Gene Gregorits
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Justin Gene Gregorits (born 5 November 1976) is an American writer, editor, publisher and convicted sex offender. He founded and published Sex & Guts Magazine, an independent arts and culture journal, that ran from 1997 to 2004. Subsequent works include Johnny Behind The Deuce, Sex & Guts Anthology, Sex & Guts 4, Midnight Mavericks, Dog Days: Volume One, Dog Days: Volume Two, Hatchet Job: The Gene Gregorits Reader, and Fishhook. Gregorits' most recent works have been described as having running themes of poverty, sexual deviance, trauma, mental illness, violence, multi-substance abuse and death.[1] He has said that early influences on his writing included Charles Bukowski and Louis-Ferdinand Céline [2] In 2012 he served as the jury head for the 13th Melbourne Underground Film Festival [3] and was intrumental for Donkey Love, a film about bestiality, being awarded Best Documentary.[4]
Bibliography
- Sex and Guts 4(2002)
- Midnight Mavericks: Reports From The Underground (2007)
- HATCHET JOB: The Gene Gregorits Reader (2012)
- Dog Days: Volume One (2012)
- Dog Days: Volume Two (2013)
- Johnny Behind The Deuce (2013)
- Sex and Guts Anthology (2013)
- Dog Days Omnibus (2013)
- Fishook Volume One (2013)
- The Portland Eight Mile (2014)
- Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File (2014)
- The Portable Gene Gregorits (2014)
- Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Untold Story (2014)
- Intra-Coastal: One Year On St Pete Beach (Volume One) (2014)
- Stretch Marks: My Pennsylvania Hell 1976-1996 (2015)
- Intra-Coastal: One Year On St. Pete Beach (Volume Two) (2015)
- Fishhook Volume Two (2015)
- Dog Days Volume Three (2015)
As a contributing writer
- Chelsea Hotel Manhattan: A Raw Eulogy To A New York Icon (2008) [5]
- Antique Children: A Mischievous Literary Arts Journal (2010)
- Analysing David Peace (Katy Shaw, editor. Cambridge Scholars Publishing) (2011) [6]
Film work
- Born To Lose: The Last Rock'n'Roll Movie (Lech Kowalski, 1999) (graphic designer, promotion)
- Ronni Lee (Ron Athey, 2000) (lead actor)
- Blank Generation (Celine Dahnier, 2006) (actor)
- The Sand Trap (Casey Fischer, 2012) (subject)
- The Second Coming (post-production, 2014) (lead actor)
In popular culture
Mr. Gregorits has had some widespread notoriety after he cut part of his own ear off with a razor blade and ate the severed lobe, while filming the event.[9] On 3 August 2014 Justin Gene Gregorits was arrested for sexual battery[10] and on 12 February 2016 convicted of Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors 16/17 yr old; F.S. 794.05(1).[11]
References
- ^ "Melbourne Underground Film Festival – MUFF 13". Muff.com.au. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ Carver, Lisa (January 27, 2013). "He's Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits | VICE Canada". Vice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Melbourne Underground Film Festival - MUFF 13". www.muff.com.au. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ^ Taylor, Andrew. "Donkey sex gets thumbs-up from censors". Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ^ Alyse (August 20, 2008). "Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose". Blogcritics. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ http://www.c-s-p.org/flyers/978-1-4438-2990-8-sample.pdf
- ^ "Ms.P Chats It Up With Author Gene Gregorits 12/19 by The NTuned Show | Books Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2678700/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
- ^ "NSFW: Mentally ill Florida man cuts off his own earlobe and eats it to promote his books from monastrell_publishing". Funnyordie.com. September 5, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Madeira Beach man charged with sexual battery". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "JUSTIN GREGORITS - Florida Sexual Offender". offender.fdle.state.fl.us. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
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