Make Me Famous
“A madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful career of painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it.”
2023•1h 32m•Released
Documentary
An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on sucess, who thwarted his own career with antics that roiled NYC’s art elite. Brezinski’s quest for fame gives an intimate portrait of the art world’s attitude towards success and failure, fame and fortune, notoriety and erasure.
Director
Brian Vincent
Writer
Brian Vincent, Heather Spore
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English, French
Studio
Red Splat Productions
Cast
Kenny Scharf
self
Eric Bogosian
self
Richard Hambleton
self
David McDermott
self
Frank Holliday
self
Peter McGough
self
Patti Astor
self
James Romberger
self
Heather Spore
self
Patrick Fox
self
Marguerite Van Cook
self
Scott Cover
self
Claudia Summers
Production
Company
Red Splat Productions
Producer
Heather Spore
Producer
Brian Vincent
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