Kansas Bowling
Kansas Bowling | |
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Born | Hollywood, California, U.S. | August 2, 1996
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actress |
Years active | 2015-present |
Known for | B.C. Butcher |
Kansas Bowling (born August 2, 1996) is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actress. She is best known for directing B.C. Butcher (2016) and acting in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life
Bowling was born and raised in Hollywood, California.[6] At age 13, she received a Super 8 film camera as a Christmas gift and immediately started shooting short films with her sister.
Career
B.C. Butcher
Bowling directed B.C. Butcher (2016) starring Kato Kaelin, Rodney Bingenheimer, Natasha Halevi, and Kadeem Hardison. The film was produced by Lloyd Kaufman and distributed by Troma Entertainment on their streaming service Troma Now on VHX.[7]
The movie had its theatrical premiere on March 3, 2016, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California.[8] The premiere had a musical performance by Count Smokula and Ron Jeremy.
Bowling was the first inductee into the Troma Institute For Gifted Youth[9] and listed as one of W Magazine's 42 up-and-comers in their April 2016 "Next in Line" issue.[10]
Bowling has stated that B.C. Butcher is inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Switchblade Sisters, Raquel Welch, Doris Wishman, and Joey Ramone.[11][12] Critics have described B.C. Butcher as a "feminist slasher movie".[13]
Music videos
Bowling has directed over 25 music videos for various artists (shot on 8mm or 16mm film).
In the music video for Kat Meoz's "Here I Wait", Bowling shot the only existing footage of Richard Brautigan's papier-mâché bird Willard who was the subject of his 1975 novel Willard and His Bowling Trophies.[14]
On April 13, 2018, German band Drangsal released a controversial video for their song "Magst Du Mich" directed by and starring Bowling and her sister Parker Love Bowling referencing pizzagate conspiracy theories and acting as "Hillary Clinton's sex slaves".[15][16][17]
On August 15, 2018, Rolling Stone released a video Bowling directed for the Death Valley Girls' song "Disaster (Is What We're After)".[18] The video is four minutes of musician Iggy Pop eating a hamburger.[19][20] The video is an homage to Jørgen Leth's 1982 film 66 Scenes of America, where Andy Warhol eats a hamburger.[21] Yahoo Entertainment named it one of their favorite videos of the year.[22]
On October 2, 2018, Stereogum premiered another video Bowling directed for the Death Valley Girls for their song "One Less Thing (Before I Die)".[23] Bowling attended the home-made rocket launch for the daredevil and limo driver Mad Mike Hughes and filmed his successful attempt at launching in the sky.[24] Included in the video is footage from Noize TV of Mad Mike Hughes kissing Bowling after being put on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.[25]
Galore Magazine premiered a video October 26, 2018, Bowling directed for the band Collapsing Scenery's song "Resort Beyond the Last Resort". The video is based on Boyd Rice's 1994 pro-rape manifesto "Revolt Against Penis Envy" which appeared in the controversial Answer Me! magazine. The video reverses the narrative of the essay and has Rice getting raped by a woman.[26]
Acting
Bowling and her sister Parker Love Bowling starred in Jared Master's biblical period film Absolute Vow alongside Aki Aleong. The film was deemed controversial for mixing exploitive themes with religion.[27][28]
June 22, 2017, Bowling appeared on season 2; episode 3 of the Viceland show Party Legends directed by Lance Bangs. Kansas' segment, "Swat Team Believer", is about a time she went to a concert by The Monkees and after meeting Michael Nesmith accidentally gets caught in a SWAT shoot-out.[29] The episode is titled "Breaking Bad Vibes" and also features Theophilus London, Derek Waters, Nikki Glaser, and Duncan Trussell.[30]
In 2018, Bowling produced and acted in the short film Swamp Women Kissing Booth which went on to be nominated in both the Austin Spotlight Film Festival and the Los Angeles CineFest. Swamp Women Kissing Booth was the first film to feature actress Kathleen Hughes, star of It Came from Outer Space, in a starring role since 1958.[31][32]
In 2019, she portrayed Sandra Good, a member of the Manson family, in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and appeared in Glenn Danzig's Verotika[33] as well.
