born November 11, 1966) is an American film director who resides in New York City. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory. With his creative partner James Derek Dwyer, he formed Bangor Films in 1995. He was also the cinematographer for Jon Moritsugu's film Terminal USA (1993). He has been called a veteran of the New Queer Cinema.{{Citation | last = Avery | first = Dan | title = Real to reel | journal = Time Out New York | issue = 662 | date = 2008-06-04 | url = http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/lgbt/30047/real-to-reel}}

His numerous productions on digital video have led to his being called "once and future king of DV" by Film Threat.{{Citation | last = Harrison | first = Patrick | title = Todd Verow: Once and Future King of DV | publisher = Film Threat | date = 2002-01-22 | url = http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=319}} He is openly gay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlavideo.com/gay-once-and-future-queen/p-182705-22|title = TLA Video | Gay Cinema, Gay Adult Movies and Products}}{{Cite web|url=http://ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=dvd&article=282|title = Bay Area Reporter :: Art Article.PHP}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" ! Genre !! Year !! Title !! Credits !! Role !! Notes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|1989	V Is for Violet	producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer		15 minutes
Short film \|1990 \|The Flesh is Willing \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|10 minutes
Short film \|1990 \|The Death of Dottie Love \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|7 minutes
Short film \|1991 \|When I Grow Up I Want To Be a Sex Offender \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|27 minutes
Short film \|1993 \|Built for Endurance \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|7 minutes
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1994	Preen	producer, director, editor, cinematographer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1995	Frisk	director; writer; actor	Blond Man in Bathroom
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1997	Little Shots of Happiness	producer; director; writer; actor	Frances' Husband	Long Island Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner New England Film & Video Festival Innovation and Resourcefulness Award winner Huntington International Film Festival Creative Artist Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1998	Shucking the Curve	director; writer; actor	Neighbor	Nodance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1999	{{sortname\|The\|Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu}}	director; writer		Chicago Underground Film Festival Silver Jury Award winner Nodance Film Festival Best Director Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2000	{{hs\|Sudden Loss of Gravity}}A Sudden Loss of Gravity	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2000	Once and Future Queen	director; writer		Chicago Underground Film Festival Silver Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2001	Against	director
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2002	Take Away	director; writer
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2002	Face First	director		{{hs\|0}}5 minutes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2003	Fluff	director		{{hs\|0}}2 minutes
Film \|2003 \|Ex-Votos \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2004	Anonymous {{Citation \| last = Kehr \| first = David \| title = With Libido and Ego on Overdrive, A Man Speeds Headlong Into Ruin \| newspaper = New York Times \| date = 2004-06-16 \| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7DF1E30F935A25755C0A9629C8B63}}	director; writer; actor	Todd
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Bulldog in the White House	director; writer; actor	Bulldog	Chicago Underground Film Festival Gold Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Hooks to the Left	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Vacationland {{Citation \| last=Lee \| first=Nathan \| title='Vacationland' Depicts a Gay Man's Path to College, With Lots of Excess\|newspaper=New York Times\|date=2006-08-02\|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/movies/02vaca.html}}	director; writer; actor	Man in Bar (uncredited)
Film \|2007 \|XX: Where Your Heart Should Be \|producer; director; writer. editor, cinematographer \| \|
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2008	Between Something & Nothing	director; writer; actor	Hotel John
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2009	{{sortname\|The\|Boy with the Sun in His Eyes}}	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	Deleted Scenes	director; writer; actor	John
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	{{hs\|Final Girl}}The Final Girl	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	Leave Blank	director; writer; actor	Todd
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2011	Bottom	director
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2012	Bad Boy Street	director; writer; actor	Michael
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2012	{{sortname\|The\|Endless Possibility of Sky}}	director; writer; actor	Bagger
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2012	Jacob Sterling	director		{{hs\|0}}7 minutes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2013	Fire Island 1979	director; writer; actor		{{hs\|0}}8 minutes
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2013	Tumbledown	director; writer; actor	Jay
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2013	Tom's Gift	co-director		{{hs\|0}}7 minutes
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2013	{{hs\|End of Cruising}}The End of Cruising	co-director; co-writer
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2014	Age of Consent	co-director; co-writer
Short film \|2015 \|Been Too Long At the Fair \|co-producer; co-director; co-writer; editor \| \|7 minutes
Film \|2015 \|Available Light \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
Film \|2016 \|Required Field \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
Documentary \|2016 \|Sex & the Silver Gays \|co-producer, co-director, editor \| \|
Film \|2016 \|This Side of Heaven \|producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor \| \|
Short film \|2017 \|Secret Santa Sex Party \|co-producer, co-director, editor \| \|12 minutes
Film \|2018 \|Squirrels \|producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor \| \|
Film \|2020 \|Goodbye Seventies \|director, producer, writer \| \|
Short film \|2021 \|Swimming to the End of the World \|producer, writer, director, actor \| \|7 minutes
Short film \|2021 \|Covid Summer \|producer, director, editor \| \|3 minutes
Film \|2022 \|F*ed in the Head \|director, writer \| \|
Short film \|2022 \|My Almost First Time \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|4 minutes
Short film \|2022 \|Death Race \|co-director, editor \| \|6 minutes
Documentary \|2023 \|Charles Lum: This is Where I Get Off \|producer, co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|
Film \|2023 \|You Can't Stay Here \|director, writer, producer, actor \| \|
Short film \|2023 \|Last Year at Belvedere \|producer, writer, director, editor \| \|4 minutes
Short film \|2024 \|Desert Cruising \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|4 minutes 20 seconds
Film \|2024 \|Memorabilia \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0894812|Todd Verow}}
[http://www.bangorfilms.com/ Bangor Films] (official website)

