Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
David Markey
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19
TMDB ID: 101811
IMDb ID: nm0416414
Known for: Directing
Born: December 3, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Burbank, California, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q5229275
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Director of Photography (1)
Biography
David Markey (born December 3, 1963 in Burbank, California) is an American film director. As a self-taught filmmaker and musician, Markey directed, produced, edited, and photographed most of his films, the majority of which has been self-funded and distributed. His work documents the punk scene in Southern California throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Markey has worked with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Redd Kross, Circle Jerks, The Ramones, Black Flag and the Meat Puppets.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by David Markey.
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
Director
2025 Movie
Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk
Director
2012 Movie
Dinosaur Jr: Bug Live at 930 Club
Director
2012 Movie
8.0
Cut Shorts
Director
2006 Movie
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Director
2004 Movie
Grunge Pedal
Director
1993 Movie
6.8
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Director
1992 Movie
Reality 86'd
Director
1991 Movie
Skeeno H.C. Rules
Director
1991 Movie
5.7
Goo
Director
1991 Movie
Rap Damage
Director
1991 Movie
Weatherman '69
Director of Photography
1989 Movie
Citizen Tania
Director
1989 Movie
Lou Believers
Director
1988 Movie
1.0
Lovedolls Superstar
Director
1986 Movie
4.9
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
Director
1984 Movie
8.5
The Slog Movie
Director
1982 Movie
Summer Has Been Over for a Long Time
Director
1980 Movie
Shonen Knife Blast Off!
Director
Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with David Markey.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with David Markey.
Lou Believers
Director
1988 Movie
Citizen Tania
Director
1989 Movie
8.0
Cut Shorts
Director
2006 Movie
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
Director
2025 Movie
6.8
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Director
1992 Movie
1.0
Lovedolls Superstar
Director
1986 Movie
9.3
Desolation Center
2018 Movie
Weatherman '69
Director of Photography
1989 Movie
Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk
Director
2012 Movie
4.9
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
Director
1984 Movie
8.5
The Slog Movie
Director
1982 Movie
5.7
Goo
Director
1991 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with David Markey.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for David Markey.
9.3
Desolation Center
2018 Movie
8.0
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
as Self
2006 Movie
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
2004 Movie
5.8
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004 Movie
6.8
1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1992 Movie
Rap Damage
1991 Movie
Weatherman '69
as Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
1989 Movie
The Book of Manson
as Bobby Beausoleil
1989 Movie
Citizen Tania
as Teko
1989 Movie
Lou Believers
1988 Movie
1.0
Lovedolls Superstar
1986 Movie
8.5
The Slog Movie
1982 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for David Markey.