#1: From interview [by Craft Truck]

 

   


WILLIAM REXER II

 

Born: c. 1964, as William Rexer II, son of theater prod Robert W. Rexer [1922-2009] and Francine Rexer-Barrera, owner of the Rexer-Parkes clothing stores.

Education: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA [graduated in 1986].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Simon Blake [for AT&T, United Airlines, etc.], Nicholas Barker [for Kmart, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, travelchannel.de, etc.], Buddy Cone, a.o.

Ph music videos dir by Thom Zimny ['Pay Me My Money Down'; a: Bruce Springsteen], a.o.

Married [2001-] to film prod Dallas Jessica Brennan.


 

 FILMS

1989

Mr. Hoover and I [Emile de Antonio] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/90m; cph: Matt Mindlin & Morgan Wesson

1992

When God Doesn't Listen [Ana Coyne Alonso] ?; doc/10m

1993

The Trials of Darryl Hunt [Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg] 8mm+16mm+dv-to-35mm/c; doc/118m; 16mm ph; addph (dv): John Foster, Alan Jacobsen & Shannon Kennedy; + co-prod; filmed 1993-2004; released in 2006

1993

Juliette of the Herbs [Tish Streeten] 16mm/c; doc/75m; cph: Brian Danitz; addph: Michael Hanitchak & T. Streeten; + co-sound (1992); filmed 1991-95; released in 1998

1993

Side by Side: Women Against AIDS in Zimbabwe [Peter Davis] c; doc/47m

1995

A, B, C... Manhattan [Amir Naderi] c; + co-prod

1995

Belly Talkers [Sandra Luckow] c; doc/57m

1995

In My Corner [Ricki Stern] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/59m; + co-prod; filmed 1995-97

1995

White Dresses/Vestidos blancos [Ana Coyne Alonso] b&w; doc/33m; addph: A. Coyne Alonso & Raphael Ruiz

1996

Unmade Beds [Nicholas Barker] c; doc/97m

1998

Things We Do [Chris Eyre] c; music video/5m; cph: Cindy Stillwell

1999

Arctic Dance: The Mardy Murie Story/Mardy Murie: Arctic Dance [Bonnie Kreps] b&w-c; doc/75m; cph: Sandy Ostertag

1999

Il mio viaggio in Italia/My Voyage to Italy [Martin Scorsese] b&w-c; doc/246m; cph: Phil Abraham

1999

Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton/Listening with the Eyes [Julian Benedikt] s16-35bu/c; doc/81m; cph: Matthew Clark

1999

Famous/Lisa Picard Is Famous [Griffin Dunne] dv+16mm+s16+35mm-to-35mm/c; mockumentary/87m

2000

David Blaine: Fearless [Roger Goodman] c/V; cph: Jacob Septimus; comp of David Blaine tv-specials 'Magic Man' (see Television 1998), 'Frozen in Time' (see Television 2000) & 'Street Magic'

2001

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today [Katy Chevigny] c; doc/57m; addph; ph: Kirsten Johnson

2001

Love Thy Brother [Ralph Macchio] c; short/10m

2001

Dreams [seg 'Minotaur' dir by Simon Blake] HD (Sony)/c; 8 seg; prod by agency Young & Rubicam to get commercial directors interested in shooting HD

2001

Today I Found Out [Griffin Dunne] c; short/9m; prod for Scenarios USA

2002

Conjuring Women [Buzz Hays] doc project started raising funds in 1999; status unknown

2002

Not On My Watch [Robert Gillanze] c

2003

Book of Love/Nights in Phnom Penh [Alan Brown] s16/c

2003

With All Deliberate Speed [- A Look at the Landmark Brown vs. The Board of Education] [Peter Gilbert] HD/b&w (archive) + c; doc/110m; cph: Richard Oakes, P. Gilbert & Joe Arcidiacono

2003

Looking for Kitty [Edward Burns] dv/c

2003

Poster Boy [Zak Tucker & (reshoots) Anthony Nicholich] dv-to-35mm/c; cph: Luke Geissbuhler & Wolfgang Held

2003

Fahrenheit 9/11 [Michael Moore] dv-to-35mm/c; doc/122m; co-addph; ph: Mike Desjarlais

2004

Fierce People [Griffin Dunne] c; aph: David Norris

2004

Prime [Ben Younger] c

2004

The Trials of Darryl Hunt [see 1993]

2004

Play Your Own Thing - Auf den Spuren des Jazz in Europa [Julian Benedikt] c; doc/90m (2x 60m for tv); cph: Frank Griebe, a.o.; filmed 2004-05

2005

Wings for Wheels: The Making of 'Born to Run' [Thom Zimny] c/V; doc/90m

2005

The Groomsmen [Edward Burns] c

2005

Superheroes [Alan Brown] c; cph: Learan Kahanov

2006

The Devil Came on Horseback [Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg] dv-to-35mm/c; doc/85m; cph: Phil Cox, Jerry Risius, a.o.

