Directed credits
8
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Jim Van Bebber
Acting
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 14
TMDB ID: 933065
IMDb ID: nm0885666
Known for: Acting
Born: November 24, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: Greenville, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2023
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 5.1
Wikidata: Q1689235
Also known as
Jim VanBebber
Frequent jobs
Director (8)Makeup Effects (2)Writer (2)Camera Operator (1)Editor (1)
Biography
An actor and director known for horror/exploitation films. attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. The Manson Family took more than ten years to complete. A documentary about VanBebber titled Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber covering his life from 2010 to 2015 was released in 2015.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jim Van Bebber.
Skinny Puppy: Last Rights Archival Footage
Director
2005 Movie
8.0
Skinny Puppy: Video Collection (1984 - 1992)
Director
1996 Movie
4.0
Roadkill: The Last Days of John Martin
Director
1994 Movie
Kata: Traditional Shorin Ryu Karate
Director
1990 Movie
8.0
Chunk Blower
Director
1990 Movie
6.2
Deadbeat at Dawn
Director
1988 Movie
4.5
Doper
Director
1987 Movie
5.2
Into the Black
Director
1983 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jim Van Bebber.
4.5
Doper
Director
1987 Movie
7.0
Drillbit
as Narrator
1992 Movie
6.9
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Himself
2000 Movie
4.3
American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore
as The Editor
2015 Movie
6.2
Deadbeat at Dawn
Director
1988 Movie
Deadbeat Forever
as Himself
2018 Movie
4.3
My Sweet Satan
Writer
1994 Movie
3.5
American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon
as Father Blake
2017 Movie
6.2
The Acid King
as Himself
2021 Movie
5.3
The Manson Family
Editor
1997 Movie
4.3
Last American Horror Show
as Rick
2018 Movie
7.2
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
as Himself
2015 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jim Van Bebber.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jim Van Bebber.
Christ Rising
as Roy Horn
2023 Movie
6.2
The Acid King
as Himself
2021 Movie
Deadbeat Forever
as Himself
2018 Movie
4.3
Last American Horror Show
as Rick
2018 Movie
3.5
American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon
as Father Blake
2017 Movie
7.2
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
as Himself
2015 Movie
4.3
American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore
as The Editor
2015 Movie
3.2
Gator Green
as Jack Andrew
2013 Movie
3.0
The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell
as Terry Hawkins
2011 Movie
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
as Self
2009 Movie
8.0
The VanBebber Family
as Himself
2005 Movie
6.2
In the Belly of the Beast
as Himself
2001 Movie