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Michael Galinsky is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1969

Michael Galinsky

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Nationality USA
Birth 1969 (55 years)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Michael Galinsky (b. 1969) is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, photographer, and musician who has produced and directed a number of documentaries, several of them in collaboration with his now-wife, Suki Hawley. With their partner David Beilinson, they run a production and distribution company called Rumur.
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Filmography of Michael Galinsky (3 films)

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Director

Scriptwriter

Half-Cocked
Half-Cocked (1994)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Rating68% 3.4422653.4422653.4422653.4422653.442265
Tara Jane O'Neil is growing weary of her life at the Rocket House, a party pad filled with crashing slackers, artists, and rock bands. She works as a ticket taker at a movie theatre and hangs out with a group of friends who are equally aimless, skateboarding through the streets of Louisville, KY, and just generally waiting for their lives to start. Her brother, Otis (Ian Svenonius), is the arrogant lead singer of a local rock group called the Guilloteens (played by other members of Svenonius' band, The Make-Up). One night, after Otis smacks Tara in the face for '[fucking] up [his] encore' during a gig, Tara convinces her pals to hijack the Guilloteens' van (still full of equipment) as revenge, and head off into the night. The next morning, they find themselves in Chattanooga without money or food, so they pose as a touring rock band called Truckstop. Upon entering a record store, they meet the owner, Moses, and talk their way onto the bill of a local punk show. Despite being utterly unfamiliar with the instruments in their hands, they pull off the ruse, and the band they play with, Boondoggle (the band of later June of 44 guitarist Sean Medows), are in awe of their noisy, chaotic sound. Even after their secret is revealed, their hosts give them encouragement and tutoring to allow Truckstop to continue on the road. What starts as a romantic adventure, though, degenerates into bickering, bad luck, and boredom. Eventually, the band members reconcile with one another and play a show with The Grifters, now as a refined and functional band. Their sound, though full of dissonance, now has a sense of melody and structure. Unfortunately, Otis is informed of Tara's whereabouts and sends the police after her. The police catch Tara and she is arrested, in an anti-climactic fashion.

Producer

Battle for Brooklyn
Battle for Brooklyn (2011)
, 1h33
Directed by Michael Galinsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.501493.501493.501493.501493.50149