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Cevin Soling
CEVIN SOLING
Writer/director/producer/artist Cevin Soling, President of Spectacle Films, Xemu Records, and World Watch Productions is involved in many facets of the entertainment industry.
Soling wrote, directed, and produced the feature films, THE GILLIGAN MANIFESTO and THE WAR ON KIDS, which found him interviews on the Colbert Report and The New York Times. His movie, THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS, winner of the best experimental feature film award at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival, the Stoney Award for best documentary from High Times, as well as the “Clear Creek” Honorable Mention Award at the Winslow International Film Festival.
The New York Times, in a rave review at the time of the film’s theatrical release in 2005, proclaimed THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS "...a lively and well-executed satire that sweetens its occasional truths with rebellious humor..." The film was recently acquired for DVD distribution worldwide by The Disinformation Company.
Soling also executive produced the independent feature RELAX, IT'S JUST SEX, starring Jennifer Tilly, Lori Petty and Cynda Williams, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was seen on HBO and Showtime.
As a writer, Soling penned the animated short film, BORIS THE DOG, which won the “Premio Nuovo” award at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and was part of Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival. The film aired as part of MTV's CARTOON SUSHI as well as on the BBC in England, where it was accompanied by an interview with Soling. His short films CAPTAIN STICKMAN and DESTRUCTION, which Soling wrote and directed, were official selections at 2006 Chicago Indiefest.
Soling created and writes the animated series THE BILL JOHNSON SHOW, also featured in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival and in video compilation “Sick and Twisted – Volume 7,” released by Ventura Distribution. He has written a series of ten illustrated books under the heading of The Rumpleville Chronicles. The first three titles of the ten book series, The Jolly Elf, The Disciples of Trotsky, and The Bomb that Followed Me Home will be released in the winter of 2008 through Monk Media.
In the documentary arena, Soling is producer and executive producer of the hour-long documentary about trepanation, A HOLE IN THE HEAD, which won the Best Documentary Award at both the Atlantic City Film Festival and at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. A HOLE IN THE HEAD was broadcast on Discovery and The Learning Channel and is available on video. through Beatnik Home Video. Soling also executive produced the documentary on auto-urine therapy, URINE: GOOD HEALTH, also available on Beatnik. Currently Soling is directing four film projects: a two-part documentary on the oppression of children in America entitled THE WAR ON KIDS, a documentary on the Ik tribe in Northern Uganda, and a documentary on the John Frum cargo cult of Vanuatu, all of which are in postproduction. A documentary about the staging of a Swan Lake ballet performance featuring actual llamas in the roles of the swans and a jug band performing the Tchaikovsky score is in production. A preview of this project aired on PBS in Indiana, where the documentary is being shot.
In addition to his film work, Soling has been active in the music industry via his record company, Xemu Records. He was the songwriter, guitarist, and lead singer for THE NEANDERTHAL SPONGECAKE, whose CD, THE SIDE EFFECTS OF NAPALM, received considerable airplay across the U.S including major stations such as WLIR and WXRK (K-ROCK) in New York City. The song, Tastes Like Chicken was featured on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show. Another song from the album, Buffalo, is currently used as a theme song for the A&E TV series Confessions of a Matchmaker. He currently writes and performs with THE LOVE KILLS THEORY – a band inspired by the Situationist philosophical movement and as well as bio-genetic studies on the evolution of despair. Their debut CD, Happy Suicide, Jim!, was released in January of 2007 and charted on CMJ’s top 200 and was played in rotation on over 70 commercial radio stations.
Additionally, Soling has also served as producer for Jackie Chan, Ani DiFranco, Don Ho, The Smile Zone, and The Neanderthal Spongecake. He recently completed work as creator and executive producer of the album WHEN PIGS FLY, a compilation of major artists performing covers of favorites one would never imagine them performing. Among the artists featured were Devo, The Fixx, The Box Tops, Roy Clark, Jackie Chan, Lesley Gore, The Oak Ridge Boys, Herman’s Hermits, and Ani DiFranco. Soling conceived of and initiated the establishment of The Hard Rock Café as a live performance venue by touring Xemu artists Scary Chicken through the chain.
Outside of entertainment, Soling wrote programming code and was published in the computer journal On Three magazine. Soling, a member of the high IQ society Mensa, is currently a candidate for a Masters degree from the extension school at Harvard University where he is enrolled and also employed as a research assistant there. In addition, he is awaiting an appointment for a diplomatic post with the U.S. Foreign Service where he received his security clearances and was given an employment offer pending an appropriate assignment.
