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PICTURE MY FACE: THE STORY OF TEENAGE HEAD

Canada's notorious glamour-punk band Teenage Head is determined to enter the limelight once again some 40 years after causing the legendary punk rock riots at Toronto's Ontario Place followed by a series of setbacks, but first they need to save their long-time band mate from a crippling depression. (Features unseen 16mm colour transfer from Heatwave Festival)

  • Douglas Arrowsmith
    Director
    Memory & Desire: Stephen Duffy/Duran Duran (Indie), Love Shines: The Ron Sexsmith Story (BBC Four/HBO/TMN), The Klondike Gold Rush (PBS)
  • Douglas Arrowsmith
    Writer
    Memory & Desire: Stephen Duffy/Duran Duran, Love Shines: The Ron Sexsmith Story, The Klondike Gold Rush
  • Karen Melvin
    Producer
    Love Shines: The Ron Sexsmith Story, The Klondike Gold Rush
  • Douglas Arrowsmith
    Producer
    Memory & Desire: Stephen Duffy/Duran Duran
  • Marky Ramone
    Key Cast
    "Marky Ramone"
    Rock 'n Roll High School, Blank Generation, The Brooklyn Boys
  • Rob Baker
    Key Cast
    "Rob Baker"
    The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration, Long Time Running, Bobcaygeon
  • Jon Savage
    Key Cast
    "Jon Savage"
    Teenage, Arena, Joy Division
  • Nina Antonia
    Key Cast
    "Nina Antonia"
    New York Doll, The Second Coming
  • Gordon Lewis
    Key Cast
    "Gordon Lewis"
  • Stephen Mahon
    Key Cast
    "Stephen Mahon"
  • Dave "Rave"
    Key Cast
    "Dave "Rave""
  • Gene Champagne
    Key Cast
    "Gene Champagne"
  • Frankie Venom
    Key Cast
    "Frankie Venom"
  • Reverend David Lewis
    Key Cast
    "Reverend David Lewis"
  • Graham Rockingham
    Key Cast
    "Graham Rockingham"
  • John Price
    Cinematography
    Manufactured Landscapes, The Road to Webequie, Hard Core Logo 2
  • Eric Lasby
    Editor
    Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
  • "Crash 'n' Burn" Ross McLaren
    Archival 16mm Film
  • "Last Pogo" Colin Brunton
    Archival 16mm Film
  • Arthur Usherson
    Archival Photography
  • Philip Kamin
    Archival Photography
  • Kourosh Keshiri
    Archival Photography
  • Nick Stipanitz
    Archival Photography
  • Stephen Mahon
    Archival Photography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 22 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 19, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    310,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 16mm colour, 16mm b/w
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Douglas Arrowsmith

DOUGLAS ARROWSMITH is a Toronto-based director and producer. His recent film, THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH (PBS), documents the harrowing story of the Alaska-Yukon gold rush stampeders and was broadcast across North America. Arrowsmith also directed the critically acclaimed film LOVE SHINES (BBC Four/TMN) about singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith (Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction and Best Performing Arts documentary). The film garnered numerous festival credits (VIFF, HotDocs, Available Light) and won an Audience Choice Award at Austin's SXSW. His MEMORY & DESIRE, a film commissioned by Stephen (“Tin Tin”) Duffy (the founding singer of Duran Duran) received a nomination for the prestigious “Sound & Vision Award” at Copenhagen’s CPH: DOX Festival in 2009. He is currently completing a feature documentary PICTURE MY FACE about the notorious Canadian glamour-punk band “Teenage Head”.

His company FELTFILM, is a commercial video and documentary production agency for icons and brands, and most recently produced Margaret Atwood's tribute to her hero Ursula K LeGuin (Literary Arts, Oregon). Arrowsmith has also been commissioned by numerous UK artists to complete video work including: singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, Stephen Duffy, "Lawrence" from cult band FELT, and the celebrity designer Nicky Haslam.

Published works include LITERATURE AND THE EMOTIONS in the Encyclopaedia of Human Emotions (Prentice-Hall); MELANCHOLY IN THE FIELD OF LOST OBJECTS (Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 2006); and WITNESS TO A CITY: DAVID MILLER’S TORONTO (2010 Cormorant Books), which is a collection of moving portraits about extraordinary Toronto citizens.

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Director Statement

Douglas Arrowsmith is a Canadian producer and director whose documentary works often depict atmospheric quest-journeys with a focus on the perennial questions that affect artists, or any of us, for that matter, whose troubles (the explorations of which) present meaningful narratives to life.