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Gregori Viens. Director: Punching the Clown. Gregori Viens was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Paris, and is a dual citizen of France and the United States. After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University.
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The Island of Roses: The Jews of Rhodes in Los Angeles is a 1995 documentary about the Sephardic community in Los Angeles. The film was directed by Gregori Viens, son of Mati Franco and grandson of Rebecca Amato Levy.
Punching the Clown is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Gregori Viens and starring Henry Phillips as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. [1] Premise. Henry (Phillips) is a struggling singer-songwriter comic in Los Angeles who suddenly finds success and then is subjected to the cruelty of show business. Production.
Oct 22, 2010 · Directed by Gregori Viens. Comedy. 1h 31m. By Mike Hale. Oct. 21, 2010. If “Punching the Clown” seems more polished than the usual low-budget indie comedy — the jokes more finely honed, the ...
Punching Henry is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Gregori Viens and written by Gregori Viens and Henry Phillips. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Punching the Clown. The film stars Henry Phillips, Tig Notaro, Jim Jefferies, Doug Stanhope, Sarah Silverman and J. K. Simmons.
Gregori Viens. Director: Punching the Clown. Gregori Viens was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Paris, and is a dual citizen of France and the United States. After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University.
The Sephardic Jews of Rhodes were once Spaniards who came to find an idyllic new home in the Greek island of Rhodes. The same night that Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492, the King and Queen of Spain forced all Jews out of their country.
