Helen Stickler

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Helen Stickler is an American-born filmmaker whose works include Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2003) and André the Giant Has a Posse (1995). She wrote, directed and produced both of these films.

Stickler's early independent films include the shorts Queen Mercy and the documentary Andre the Giant has a Posse, about graphic artist Shepard Fairey (OBEY/GIANT). "Andre the Giant has a Posse" was screened worldwide and in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Village Voice film critic Ed Halter described the film as "legendary … a canonical study of Gen-X media manipulation. One of the keenest examinations of ‘90s underground culture".

Stickler resides in Los Angeles, California.

[edit] External links

• Helen Stickler at the Internet Movie Database