DIRECTOR’S NAME: DAVID HENRY GERSON / PRODUCTION COMPANY: CAESURA MEDIA, LLC / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA / DURATION: 17’07 / MUSIC: ‘FAMOUS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES’ BY ULTRA VIOLET / CAST: ISABELLE COLLIN DUFRESNE, AKA ULTRA VIOLET, DAVID HENRY GERSON, SALVADOR DALI, ANDY WARHOL, CANDY DARLING, TAYLOR MEAD, MARCEL DUCHAMP, ED RUSCHA / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID HENRY GERSON
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Ultra Violet, mistress to Salvador Dali and muse to Andy Warhol, reveals in this sixteen minutes documentary her untold tale of spiritual rebirth and her iconic perspective on fame, art, and religion. Includes rare photographs from her past, and Andy Warhol’s screen-test of Ultra Violet from 1965. (“Totally engaging” – Albert Maysles)
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
David Henry Gerson is a New York based actor and filmmaker. He studied English Literature at Columbia University, and he studied acting in London as well as in NY (Meisner and Method techniques). “Ultra Violet for Sixteen Minutes” is his first short film. He is currently completing “American Standard”: a film about a veteran from the war in Afghanistan. www.davidhenrygerson.com
