Jacqueline Castel
Jacqueline Castel is an American-born French-Canadian[1][2] film director, screenwriter, and curator based in New York City.[3][4][5] Castel's work has screened at the Sundance Film Festival,[4] South by Southwest,[6] the Sitges Film Festival,[7] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam,[8] and she has written for and directed such established auteurs as John Carpenter[9] and Jim Jarmusch,[10] and has collaborated with David Lynch and Stella McCartney.[11][12] She is the in-house director for the record label Sacred Bones Records,[5] and has directed music videos for Zola Jesus,[13] The Soft Moon,[14] and Pharmakon.[15]
In 2011, Fader magazine named Castel a "Video Director to Watch,"[16] and in 2012, she released early short film Twelve Dark Noons as the first film release on the Sacred Bones imprint, which premiered at South by Southwest.[17] Castel's short film The Puppet Man world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and featured the acting debut of fashion model Crystal Renn.[18] Her 2014 short documentary 13 Torches For A Burn focused on the contemporary underground Danish music scene, and spotlighted the punk band Iceage.[19] In 2016, Castel began work as director on the feature-length documentary A Message from the Temple, about Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, featuring English experimental singer and performance artist Genesis P-Orridge.[20][21] She co-wrote an erotic thriller with Sasha Grey that Castel will be directing in Tokyo,[22] and she will also be directing supernatural drama My Animal, from a script written by Jae Matthews of electronic group Boy Harsher.[23]
Music videos
Castel has directed the following:
- Blank Dogs - "Setting Fire To Your House"[24]
- Gary War - "Highspeed Drift"[25]
- Jim Jarmusch & Jozef van Wissem - "Etimasia"[26]
- Pharmakon - "Devour"[29]
- Pop. 1280 - "Step Into The Grid"[31]
- The Soft Moon - "Insides"[14]
- Zola Jesus - "Clay Bodies"[32]
- Zola Jesus - "Exhumed"[33]
- Zola Jesus - "Nail"[34]
- Zola Jesus - "Night"[35]
- Zola Jesus - "Sea Talk"[36]
- Zola Jesus - "Seekir"[37]
- Zola Jesus - "Vessel"[38]
- U.S. Girls - "Red Ford Radio"[39]
References
- "Sound & Vision: Pharmakon—Devour". Nowness. London, UK. September 6, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Pitch: First Films". Nouveau Cinema. Montreal, Canada. October 14, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Ramachandran, Naman (December 11, 2017). "'Mihara,' 'Savage,' 'Without a Head' Named as Macau Project Winners". Variety. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Projects: The Puppet Man". Los Angeles, CA: Sundance Institute. January 22, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "An Evening With Sacred Bones Records". SXSW.com. Austin, TX. March 13, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Gensler, Andy (October 4, 2016). "Sacred Bones and Dais Records Announce Psychic TV, Thee Temple Documentary: Exclusive". Billboard. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Various Authors (July 10, 2017). "The Final Girls Present: We Are The Weirdos". SitgesFilmFestival.com. Sitges, Spain. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Various Directors: The Eyeslicer Season Two at IFFR". IFFR.com. Rotterdam, Netherlands. September 16, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Shorts: Dark and Delicious". CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org. Calgary, Alberta. January 22, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Gentile, John (November 8, 2013). "Jim Jarmusch Watches the Thrones on 'Etimasia' – Premiere". Rolling Stone. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Nowness Editors (August 22, 2018). "Curtains Up". Nowness. London, UK. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Stella McCartney Unveils "Curtains Up" - A film Celebrating Transcendental Meditation by Tête-à-Tête To support the David Lynch Foundation". StellaMcCartney.com. Paris, France. August 22, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Zola Jesus Video Premiere: Seekir". Dazed. July 9, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Breihan, Tom (March 4, 2013). "The Soft Moon – "Insides" Video (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Minsker, Evan (July 30, 2014). "Pharmakon Announces New Album 'Bestial Burden'". Pitchfork. Chicago, IL. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- The Fader Editorial Staff (December 16, 2011). "Video Directors to Watch". The Fader. New York, NY. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Hockley-Smith, Sam (May 20, 2010). "Twelve Dark Noons Could Be The Next Avatar If You Help Out". The Fader. New York, NY. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Dempsey, Jeff (January 21, 2016). "'Puppet Man' comes to terrorize Sundance". Park Record. Park City, UT. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Teh, Terence (November 8, 2014). "Nowness Shorts: 13 Torches for a Burn". Nowness. London, UK. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- i-D Staff (October 5, 2016). "The Untold Story Of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth Gets The Documentary Treatment". i-D. London, UK. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Cush, Andy (October 4, 2016). "Watch the Sinister Trailer for a New Documentary About Psychic TV". Spin. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Ramachandran, Naman (December 11, 2017). "'Mihara,' 'Savage,' 'Without a Head' Named as Macau Project Winners". Variety. New York, NY. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Malyk, Lauren (June 14, 2016). "Seven Canadian titles set for Frontieres at Fantasia". Playback. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Korsgaard, Mathias Bonde (May 26, 2017). "Music Video List". Music Video After MTV. ISBN 9781317208327. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Hockley-Smith, Sam (September 15, 2009). "Video Premiere: Gary War, "Highspeed Drift"". The Fader. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Gentile, John (November 8, 2013). "Jim Jarmusch Watches the Thrones on 'Etimasia' – Premiere". Rolling Stone. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Stosuy, Brandon (March 11, 2010). "Moon Duo – "Killing Time" Video". Stereogum. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Myers, Owen (October 4, 2016). "Pharmakon: The heart of noise". Dazed. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Devour: A Night With Pharmakon + A Screening Of Society". Roxy Cinema. New York, NY. September 4, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Shapiro, Benjamin (May 17, 2012). "Here's Pop. 1280's Brutal New Video For "Bodies In The Dunes"". Vice. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Pop. 1280 (June 9, 2011). "Step Into The Grid". FUTUREPRIMITVEFILMS YouTube Channel. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Escobedo Shepherd, Julianne (October 28, 2009). "Video: Zola Jesus, "Clay Bodies"". The Fader. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Zola Jesus (August 3, 2017). "Zola Jesus Announces New Reissue, Shares "Exhumed" Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Chicago, IL. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Camp, Zoe (August 27, 2015). "Zola Jesus Experiences Sensory Deprivation in "Nail" Video". Pitchfork. Chicago, IL. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Della Gherardesca, Costantino (June 6, 2010). "Zola Jesus". Vogue Italia. Milan, Italy. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "The Top Music Videos of 2010". Pitchfork. Chicago, IL. December 1, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Etheart, Zack (July 9, 2012). "Zola Jesus's 'Seekir' Video: White-Out!". Interview. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Branch, Kathryn (October 3, 2011). "Now Playing: Zola Jesus's 'Vessel'". New York Times' T Magazine. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Cush, Andy (February 1, 2010). "Video Premiere: U.S. Girls, "Red Ford Radio"". The Fader. New York, NY. Retrieved May 8, 2020.