Biography
Savvy aficionados of the Downtown NYC scene were already keyed to his talents. A child of privilege, Fessenden was raised in the tony Upper East Side of Manhattan and attended prep school at Andover (although he was expelled). He began experimenting with video and super 8mm movie making and completed the 58-minute "A Face in the Crowd" (1980), about a NYC artist, and several shorts. On the strength of that work, Fessenden was accepted at NYU …
Latest Tv Credits
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I Sell the Dead
Habit
Margarita Happy Hour
Silver Bullets
Career Milestones
| Collaborated with performance artist David Leslie on a number of video projects | ||
| Formed the musical group Just Desserts with Tom Laverack and others | ||
| Raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan | ||
1979 | Made several short films compiled as "S8MM Movies" | |
1980 | Directed the 58-minute "A Face in the Crowd" | |
1981 | Made 85-minute video version of "Habit"; produced, edited, acted and co-wrote | |
1982 | Worked on eight episodes of the public access cable show "Be Mee TV Presents" | |
1985 | Established Glass Eye Pix | |
1985 | Made first feature, "Experienced Movers" | |
1989 | Directed and co-wrote (with Heather Woodbury) the 58-minute docudrama "Hollow Venus: Diary of a Go-Go Dancer" | |
1989 | The group Just Desserts disbanded | |
1991 | Directed second feature "No Telling (or The Frankenstein Complex)"; also co-wrote with Beck Underwood; made cameo appearance | |
1993 | Acted in Kelly Reichardt's "River of Grass"; also edited and served as an associate producer | |
1997 | Made feature version of "Habit"; wrote, directed, edited and starred | |
1999 | Played a drugged out man in "Bringing Out the Dead" | |
2001 | Acted in the Brad Anderson directed "Session 9" | |
2001 | Directed, wrote and edited "Wendingo"; screened at Sundance; released theatrically in 2002 | |
2007 | Directed the horror film "The Last Winter" | |
2008 | Produced the feature "Wendy and Lucy" directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Michelle Williams; ; also had a small role; earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Feature | |
Awards
1997 | Independent Spirit Award for Producers Award in Habit |
1999 | Brooklyn International Film Festival for Audience Award in Habit |
1999 | Brooklyn International Film Festival for Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Habit |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature in Wendy and Lucy |
2009 | Slamdance Film Festival for Special Jury Mention for Best Performance in I Sell the Dead |
2010 | Independent Spirit Award for Producers Award in The House of the Devil |