Brett Wood
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Bret Wood is an Atlanta-based film director
and author
.
His credits include The Little Death
(2010), Psychopathia Sexualis (2006) and Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2002) , released by Kino International
. His award-winning shorts include Judgement (2005), Rapture (2006), Security (2007), and "The Other Half" (2009).
He also co-authored the book Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film with his wife, Felicia Feaster. He edited the books Queen Kelly: The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim and Marihuana, Motherhood and Madness: Three Screenplays from the Exploitation Cinema of Dwain Esper.
In February 2007, his feature-length screenplay The Seventh Daughter was developed as part of Emory University
's Brave New Works festival of plays. It was later named one of the winners of the first annual Atlanta Film Festival
Screenplay Competition.
Film director
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and author
Author
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.
His credits include The Little Death
The little death
La petite mort, French for "the little death", is an idiom and metaphor for orgasm.More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the "life force", the feeling whereof is caused by the...
(2010), Psychopathia Sexualis (2006) and Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2002) , released by Kino International
Kino International
Kino International is a film and video distributor, founded by Bill Pence in 1977. Donald Krim bought Kino just months after its founding and served as president of the company until his death from cancer in 2011. Kino, based in New York City, specializes in art house films, such as low-budget...
. His award-winning shorts include Judgement (2005), Rapture (2006), Security (2007), and "The Other Half" (2009).
He also co-authored the book Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film with his wife, Felicia Feaster. He edited the books Queen Kelly: The Complete Screenplay by Erich von Stroheim and Marihuana, Motherhood and Madness: Three Screenplays from the Exploitation Cinema of Dwain Esper.
In February 2007, his feature-length screenplay The Seventh Daughter was developed as part of Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
's Brave New Works festival of plays. It was later named one of the winners of the first annual Atlanta Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
The Atlanta Film Festival is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1976 and occurring every April, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi...
Screenplay Competition.