1. Lucille died when Gorman Bechard was 10 years old, so he and his sister Deborah were raised by his grandparents, William and Claire Roberts.
15 Facts About Gorman Bechard
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Gorman Bechard attended Western Connecticut State University, where he studied journalism.
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In 1981, Gorman Bechard took a course on director Alfred Hitchcock at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and shortly thereafter found himself studying 16mm film production and taking uncredited courses part time there.
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Gorman Bechard entered into a four-picture deal with Empire Pictures that was fraught with conflict.
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Empire went out of business, and Gorman Bechard, having had enough, shifted his career to writing novels and scripts.
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In 2002, Gorman Bechard returned to filmmaking with The Kiss, starring Terence Stamp and Eliza Dushku.
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In 2005, Gorman Bechard decided to take one last stab at filmmaking.
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Gorman Bechard would do a micro-budget film where all the control was in his hands.
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Gorman Bechard revealed during an iCRVradio interview on May 2,2017 with Robin Andreoli that he had begun work on a rock documentary about North Carolina alt-country band Sarah Shook and the Disarmers called What It Takes: film en douze tableaux.
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Gorman Bechard was sacked as soon as the album was done.
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The documentary, co produced with Sophia Rokas, marks the first time Gorman Bechard has turned over the film editing reigns to someone else, longtime protege Sydni Frisch.
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In July 2016, two Gorman Bechard-directed music videos had their premiere in Rolling Stone magazine.
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In May 2017, another two Gorman Bechard-directed music videos were released back-to-back.
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In 2014, Gorman Bechard co-founded NHdocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival, which he co-directs with Yale Film and Media Studies professor Charles Musser.
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Gorman Bechard has been married to Kristine M Covello since 1992.