- Lucky McKee
Edward Lucky McKeecite news | first = Kim | last = Linekin | title = Nuts in May | url = http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_07.10.03/film/may.php | work =
Eye Weekly | date =July 10 ,2003 | accessdate = 2007-04-22 ] (bornNovember 1 ,1975 inJenny Lind, California ) is an American director, writer, and actor, largely known for the 2002 film "May", which has acquired a cult following. McKee has also directed "Sick Girl", the tenth episode of the first season of the popularShowtime TV series "Masters of Horror ". He directed the movie "The Woods", whichwas released onDVD October 3 , 2006. Lucky McKee also co-directed the hard-to-find horror movie "All Cheerleaders Die ", which is not currently in print.In all of his films, with the exception of "The Woods" in which she only appears in voiceover, actress
Angela Bettis has appeared as a main character. McKee stars in the film, "Roman", for which he also wrote the screenplay. "Roman" was directed by Angela Bettis and released on DVDMarch 27 , 2007. Another frequent collaborator is longtime friendJaye Luckett of the rock groupPoperratic , who has soundtracked all of his films to date under various names, including "Roman".McKee optioned Jack Ketchum's "The Lost" [1] , [2005] and produced the film adaptation directed by Chris Sivertson. McKee also adapted Ketchum's "Red" [2] , and co-directed the film, which premiered out of competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival [3] . Shooting was halted when "Red" was almost completed, with McKee as director, in Los Angeles, in December, 2006. Shooting resumed in Maryland following a hiatus of more than six months, with a different director, Norwegian Trygve Allister Diesen [4] . No explanation has been offered for the shared directing credit.
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* [http://www.horroryearbook.com/2007/03/07/lucky-mckee-interview-w-molly-celaschi/ Horror Yearbook Interview]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0451102/]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0972883/]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sundance_Film_Festival]
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0226148/]
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