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JAMES FELIX MCKENNEY was born in Connecticut and raised in Maine. He spent much of the 1990's working in Boston underground theatre with the House of Borax and Acme Theatr groups as well as with their various offshoots, in many capacities: actor, stagehand, playwright, director and doorman. In 1995, he founded MonsterPants, then the publisher of underground comic books. Three issues of COW were published, for which McKenney was co-editor and publisher, contributing writer and occasional artist. Also from MonsterPants Comics was a special edition of PSYCHONAUT by Serbian artist, Aleksandar Zograf. McKenney lived in Los Angeles from 1996 - 2000 where he performed writing chores on numerous projects, including: comic books, music videos, internet magazines and feature films. After a number of motion picture projects fell through at crucial points in their development, McKenney decided to take matters into his own hands and make his own film, the tongue-in-cheek bloodfest: CANNIBALLISTIC! After returning to the East Coast, McKenney continued to work on independent films until he began working with Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix in 2002. McKenney has been a collaborator on several Glass Eye projects, including THE LAST WINTER and THE WENDIGO animated series. He is the Associate Producer on the ScareFlix film series which includes THE ROOST and TRIGGER MAN. McKenney is responsible for writing and directing the first film in the line, the quirky supernatural drama THE OFF SEASON, as well as the retro-styled killer robot film AUTOMATONS. Both are currently availble on DVD. His most recent film project is the eagerly-anticipated SATAN HATES YOU, coming to festivals in fall 2009. Preproduction has begun on McKenney's upcoming creature feature HYPOTHERMIA. McKenney currently lives in New York with his cats Oscar & Oliver and dogs Chumley & Doomsday. SELECTED INTERVIEWS: Exclusive
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