Cevin Soling
CEVIN SOLING
Writer/director/producer/artist Cevin Soling, President of Spectacle Films, Xemu Records, and World Watch Productions is involved in many facets of the entertainment industry.
Soling wrote, directed, and produced the feature films, THE GILLIGAN MANIFESTO and THE WAR ON KIDS, which found him interviews on the Colbert Report and The New York Times. His movie, THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS, winner of the best experimental feature film award at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival, the Stoney Award for best documentary from High Times, as well as the “Clear Creek” Honorable Mention Award at the Winslow International Film Festival.
The New York Times, in a rave review at the time of the film’s theatrical release in 2005, proclaimed THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS "...a lively and well-executed satire that sweetens its occasional truths with rebellious humor..." The film was recently acquired for DVD distribution worldwide by The Disinformation Company.
Soling also executive produced the independent feature RELAX, IT'S JUST SEX, starring Jennifer Tilly, Lori Petty and Cynda Williams, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was seen on HBO and Showtime.
As a writer, Soling penned the animated short film, BORIS THE DOG, which won the “Premio Nuovo” award at the Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival and was part of Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival. The film aired as part of MTV's CARTOON SUSHI as well as on the BBC in England, where it was accompanied by an interview with Soling. His short films CAPTAIN STICKMAN and DESTRUCTION, which Soling wrote and directed, were official selections at 2006 Chicago Indiefest.
Soling created and writes the animated series THE BILL JOHNSON SHOW, also featured in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival and in video compilation “Sick and Twisted – Volume 7,” released by Ventura Distribution. He has written a series of ten illustrated books under the heading of The Rumpleville Chronicles. The first three titles of the ten book series, The Jolly Elf, The Disciples of Trotsky, and The Bomb that Followed Me Home will be released in the winter of 2008 through Monk Media.
In the documentary arena, Soling is producer and executive producer of the hour-long documentary about trepanation, A HOLE IN THE HEAD, which won the Best Documentary Award at both the Atlantic City Film Festival and at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. A HOLE IN THE HEAD was broadcast on Discovery and The Learning Channel and is available on video. through Beatnik Home Video. Soling also executive produced the documentary on auto-urine therapy, URINE: GOOD HEALTH, also available on Beatnik. Currently Soling is directing four film projects: a two-part documentary on the oppression of children in America entitled THE WAR ON KIDS, a documentary on the Ik tribe in Northern Uganda, and a documentary on the John Frum cargo cult of Vanuatu, all of which are in postproduction. A documentary about the staging of a Swan Lake ballet performance featuring actual llamas in the roles of the swans and a jug band performing the Tchaikovsky score is in production. A preview of this project aired on PBS in Indiana, where the documentary is being shot.
In addition to his film work, Soling has been active in the music industry via his record company, Xemu Records. He was the songwriter, guitarist, and lead singer for THE NEANDERTHAL SPONGECAKE, whose CD, THE SIDE EFFECTS OF NAPALM, received considerable airplay across the U.S including major stations such as WLIR and WXRK (K-ROCK) in New York City. The song, Tastes Like Chicken was featured on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show. Another song from the album, Buffalo, is currently used as a theme song for the A&E TV series Confessions of a Matchmaker. He currently writes and performs with THE LOVE KILLS THEORY – a band inspired by the Situationist philosophical movement and as well as bio-genetic studies on the evolution of despair. Their debut CD, Happy Suicide, Jim!, was released in January of 2007 and charted on CMJ’s top 200 and was played in rotation on over 70 commercial radio stations.
Additionally, Soling has also served as producer for Jackie Chan, Ani DiFranco, Don Ho, The Smile Zone, and The Neanderthal Spongecake. He recently completed work as creator and executive producer of the album WHEN PIGS FLY, a compilation of major artists performing covers of favorites one would never imagine them performing. Among the artists featured were Devo, The Fixx, The Box Tops, Roy Clark, Jackie Chan, Lesley Gore, The Oak Ridge Boys, Herman’s Hermits, and Ani DiFranco. Soling conceived of and initiated the establishment of The Hard Rock Café as a live performance venue by touring Xemu artists Scary Chicken through the chain.
Outside of entertainment, Soling wrote programming code and was published in the computer journal On Three magazine. Soling, a member of the high IQ society Mensa, is currently a candidate for a Masters degree from the extension school at Harvard University where he is enrolled and also employed as a research assistant there. In addition, he is awaiting an appointment for a diplomatic post with the U.S. Foreign Service where he received his security clearances and was given an employment offer pending an appropriate assignment.