Chris Moukarbel

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Chris Moukarbel

Born January 1, 1978 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA (age 48)

Chris Moukarbel (born in 1978; New Haven) is a documentary film director, writer, producer and contemporary artist. His first feature documentary Me at the Zoo (Me @ The Zoo) premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and was acquired by HBO Documentaries. The film charts the rise of YouTube and tells the story of an early viral Internet celebrity, Chris Crocker of “Leave Britney …

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Gaga: Five Foot TwoGaga: Five Foot Two · 2017
Gaga: Five Foot Two
7.42017
MovieMusicDocumentary
Follow pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a new album, preps for her Super Bowl halftime show, and confronts physical and emotional struggles.
WigWig · 2019
Wig
5.82019
MovieDocumentary
Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today.
Me @ the ZooMe @ the Zoo · 2012
Me @ the Zoo
4.22012
MovieDocumentary
An intimate look at a controversial young video blogger, regarded by millions as the Internet's first rebel folk hero.
Blue Scuti: Tetris CrasherBlue Scuti: Tetris Crasher · 2025
Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher
2025
MovieDocumentary
Thirteen-year-old Willis Gibson's life changes overnight when he becomes the first person in human history to beat Tetris. This coming-of-age story explores grief, the power of community and the rise of an unexpected internet legend.
Banksy Does New YorkBanksy Does New York · 2014
Banksy Does New York
6.82014
MovieDocumentary
On October 1, 2013, the elusive street artist Banksy launched a month-long residency in New York, an art show he called Better Out Than In. As one new work of art was presented each day in a secret location, a group of fans, called “Banksy Hunters,” took to the streets and blew up social media.
CypherCypher · 2023
Cypher
6.42023
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Cypher is a fictional pseudo-music documentary about the artist Tierra Whack and the conspiracy theory that secret societies run the music world.
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. · 2024
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
2024
MovieDocumentary
A playful and illuminating self-portrait of writer Jeremy O. Harris as he workshops and mines Slave Play, the provocative play that thrust him into the spotlight, with a new cast of young actors from New York’s William Esper Studio.
Comma BoatComma Boat · 2013
Comma Boat
2013
MovieComedy
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.

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Comma BoatComma Boat · 2013
Comma Boat
2013
MovieComedy
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.

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