- Born
- A native of the Midwest, Zack Parker is originally from the small town of Richmond, Indiana where he began making films at age 11. Acquiring a deep passion and interest in film as he grew, Zack went on to study filmmaking at Ball State University in Muncie, IN and later at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. Always returning to the Midwest to shoot his films, Zack has directed and produced 6 shorts, the most recent of which, Deception (2001) debuted at the Slamdunk Film Festival in Park City, Utah in 2001. Inexchange (2006) marked the feature directorial debut for Parker in 2006, a film that went on to much critical acclaim in the horror world, including such horror staples as Fangoria Magazine and Horror.com, and was subsequently released in 15 countries on DVD. After a successful run at such festivals as the Seattle True Independent Film Festival and the Indianapolis International Film Festival, Zack's second feature, Quench (2007), was released in October 2008 by Vanguard Cinema. Again garnering much critical praise, the film won the Award for "Best Director of a Feature Film" at the New York International Independent Film Festival, as well as named "One of the Best Films of the Year!" by Rogue Cinema. Parker's third feature, the perceptual thriller Scalene (2011), starring veteran character actress Margo Martindale, Hanna Hall, and Adam Scarimbolo was released internationally in 2012 by Gravitas Ventures and Breaking Glass Pictures. Winner of several awards, including the "Grand Jury Award for Best Feature" at Dances with Films in Los Angeles, the film went on to be deemed a Critic's Pick by The New York Times and Filmmaker Magazine. Parker is currently in post-production on Proxy (2013), a European-style dramatic thriller starring Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, and Joe Swanberg.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseLaura Carter(August 23, 2003 - present) (3 children)
- I've always been a huge admirer of Stanley Kubrick .. It's about what's interesting, not what's reality. I once heard a quote from him saying, 'Our job is to take the photograph of the photograph'.
- I like an evolving relationship with the characters when I'm watching something. It makes me feel like I'm a part of the film when a character keeps changing, when it keeps me guessing, when the rug gets pulled out from under me.
- As a self-proclaimed cinefile and consumer of films, the thing I most appreciate as an audience member these days is when something surprises me. The audience has become quite savvy - we've had several generations of moviegoers - and it feels like it's to a place where in a lot of films, within the first five or ten minutes you have a good idea of who the characters are, where the story is going, what the relationships are going to be, what the arc's going to be. My hope is to take some of these expectations and turn them on people.
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