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Whitmer Thomas is a comedian, actor, and filmmaker from Gulf Shores, Alabama. His new comedy film, <a href="https://thecivildead.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Civil Dead</a>, which he co-wrote, co-produced and co-stars in with his writing partner/best friend Clay Tatum (who also directed), is now in theaters. His special Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One was released on HBO in 2020, produced by Bo Burnham, Chris Storer, and A24, and was directed by Thomas and Clay Tatum. Thomas and Tatum developed their filmmaking skills making shorts for their long-running monthly residency at the Satellite in Silverlake called PowerViolence, which has now been taken over by Whitmer Thomas &amp; Pals at Largo, featuring some of the biggest names in comedy performing today. Thomas and Tatum co-produced, voiced, and wrote the ADHD animated series Stone Quackers on FXX (now available on Hulu), featuring John C. Reilly. Following the premiere of his special on HBO, SubPop Records released its original music, Songs from The Golden One, on their imprint label Hardly Art in stores April 2020. The show has been performed to sold out venues in NYC, LA, Philly, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland. Thomas&#8217; sophomore album The Older I Get the Funnier I Was was released by Hardly Art Records in fall 2022.

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Three Great Things: Whitmer Thomas

Daniel Scheinert is best known as the redneck half of the writing/ directing duo DANIELS along with Daniel Kwan. Together they won Best Director at Sundance 2016 for their feature film Swiss Army Man, and Best Director at the MTV VMAs 2014 for &#8220;Turn Down for What.&#8221; Scheinert was born and raised in Alabama, and plays the titular role in his latest film, <a href="https://a24films.com/films/the-death-of-dick-long" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Death of Dick Long </a>(out September 27 through A24) because the screenwriter Billy Chew dared him to.

Daniel Scheinert

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan (DANIELS) are an award-winning directing duo. One time they won Best Director at The MTV Video Music Awards, but both their moms were bummed that they don’t announce that category on TV. They made all their music videos and short films with Prettybird, and they’re represented by Mosaic. Okay, bye.

DANIELS

Shooting My Fucked Up Movie Sustainably Helped Me Sleep at Night!

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