In early 2020, The Killers released a music video for their first single "Caution" off their new album Imploding the Mirage starring Bowling and Griffin Dunne.[34]
In 2020, Bowling starred as the protagonist, Nancy Banana alongside Bill Weeden in the parody film, Psycho Ape!.[35][36]
Personal life
She is the older sister of actress Parker Love Bowling.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Writer | Director | Actor | Producer | Role |
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2003 | Klepto | No | No | Yes | No | Nick's daughter |
2016 | B.C. Butcher | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Model |
2016 | The Bridemaker | No | No | Yes | No | Bride |
2016 | How the Wrong Brothers Saved Christmas | No | No | Yes | No | Antonia |
2017 | Absolute Vow | No | No | Yes | Yes | Bithiah |
2017 | Curious Females | No | No | Yes | No | Tara |
2017 | Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story | No | No | Yes | No | Radio Engineer |
2018 | What We Leave Behind | No | No | Yes | No | Emma |
2018 | Swamp Women Kissing Booth | No | No | Yes | Yes | Sissy |
2018 | Reagitator: Revenge of the Parody | No | No | Yes | No | Nancy the Demon Cheerleader |
2018 | Primitiva | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Katrina |
2019 | Verotika | No | No | Yes | No | Young Peasant Girl |
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | No | No | Yes | No | "Blue" |
2022 | Cuddly Toys | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Professor Kansas Bowling |
Television
Year | Title | Episode | Writer | Director | Actor |
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2017 | Party Legends | "Breaking Bad Vibes" (S1E3)[37] | No | No | Yes |
2018 | Adi Shankar's Gods and Secrets | TBA | No | No | Yes |
Music videos
Year | Song | Artist | Credit |
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2014 | "So Long" | Alyeska | Director |
2015 | "You Needed to Know" | CTZNSHP | Director |
2016 | "Post Teenage Angst" | Kill My Coquette | Director |
2016 | "Disco" | Death Valley Girls | Director |
2016 | "Bloom" | Papa M | Director |
2017 | "Spin Spin" | Tilli | Director |
2017 | "Flesh Flower Dream" | Tilli | Director |
2017 | "Always" | The Fontaines | Director |
2017 | "Dd" | Taffy | Director |
2017 | "Forever Blue" | The Moonkids | Director |
2017 | "L.A. Don't Love You" | Kat Meoz | Director |
2017 | "Murkiii" | Taffy | Director |
2017 | "Never Slow Down" | Livingmore | Director |
2017 | "The Jester" | Silas Nello | Director |
2017 | "Christmas in Hollywood" | Kat Meoz | Director |
2018 | "Disaster (Is What We're After)" | Death Valley Girls | Director |
2018 | "The Resort Beyond the Last Resort" | Collapsing Scenery | Director |
2018 | "Burn Down the Cornfield" | Collapsing Scenery | Director |
2018 | "Modern World" | Collapsing Scenery | Director |
2018 | "Here I Wait" | Kat Meoz | Director |
2018 | "Magst du mich" | Drangsal | Director |
2018 | "(One Less Thing) Before I Die" | Death Valley Girls | Director |
2018 | "Trashworld" | Surfbort | Director |
2018 | "Diamond Nights" | Lauren Rocket | Director |
2019 | "Falling" | CRX | Director |
2019 | "Get Close" | CRX | Director |
2019 | "The Bold One" | Kristeen Young | Director |
2020 | "Caution" | The Killers | Actor |
2020 | "Beam Me Up" | Lauren Rocket | Director |
2022 | "You Already Know” | Collapsing Scenery | Director |
References
- ^ "Q&A: Director Kansas Bowling Discusses Her Prehistoric Slasher Film B.C. BUTCHER". December 11, 2015.
- ^ "FOR THE LOVE OF GORE: A CONVERSATION WITH TEENAGE FILMMAKER KANSAS BOWLING".
- ^ "Troma's Latest Horror Comedy, BC Butcher, Was Directed by a 17-Year-Old Girl". January 6, 2016.
- ^ "IFH 059: How a 17 yr old Directed & Sold Her 1st Feature on 16mm Film". March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Young Director crowdfunds 16mm Cavewomen slasher,"THE B.C. BUTCHER"".
- ^ "For the Love of Gore: A Conversation With Teenage Filmmaker Kansas Bowling". autre.love. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "B.C. Butcher". Troma NOW. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "THEATRICAL WORLD-PREMIERE OF 17 YEAR OLD KANSAS BOWLING'S "B.C. BUTCHER" – Troma". troma.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Announcing the TROMA INSTITUTE FOR GIFTED YOUTH". November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Kansas Bowling Makes W Magazine's Who's Next List".
- ^ "KANSAS BOWLING (Director of B.C. Butcher) – Count Jackula Interviews". YouTube.
- ^ "BC Butcher: Kansas Bowling | Ron Jeremy | Rodney Bingenheimer". YouTube.
- ^ "Review: B.C. Butcher Is A Tromatic Feminist Slasher Movie – Wicked Horror". wickedhorror.com. February 1, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Garage Rocker Kat Meoz Searches for Postmodern Literary Legend's Muse on "Here I Wait" (premiere)". popmatters.com. January 18, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Drangsal - Magst du Mich –". April 14, 2018.
- ^ "Dank Drangsals neuem Video zu "Magst du mich" ekeln wir uns plötzlich vor Pizza". vice.com. April 13, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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- ^ Blistein, Jon (August 15, 2018). "Watch Iggy Pop Casually Eat a Hamburger in New Death Valley Girls Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "This Video of Iggy Pop Eating a Burger is the Anti-ASMR You Didn't Know You Needed". Munchies. August 16, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "Iggy Pop Recreates Famous Andy Warhol Hamburger Eating Scene for New Music Video". Food & Wine. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "Watch Iggy Pop Recreate "Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger" in New Video | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. August 15, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "The 20 best music videos of 2018". yahoo.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Death Valley Girls – "(One Less Thing) Before I Die" Video". Stereogum. October 2, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ Oberhaus, Daniel; Maiberg, Emanuel (March 26, 2018). "Flat Earther Survives Rocket Launch, Earth Still Round". Motherboard. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ Kamp, Justin (October 5, 2018). "Death Valley Girls Share Video for "(One Less Thing) Before I Die"". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ Koczon, Mallie (October 26, 2018). "This young, female director just created this unreal video for Collapsing Scenery". Galore. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "News: Biblical 'Epic' Exploitation Film Absolute Vow Unleashes Mad Trailer". January 30, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Bizarre Biblical shocker 'Absolute Vow' is now available on Amazon Prime – HorrorFix – Horror Movie News Reviews and More!". horror-fix.com. January 21, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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- ^ "Party Legends | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "Video Licks: Enjoy The Cautionary Tale of SWAMP WOMEN KISSING BOOTH – Comedy Cake". comedycake.com. January 23, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Kansas & Parker Bowling from B-Movie Mania". stitcher.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Three disc release of Danzig's anthology film Verotika up for pre-order". January 7, 2020.
- ^ Bloom, Madison (March 20, 2020). "Watch the Killers' New "Caution" Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Lanier, Hunter (October 17, 2020). "Psycho Ape! | Film Threat".
- ^ "Watching Movies - Psycho Ape - Without Your Head". withoutyourhead.com.
- ^ "Breaking Bad Vibes". Viceland. Retrieved August 20, 2018.