Jim Riffel

James (Jim) Riffel is a filmmaker from New Jersey.
Career
Riffel graduated from NYU Film School in 1985 and has directed a number of award-winning feature films.
Riffel is best known for his film Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 3.
In December 2010 Riffel announced that he was involved in a film/charity project with writer/producer Mark Zobian and actress Angelica, a.k.a. Insectavora. The three had recently finished the film , Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The Son Of The Bride Of The Return Of The Revenge Of The Terror Of The Attack Of The Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Crawling, Alien, Zombified, Subhumanoid Living Dead - Part 5, and publicly stated on the film's official website that they are offering $10,000.00 and the worldwide rights to the movie to Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Seth MacFarlane, Trey Parker and Matt Stone to review their film. Whichever of these celebrities accepts the offer first will receive the $10,000 to donate to the charity of their choice. Then, after reviewing the film, they will be given the worldwide rights to the movie to sell to any company they choose as long as the money from that sale is, again, donated to the charity of their choice. The film, Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The Son... ...Part 5 is an examination of what was considered appropriate TV family fare in the 1960s and what is considered acceptable television in 2010.
Zobian and Riffel have said that the idea for the charity project came from their attempt to make a documentary on Zell Kravinsky, a utilitarian and real estate investor who gave $45,000,000 (which was nearly all the money he had) to charity. Shortly after that, Kravinsky donated one of his kidneys, stipulating that it had to go to a lower income African American.
In December 2010 Riffel also announced that in addition to Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The Son... ...Part 5, he will be donating the worldwide rights to four other feature films he wrote and directed, three “true story” screenplays, a book, and a DVD/CD collection of music and music videos. These projects include:
:Black-Eyed Susan, a feature film which won the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film at The Garden State Film Festival, and for which actor Erik Van Wyck won the Best Actor Award at The Pocono Mountains Film Festival. The film also won the award for Best Cinematography at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
: Howard Stern: Shut Up And Listen, a feature length documentary on radio shock-jock Howard Stern. The film won the Silver Award at The Philadelphia Film Festival and is the only feature length documentary ever made on Stern.
: Meeting The Beautiful people, a feature length documentary on America’s obsession with fame and the famous. Aired on The Sundance Channel in the United States and The Bravo Channel in Canada.
: Shot, a feature length documentary on a man who broke the Guinness World Record for non-stop piano playing, tickling the ivories for more than 53 straight hours.
: Blind Tom, a screenplay based on the life of an African American born into slavery both blind and autistic. In 1852, at age three, he was discovered to be a prodigy on the piano and was soon touring all over the world. At age 11 he played at the White House for President James Buchanan. By the time he was 16 Blind Tom he had made the equivalent, in today’s currency rates, of $25,000,000 for his owner, General James Neil Bethune, and is today considered to be one of the greatest pianists in history. Blind Tom died penniless and still legally enslaved in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1908.
:The Girl In The Trunk, a screenplay based on the true story of a woman found dismembered in a luggage trunk at London’s Victoria Station in 1927.
His screenplay “The Murder Trust” was optioned by Harvey Keitel and was recently in development with Ethan Hawke.
Filmography
;As writer/director/producer
* Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror (1991)
* Dead Dudes in the House (1991) (writer/director/producer)
* Howard Stern: Shut Up and Listen (1997)
* Black-Eyed Susan (2004)
* Mass of Angels (2004)
* Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 3 (2005)

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