You can create a lot in 40+ years...
(a little of what you can expect)
I’m a workaholic. Probably because I truly love what I do. Often when alone and given an opportunity to relax, I chose to work instead, because it’s what I enjoy most in life. So, as you might imagine, aside from the 20+ feature films, and 5 published novels, there are file cabinets (both literal and digital) filled with unpublished books, never-made-scripts, short stories, photos, and more.
At the age of 66 I feel it’s time to share some of that work here on Substack.
I plan on posting something new, something you haven’t seen, at least every other week. Perhaps more often than that. And a paid subscription will get you access to all of it: books (revealed one chapter at a time), stories, old photos from my early filmmaking days, behind-the-scenes videos, scans of an old fanzine I published, some music, and more.
So I hope you come along for the ride. I promise, if nothing else, it will be entertaining.
Thank you,
Gorman Bechard
BIO:
Since his debut feature film DISCONNECTED (1984), Gorman Bechard has directed and written over 20 feature films including rock documentaries on The Replacements, Grant Hart, Archers of Loaf, Lydia Loveless, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, and Wilco’s Jay Bennett. He has also directed the animal-rights films A DOG NAMED GUCCI (which won the prestigious and rarely awarded ASPCA Media Excellence Award in 2015), SENIORS A DOGUMENTARY, and most recently OLD FRIENDS A DOGUMENTARY. His film, PIZZA A LOVE STORY, tells the story of the Italian migration to New Haven, Connecticut that led to the 3 most famous pizza restaurants in the world.
Bechard began his film career making horror films like the cult horror-comedy classic PSYCHOS IN LOVE and the beloved DISCONNECTED. He also directed the award-winning drama YOU ARE ALONE. All of his films are available on DVD and on various streaming platforms.
He has just completed the first episode of a planned pizza series, SLICE OF AMERICA: CHARRED IN THE FLORIDA SUN, released everywhere in December 2024.
Bechard has written 5 novels including the religious satire, THE SECOND GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (Citadel Press, 1991), the baseball comedy BALLS (Penguin, 1995), and the thrillers GOOD NEIGHBORS (Carroll & Graf, 1998), NINTH SQUARE (Forge, 2002), and UNWOUND (writing as Jonathan Baine, Onyx, 2007). For ten years he was the executive director/programmer of NHdocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival.
He is currently in production on 3 feature documentaries: BEST VIDEO, THE MOVIE, FACTORY, and POWDER RIDGE: SEX, DRUGS & NO ROCK 'N' ROLL, and at work on a new novel.
He lives in New Haven, CT with his wife Kristine and their two dogs, Dylan and Wilco (the dog).
WEBSITE: www.WhatWereWeThinkingFilms.com