Category:Living people

Category:1966 births

Category:Artists from Bangor, Maine

Category:American LGBTQ film directors

Category:LGBTQ people from Maine

Category:Film directors from Maine

Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni

class="wikitable sortable" ! Genre !! Year !! Title !! Credits !! Role !! Notes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|1989	V Is for Violet	producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer		15 minutes
Short film \|1990 \|The Flesh is Willing \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|10 minutes
Short film \|1990 \|The Death of Dottie Love \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|7 minutes
Short film \|1991 \|When I Grow Up I Want To Be a Sex Offender \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|27 minutes
Short film \|1993 \|Built for Endurance \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|7 minutes
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1994	Preen	producer, director, editor, cinematographer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1995	Frisk	director; writer; actor	Blond Man in Bathroom
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1997	Little Shots of Happiness	producer; director; writer; actor	Frances' Husband	Long Island Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner New England Film & Video Festival Innovation and Resourcefulness Award winner Huntington International Film Festival Creative Artist Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1998	Shucking the Curve	director; writer; actor	Neighbor	Nodance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|1999	{{sortname\|The\|Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu}}	director; writer		Chicago Underground Film Festival Silver Jury Award winner Nodance Film Festival Best Director Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2000	{{hs\|Sudden Loss of Gravity}}A Sudden Loss of Gravity	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2000	Once and Future Queen	director; writer		Chicago Underground Film Festival Silver Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2001	Against	director
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2002	Take Away	director; writer
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2002	Face First	director		{{hs\|0}}5 minutes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2003	Fluff	director		{{hs\|0}}2 minutes
Film \|2003 \|Ex-Votos \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2004	Anonymous {{Citation \| last = Kehr \| first = David \| title = With Libido and Ego on Overdrive, A Man Speeds Headlong Into Ruin \| newspaper = New York Times \| date = 2004-06-16 \| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7DF1E30F935A25755C0A9629C8B63}}	director; writer; actor	Todd
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Bulldog in the White House	director; writer; actor	Bulldog	Chicago Underground Film Festival Gold Jury Award winner
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Hooks to the Left	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2006	Vacationland {{Citation \| last=Lee \| first=Nathan \| title='Vacationland' Depicts a Gay Man's Path to College, With Lots of Excess\|newspaper=New York Times\|date=2006-08-02\|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/movies/02vaca.html}}	director; writer; actor	Man in Bar (uncredited)
Film \|2007 \|XX: Where Your Heart Should Be \|producer; director; writer. editor, cinematographer \| \|
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2008	Between Something & Nothing	director; writer; actor	Hotel John
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2009	{{sortname\|The\|Boy with the Sun in His Eyes}}	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	Deleted Scenes	director; writer; actor	John
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	{{hs\|Final Girl}}The Final Girl	director; writer
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2010	Leave Blank	director; writer; actor	Todd
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2011	Bottom	director
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2012	Bad Boy Street	director; writer; actor	Michael
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2012	{{sortname\|The\|Endless Possibility of Sky}}	director; writer; actor	Bagger
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2012	Jacob Sterling	director		{{hs\|0}}7 minutes
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2013	Fire Island 1979	director; writer; actor		{{hs\|0}}8 minutes
valign="top" \| Film	align="center" \|2013	Tumbledown	director; writer; actor	Jay
valign="top" \| Short film	align="center" \|2013	Tom's Gift	co-director		{{hs\|0}}7 minutes
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2013	{{hs\|End of Cruising}}The End of Cruising	co-director; co-writer
valign="top" \| Documentary	align="center" \|2014	Age of Consent	co-director; co-writer
Short film \|2015 \|Been Too Long At the Fair \|co-producer; co-director; co-writer; editor \| \|7 minutes
Film \|2015 \|Available Light \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
Film \|2016 \|Required Field \|producer, director, writer, editor, cinematographer \| \|
Documentary \|2016 \|Sex & the Silver Gays \|co-producer, co-director, editor \| \|
Film \|2016 \|This Side of Heaven \|producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor \| \|
Short film \|2017 \|Secret Santa Sex Party \|co-producer, co-director, editor \| \|12 minutes
Film \|2018 \|Squirrels \|producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor \| \|
Film \|2020 \|Goodbye Seventies \|director, producer, writer \| \|
Short film \|2021 \|Swimming to the End of the World \|producer, writer, director, actor \| \|7 minutes
Short film \|2021 \|Covid Summer \|producer, director, editor \| \|3 minutes
Film \|2022 \|F*ed in the Head \|director, writer \| \|
Short film \|2022 \|My Almost First Time \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|4 minutes
Short film \|2022 \|Death Race \|co-director, editor \| \|6 minutes
Documentary \|2023 \|Charles Lum: This is Where I Get Off \|producer, co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|
Film \|2023 \|You Can't Stay Here \|director, writer, producer, actor \| \|
Short film \|2023 \|Last Year at Belvedere \|producer, writer, director, editor \| \|4 minutes
Short film \|2024 \|Desert Cruising \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|4 minutes 20 seconds
Film \|2024 \|Memorabilia \|co-writer, co-director, editor \| \|