Damion Dietz

Damion Dietz is an American writer and film director known for his underground/indie films.

Background In 1990, Dietz appeared as an actor in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels.

A graduate (1992) of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Dietz' debut feature film Fag Hag (1998), a politically incorrect, low-budget satire for Troma Entertainment, described as "a punk, underground trash cinema classic" (New York Post / Page Six), "a savagely funny, deranged comedy of manners" (Chicago Tribune), and "rollicking, trashy and clever" (Variety) stars Dietz, Stephanie Orff and features Wil Wheaton.

Dietz' subsequent films: Neverland (2003), a surreal and modern retelling of the classic J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan, Beverly Kills (2005), a campy farce about a terrorist cult of failed Hollywood actors, Love Life (2006), a melodrama about the marriage of convenience between a closeted former athlete and his lesbian wife, which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco and was selected as the benefit film for the Human Rights Campaign, and Dog Tags (2008), starring Academy Award nominee Candy Clark.

Dietz is a member of Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw).

Awards 2003: Director Damion Dietz won Q Award at Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival for his film Neverland 2003: Dietz also won a Jury Award at the Dances With Films festival for the same film

Filmography

Director 1998: Fag Hag (Troma Entertainment) 2003: Neverland (Water Bearer Films) 2005: Beverly Kills (TLA Releasing) 2006: Love Life (Water Bearer Films) 2008: Dog Tags (TLA Releasing) 2019: Bestie - Bhad Bhabie feat. Kodak Black (music video - Atlantic Records)

Writer 1998: Fag Hag 2003: Neverland 2005: Beverly Kills 2006: Love Life 2008: Dog Tags

Producer 1998: Fag Hag (producer) 2003: Neverland (producer) 2005: Beverly Kills (producer) 2006: Love Life (executive producer)

Actor 1990: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Whipped Cream Boy 1998: Fag Hag as Scott 'Bushey' Bushey