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Tanner D. Masseth

Filmmaker, VFX Artist, 3D Animator
TannerD.Masseth@gmail.com

Tanner D. Masseth is a Fargo, ND native with over a decade of experience working in Chicago's vibrant film production industry.

He took on a variety of technical and managerial roles for big and small budget productions, including alongside industry greats Spike Lee, Karyn Kusama, Michael Bay, and Jordan Peele. Inspired while working in tandem with VFX maverick James McQuaide on Candyman in 2020, Masseth left the industry to pursue an education in alternative methods for indie production. His practice emphasizes the experimental application of combining virtual environments, 3D models, and character animation with live-action footage.

Masseth has produced and directed a number of internationally screened short films, winning Best Avant Garde short for Portrait 001: Security Guard (2023) at Drunken Film Fest Oakland and the Chicago Award for Sing Our Song When the World Ends (2024) at Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Tanner has co-produced and co-directed two omnibus feature films — Coin Celleil (2023), a remake of Chris Marker's Sans Soleil involving more than 40 contributors, premiered at Sara's Gallery in New York City in September 2023. Man with a Movie Camera (2025), a cut-for-cut 3-panel remake of Vertov’s 1929 film premiered as the opening night film at the 35th Onion City Experimental Film Festival.

He is on the board of the Chicago Underground Film Festival and resides in Logan Square.

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Man with a Movie Camera

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Man with a Movie Camera
USA, 2025, 68min, Stereo Sound

 Producers: TANNER D. MASSETH & BLAKE ROBBINS

 Directors: Esteban Alarcón, Hank Allen, Breeding Castle, Melissa Cha, Crisis Acting, Dana Dawud, Kayla Drzewicki, Gavin Dubois, Andrea Florens, Janelle Howerton, Levels of Nuance, Tanner D. Masseth, Emma Murray, Jose Perez, Progga, Abbey Pusz, Redacted Cut, Blake Robbins, Max Rooney, Paranoia State, Twee Whistler, Elijah Valter, Jay Villalobos, and Brian Wiebe.

 Head Editor: TANNER D. MASSETH

 Music: MOONCLOUD

SUMMARY

Man with a Movie Camera (2025) is a collectively authored three-channel video which reinterprets the 1929 film of the same name through the lens of internet-based aesthetics.

Drawing a lineage from the experiments of Soviet montage to contemporary trends such as sludge content, desktop documentary, corecore, and database cinema, Man with a Movie Camera (2025) attempts to reinvigorate the popular avant-garde project of a universal cinematic language which was originally developed almost a century ago by Dziga Vertov and The Kinoks.

Man with a Movie Camera (2025) was directed and edited by a stylistically diverse range of artists working autonomously and in tandem: Esteban Alarcón, Hank Allen, Breeding Castle, Melissa Cha, Crisis Acting, Dana Dawud, Kayla Drzewicki, Gavin Dubois, Andrea Florens, Janelle Howerton, Levels of Nuance, Tanner Masseth, Emma Murray, Jose Perez, Progga, Abbey Pusz, Redacted Cut, Blake Robbins, Max Rooney, Paranoia State, Twee Whistler, Elijah Valter, Jay Villalobos, and Brian Wiebe.

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