Jim Van Bebber is an American film director. Van Bebber attended Wright State University

Wright State University

Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...

 where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn

Deadbeat at Dawn

Deadbeat at Dawn is a a low budget film written and directed by Jim Van Bebber and starring Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, and Marc Pitman. The film depicts a street gang leader setting out for revenge against a rival street gang.- Plot :...

, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. The Manson Family

The Manson Family (film)

The Manson Family is a 2003 American crime drama film. The film covers the lives of Charles Manson and his "family" of followers.-Overview:...

 took more than ten years to complete.

Van Bebber is currently involved in the production of a film about Al Capone

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...

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Trivia

Van Bebber has directed music videos for bands such as Pantera

Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

, Superjoint Ritual

Superjoint Ritual

Superjoint Ritual was an American heavy metal band formed by Phil Anselmo, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III, and Kevin Bond. Their style can be considered a mix of Pantera's style of groove metal and hardcore punk. A small trace of black metal...

, Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

 and Necrophagia

Necrophagia

Necrophagia is an American death metal band. The group was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 and are credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre. The group was founded by Frank Pucci...

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Van Bebber won a scholarship to film school based on his eight-millimeter kung fu epic Into the Black, a prototype for Deadbeat at Dawn.

Filmography

• Down
  Down
  Down may refer to:* Relative direction, where down is the direction towards the centre of gravity of a celestial object.* Railroad directions, where down and up have locally significant meanings...
  
  : Diary of a mad band Documentary" (2010)
• The Manson Family
  The Manson Family (film)
  The Manson Family is a 2003 American crime drama film. The film covers the lives of Charles Manson and his "family" of followers.-Overview:...
  
   (2003)
• Video Collection (1984–1992) (1996)
• Doper (1994)
• My Sweet Satan (1994)
• Roadkill: The Last Days of John Martin (1994)
• Kata (1990)
• Deadbeat at Dawn
  Deadbeat at Dawn
  Deadbeat at Dawn is a a low budget film written and directed by Jim Van Bebber and starring Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, and Marc Pitman. The film depicts a street gang leader setting out for revenge against a rival street gang.- Plot :...
  
  (1988)
• Farm Of Frankenstein (2009)

External links

• Interview with Van Bebber about The Manson Family