Dave Markey (born December 3, 1963 in Burbank, California) is an American film director. He is most well known for his 1992 documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke. Also credited as David Markey December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1991: The Year Punk Broke was a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey showcasing a late 1991 European tour of a number of punk and punk-inspired bands. ...

 David Markey was born December 3, 1963 in Burbank, CA. As a Southern California native, Markey made his first film in 1974 at the age of 11. Because of his age, his parents would not allow him to see "The Exorcist," so he nabbed his father’s hand-wound 8mm Brownie camera and made his own version, “The Devil’s Exorcist,” the only horror film he would ever make (discounting the 1980 feature "The Omenous" which was a horror film parody). For this epic, Markey employed the racially mixed kids that lived in his working-class neighborhood in Santa Monica as actors, casting the inherently compelling, bell-bottom-wearing, well-coiffed Peter Garcia in the lead. Markey appears several times in the film as the victim of his rampant teenage Satanic Homicide. Years later, inspired by the Los Angeles underground hardcore punk scene (The Germs, Red Cross, The Minutemen, etc.) , David began playing drums and formed Sin 34 with his other-side-of-the-tracks friends from Beverly Hills High School, Phil Newman and Julie Lanfeld. Soon after fellow Santa Monica High School student Mike "Geek" Glass would join the final line up of the band. Markey continued making films that increasingly reflected the music scene exploding around him, as seen in his documentary “The Slog Movie: LA Hardcore Archives 1981-82”. Much like the Do-It-Yourself attitude found in punk zines and bands, David was inspired to make films. In 1984 he directed and produced the Super-8 opus "Desperate Teenage Lovedolls" for $250.00. A sequel "Lovedolls Superstar" followed in 1986. Also that year, New York's Sonic Youth found themselves signed to the influential SST Records. Markey’s then-band Painted Willie was also on the label, and a friendship would soon emerge between Thurston and David. You can see these alliances being forged (and Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore's cinematic debuts) in 1987's "Astro Turf," a film based on a nonsensical fever dream of Markey's, 1989's Hollywood tourist nightmare "Lou Believers," and 1991's outrageous “Rap Damage,” which could very well be the template for Markey’s most seen work, "1991: The Year Punk Broke" which features Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Ramones, Babes In Toyland, Dinosaur Jr. & Gumball. They are solidified in the sour-faced sarcastic raspberry of 1992's “Grunge Pedal” featuring Pavement's Mark Ibold and Pussy Galore's Julie Kafritz. Also In 1992, the then yet to be filmmaker Sofia Coppola makes a starring appearance in “Burning Palms on Jennifer's Coffee Table,” which is Markey’s own “Apocalypse Now”—inspired paean to the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. Another piece delves into the tragedy of a psychotic contemplative teenage girl in 1989’s “Tina the Party Pooper.” Markey went on to direct 25 music videos, many of which played on 1990's MTV (back when the channel actually aired music video clips), including Sonic Youth "Superstar", Meat Puppets "Scum", Black Flag "Slip It In", & fIREHOSE "Down With The Bass". 

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www.wegotpowerfilms.com

• Dave Markey at The Internet Movie Database