2006

I Think I Love My Wife [Chris Rock (replaced Charles Stone III)] c; uncred reshoots ph: Peter Deming

2006

Purple Violets [Edward Burns] c; first direct-to-digital release on Apple's iTunes Store website

2006

Crazy Love [Dan Klores & (co-dir) Fisher Stevens] 16mm-35bu/b&w-c; doc/92m; co-addph; ph: Wolfgang Held & Claudia Raschke-Robinson

2006

The Accidental Husband [Griffin Dunne] c

2008

My Soul to Take [Wes Craven] s35/c; addph; ph: Petra Korner

2008

Tony [Grant Heslov] c; short/13m; prod for The Responsibility Project sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance

2008

Pushing the Elephant [Beth Davenport & Elizabeth Mandel] dv/c; doc/84m; addph New York; ph: B. Davenport, Ari Palos (Phoenix), Camilla Turner (Africa), a.o.; released in 2010

2008

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work [Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg] c; doc/84m; addph; ph: Charles Miller & Guy Mossman

2009

No Woman, No Cry [Christy Turlington Burns] dv/c; doc/60m; co-addph USA (studio interview); ph: Kirsten Johnson

2009

Nice Guy Johnny [Edward Burns] RED/c; + co-prod

2009

Ceremony [Max Winkler] c

2010

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town [Thom Zimny] HD/b&w-c; mus doc/85m; addph: Dillon DeWaters, Aaron Phillips, a.o.; + archive footage (1976-78)

2010

Something Borrowed [Luke Greenfield] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; co-2uc; ph: Charles Minsky

2010

Movie 43/Truth or Dare [seg 'iBabe' dir by Steven Brill, 'Veronica/CVS' dir by Griffin Dunne, 'Find Our Daughter' (apparently cut from the film) dir by Bob Odenkirk & 'Homeschooled' dir by Will Graham] RED-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 14 seg; other ph: Matthew Leonetti, Daryn Okada, Newton Thomas Sigel, Eric Scherbarth, Mattias Andersson Rudh, Steve Gainer, Frank DeMarco & Tim Suhrstedt; released in 2013

2010

Newlyweds [Edward Burns] HD (Canon EOS 5D)/c; shot in 12 days spread out over months to accommodate the actors' schedules

2010

Friends with Kids [Jennifer Westfeldt] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-digital/c; filmed 2010-11

2012

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas [Edward Burns] c; add cam: Adam Miller & Nicolas Newbold

2015

Circus Kid [Lorenzo Pisoni] c; doc/69m

 

 TELEVISION & INTERNET

1991

Neglect Not the Children [Ricki Stern] doc/57m; cph: Peter Davis; + co-prod

1996

Blue Note [- A Story of Modern Jazz] [Julian Benedikt & Andreas Missler-Morell] mus doc/b&w-c/113m; cph: Georg Steinweh, Torsten Heuer, a.o.

1997

John Denver: Let This Be a Voice [Sandy Ostertag] doc/60m; addph: Shane Moore, Mark Stouffer, a.o.; ep PBS-tv doc series 'Nature'

1997

Split Screen [ep #9 (seg #1) 'The Cinemoids' dir by Karl Bourke] film magazine series, 1997-2001, for the Independent Film Channel

1998

David Blaine: Magic Man [Harmony Korine] special/60m

1998

Private Dicks: Men Exposed [Thom Powers & Meema Spadola] doc/b&w-c/56m; ep HBO-tv series 'America Undercover' (1999)

1999

Our House [: A Documentary] [: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents] [Meema Spadola] doc/56m; cph: Victoria Ford & Scott Sinkler; for PBS-tv

1999

Obsession with Orchids [Tim Shepherd] doc/60m; cph: T. Shepherd; ep PBS-tv doc series 'Nature'

2000

Nickellennium [Linda Schaffer] doc/1440m (24 hours) + edited version (90m); cph: Jonathan Furmanski

