Christopher Seufert
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Christopher Seufert is a documentary film and music video producer and director based in Boston, MA. His production company is Mooncusser Films.
He is most known for his award-winning educational film series about the Cape Cod dayboat fishing industry in New England and for his Direct Cinema documentaries with alterna-folk musician Suzanne Vega, the late writer/illustrator Edward Gorey, and legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles as their subjects.
He received his BA in journalism from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and his MA in Anthropology from California State University East Bay. According to NewEnglandFilm.com his academic background was as a journalist and archaeologist and he split his time among these disciplines until the mid-90's when he dedicated himself full time to documentary production.
Seufert also directed actress Julie Harris as voice talent in 5 documentary projects and directed CBS journalist Walter Cronkite in a 2005 documentary about the early wireless stations of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, winner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Gold Star Award. According to a Czech web site, in 2007 he is in-progress with a documentary portrait of legendary direct-cinema director Albert Maysles.
He has also produced a 10-part series of natural soundscapes recordings, that are published at iTunes and CDBaby. There is also a free podcast of the series.
- Christopher Seufert's official site
- Interview with Chris Seufert at NewEnglandFilm.com
- Christopher Seufert at the Internet Movie Database
- The Director's Documentary About Suzanne Vega
- Video Interview with Edward Gorey in Restaurant
- Footage of Filmmaker Albert Maysles in the Czech Republic
- Soundscapes Recordings