Penelope Spheeris

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Directing

Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a documentary film director whose works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization.  She has also directed feature films, including Wayne's World, her highest grossing film.

Filmography

• Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
• Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
• Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)
• At the Video Store (2019)
• Half the Picture (2018)
• The Real St. Nick (2012)
• Corman's World (2011)
• Five (2011)
• Balls to the Wall (2011)
• Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009)
• For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
• The Kid & I (2005)
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
• When Metal Ruled The World (2003)
• The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
• We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll (2001)
• N.Y.H.C. (1999)
• Hollyweird (1999)
• The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
• No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll (1998)
• Senseless (1998)
• Black Sheep (1996)
• The Little Rascals (1994)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
• Wayne's World (1992)
• Rap's Most Wanted (1991)
• Visitors from the Unknown (1991)
• Lifers Group ‎– World Tour: Rahway Prison, That's It (1991)
• Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991)
• Banned in the USA (1990)
• Wedding Band (1990)
• Thunder and Mud (1990)
• Decade (1989)
• Calling the Shots (1988)
• The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
• Dudes (1987)
• Summer Camp Nightmare (1987)
• The Boys Next Door (1986)
• Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)
• Suburbia (1984)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
• Real Life (1979)
• Audience Research (1976)
• Sick (1975)
• Upcoming Season (1975)
• Open Heart Surgery (1975)
• Home Movies & Failed Candid-Camera Stunts (1975)
• The Impossible Truth (1975)
• The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)
• Hats Off to Hollywood (1972)
• I Don't Know (1971)
• The Ski Bum (1971)
• Vice Hustler (1970)
• The National Rehabilitation Center (1969)
• Shit (1969)
• Bath (1969)
• Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales (1969)
• Synthesis (1968)
• Boy and Crows (1968)
• Superman's Loneliness