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Steve Yeager is an independent filmmaker from Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. He is best known for his film on the life of fellow director John Waters, ''Divine Trash'', which won the Filmmakers Trophy for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. ==Career overview== Steve Yeager got his start as a resident director at the Corner Theatre ETC, an experimental theatre company in Baltimore, Maryland (a branch of Ellen Stewart's New York-based Cafe La Mama ETC), with such productions as ''Pigeons'' by Lee Dorsey and ''Marguerite'' by C. Richard Gillespie. Yeager also directed an original play entitled ''Chiaroscuro'' while working at Corner. It was during this period that Steve Yeager also had occasion to work with two emerging talents of the day: Howard Rollins, in a 1972 production of John Steinbeck's ''Of Mice and Men;'' and Kathleen Turner, who appeared in Yeager's highly regarded original adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'' in 1978. After 1982, Yeager devoted his talents primarily to filmmaking endeavors. In 1985, he won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the Houston International Film Festival for ''Aquarium'', a ten-minute film on the National Aquarium in Baltimore.〔(Google Books )〕 In 1990, Yeager released his first feature film drama, ''On The Block''. The film offered a gritty look at life in and around The Block, Baltimore's infamous red-light district, and featured an appearance by Howard Rollins in a key role, as well as a cameo by burlesque legend Blaze Starr.〔(Baltimore Sun )〕 Steve Yeager's 1998 documentary film ''Divine Trash'' examines the global underground film movement, and features previously unreleased footage of John Waters' early life and behind-the-scenes capers of his Dreamland crew, including Divine, the 300-pound transvestite Glenn Milstead. Those interviewed about the making of ''Pink Flamingos'' and the context in which it emerged include actors, critics and Baltimore's film industry people of the era. Yeager's sequel to ''Divine Trash'', ''In Bad Taste'', a documentary on Waters' post-''Pink Flamingos'' career, aired in January 2000 on the Independent Film Channel. Yeager played the role of a reporter in both ''Pink Flamingos'' and ''Polyester''. In 2009, Steve Yeager finished work on a new narrative feature film ''Crystal Fog,'' which offers a glimpse into the world of transgendered relationships. The film drew its inspiration from the life of Yeager's younger brother, who had died approximately twelve years earlier. The film was shot in and around Baltimore during the summer of 2008, and had its initial cast and crew screening in Baltimore in June, 2009.〔(Baltimoregaylife.com )〕〔(Baltimore Sun )〕〔(Baltimore Sun )〕 In 2010, Yeager began filming "The Rosens", a narrative feature film detailing the betrayal of family values between three brothers after the death of the family matriarch. Throughout his work in film, Steve Yeager has continued to direct for the stage, generally in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Notable productions include ''Streamers'' by David Rabe, ''S.L.A.G.'' by David Hare, ''A View From The Bridge'' by Arthur Miller, and Michael Gazzo's ''A Hatful of Rain'', voted one of the Ten Best Theatre productions of 2008 by the Baltimore City Paper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Yeager (filmmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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