2000

Napoleon [David Grubin] 4-part (x 60m) doc/b&w-c; addph; ph: James Callanan; ep PBS-tv series 'Empires'

2000

The Vagina Monologues [Eve Ensler] special/75m; cph: Dan Stoloff; ep HBO-tv series 'America Undercover' (2002)

2000

David Blaine: Frozen in Time [Roger Goodman] special/60m

2000

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided [David Grubin] 3-part doc/360m; co-addph; ph: James Callanan; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' (2001)

2001

The Hire [Ben Younger] dv/c; 5 interactive 2m shorts: 'The Car Thief and the Hit Man', 'The Hit Man and the Investigator', 'The Investigator and the Man in the Tan Jacket', 'The Man in the Tan Jacket and the Hotel Maid' & 'The Hotel Maid and the Package'; made for the internet film series 'The Hire' for carmaker BMW

2001

Lost [exec prod: David Dugan & Nancy Stern] reality series, 2001-02; cph: Kenneth Carlson, Sarah Cawley, Ken Woo, a.o.; 2uc: Robert Barocci & Christian Hoagland

2002

The Cosby Show: A Look Back [Nancy Stern] doc/120m; co-addph; ph: Jeff Christian

2003

Art in the Twenty-First Century [ep #6 'Loss & Desire' (cons dir: Charles Atlas) & #7 'Time' (prod: Catherine Tatge)] 28-part doc series, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012 & 2014; 2nd season, 2003 (4 ep); cph: Dyanna Taylor (#6), Bob Elfstrom (#6-7), Mead Hunt (#6-7), Nancy Schreiber (#7), Tom Hurwitz (#7), a.o.; for PBS-tv

2004

A Cut Above [?] special/mdv; cph: Derek McKane

2006

China: From Red to Green? [Tad Fettig] ep #5 (HD/26m; 1st season) of PBS-tv doc series 'e² Design'; addph; ph: Robert Humphreys

2009

The Lynch Pin [Edward Burns] 10-part (x 3-6m) series; + co-prod; for internet (Goldenharp.net)

2009

Mercy [ep #1 'Can We Get That Drink Now?' dir by Adam Bernstein] 22-part series/HD (Genesis), 2009-10; other ph: Frank Prinzi & Dejan Georgevich

2010

Bruce Springsteen: A Conversation with His Fans [Thom Zimny] doc/30m

2011

Pan Am [various] 14-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2011-12; addph; ph: John Lindley (pilot/35mm) & Ron Fortunato

2012

Next Caller/Satellites [Marc Buckland (pilot) & Adam Bernstein] 6-part (4 ep were completed) series; NBC-tv cancelled the show before airing

2013

Middle Age Rage [Julie Anne Robinson] pilot/HD; for ABC-tv

2014

Public Morals [Edward Burns] 10-part series/RED Epic Dragon, 2015; for TNT-tv

2015

The Get Down [13 ep dir by various] series/b&w-c/RED Epic Dragon, 2016-present; 1st season, 2016 (13 ep); for Netflix

2016

The Blacklist: Redemption [ep #4 'Operation Davenport' dir by John Terlesky] series, 2017

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1992

Manhattan by Numbers [Amir Naderi] c.asst; ph: James Callanan

1992

Scenes from the New World [Gordon Eriksen & Heather Johnston] special thanks; ph: Armando Basulto

1994

Blessing [Paul Zehrer] 2u c.asst; ph: Stephen Kazmierski

1994

FDR [David Grubin; 2-part tv-doc] co-c.asst; ph: Roger Phenix & William McCullough; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' (1994)

1996

TR - The Story of Theodore Roosevelt [David Grubin & Geoffrey Ward; 4-part tv-doc] co-c.asst; ph: James Callanan, Roger Phenix & William McCullough; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' (1996)

1996

El domini del sentits/El dominio de los sentidos/Domain of the Sense [5 seg dir by 5 women] co-c.asst; ph: James Callanan, Núria Roldos, a.o.

1997

Truman [David Grubin; 3-part tv-doc] co-c.asst; ph: James Callanan, Roger Phenix & William McCullough; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' (1997)

1998

America 1900 [David Grubin; 4-part tv-doc] co-c.asst; ph: James Callanan & William McCullough; ep PBS-tv series 'American Experience' (1998)

2003

Deadline [Katy Chevigny & Kirsten Johnson; doc] co-thanks; ph: Kirsten Johnson