Intruder Man (Official Trailer), 2017
Stop Motion Animation, 9:45 min.
This film is currently playing at film festivals. To screen the entire film, please contact me directly.
Stop Motion Animation, 9:45 min.
This film is currently playing at film festivals. To screen the entire film, please contact me directly.
Intruder Man is the story of my grandmother at two distinct stages in her life. As a young home economics teacher, Jessie faces the wrath of an authoritarian superintendent who blacklists her from teaching. As an elderly woman, Alzheimer’s disease makes Jessie paranoid of an “intruder man” who haunts her apartment. Slipping back and forth between these parallel periods, Jessie maintains strength and persistence in the face of sexism, loss, and dementia.
This story is inspired by the life of my grandmother Jessie. The worksheet with handwritten text is an actual document from her personal files. Intruder Man is currently screening at film festivals across the country. It received First Prize at Square Lake Film & Music Festival, was nominated for the Creative Vision Award at the Altered Esthetics Film Festival, and won the Audience Award at the Altered Esthetics Film Festival. For more about the film, visit intruderman.weebly.com
Intruder Man Created by Peter Bonde Becker Nelson Animated by Peter Nelson and Matthew Johnson Jessie played by Kira Lace Hawkins Assistant and Superintendent played by Peter Nelson Research assistance from Craig Nelson and Mark Nelson Pre-production assistance from Daniel Bynum, Eileen McNulty, Jon Tiburzi, Maddie Berger, and Madison Van Wylen Vocal score by Peter Nelson Instrumental score by Andrew Cannestra Piano: Andrew Cannestra French Horn: Delaney Breen and Cole Pettit Cello: Mason Tacke Recording assistance from Jeff O'Donnell and Zach Hawkins This project is supported by a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, an Individual Artist Grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, and the CURI Program at St. Olaf College funded by The Olson Endowment for Marriage and Family. ©2017 Peter Bonde Becker Nelson |