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Series: Director’s Diary

Notes and general musings about the culture that inspired Teenage from Director Matt Wolf

  • July 15, 2014

    Finishing Teenage

    BY Matt Wolf

    I wrote my first email to Jon Savage in March of 2009 asking if he ever thought about turning his book Teenage into a film.

    FROM:Director's Diary

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  • April 20, 2013

    Making Teenage

    BY Matt Wolf

    Tonight Teenage is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the most exciting part of this four-year project for me has been collaborations.

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  • March 4, 2013

    Teenage: The Film, The Blog, The Future

    BY Matt Wolf

    Almost exactly two years ago, we launched this site, and I wrote a little letter about why I wanted to make the film Teenage.

    FROM:Director's Diary

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  • February 3, 2012

    Looking Back On Joyce Maynard

    BY Matt Wolf

    Joyce Maynard was writing for Seventeen Magazine when she was still a teenage prep school student at Phillips Exeter Academy.

    FROM:Director's Diary

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  • September 21, 2011

    Damien Wayne Echols

    BY Matt Wolf

    There was a gross miscarriage of justice when goth teenager Damien Wayne Echols and his friends were convicted of brutally murdering three boys at Robin Hoods Hill in West Memphis, Arkansas. 

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  • July 20, 2011

    Billy Douglas

    BY Matt Wolf

    I recently wrote an article for the incredible film magazine Little Joe about the pre-history of gay teenagers on television.

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  • April 11, 2011

    Jo Vega & Me

    BY Matt Wolf

    I get obsessed with teenagers in documentaries. I guess it’s because I have some experience.

    FROM:Director's Diary

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  • March 19, 2011

    Living in Teenage

    BY Matt Wolf

    In 1995 my friend Becky’s sister Jenny Villagran was back from college, and she gave me a copy of her zine Hepcat while playing a cassette of The Smiths.

    FROM:Director's Diary

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