David Markey

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.

Directed

1. 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992) — Director
2. Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) — Director
3. Goo (1991) — Director
4. The Reinactors (2008) — Director
5. The Slog Movie (1982) — Director
6. Lovedolls Superstar (1986) — Director
7. Cut Shorts (2006) — Director
8. Reality 86'd (1991) — Director
9. Citizen Tania (1989) — Director
10. (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004) — Director
11. Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk (2012) — Director
12. Dinosaur Jr: Bug Live at 930 Club (2012) — Director
13. The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell (2025) — Director
14. Rap Damage (1991) — Director
15. Grunge Pedal (1993) — Director
16. Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991) — Director
17. The Devil's Exorcist (1975) — Director
18. The Omenous — Director
19. Shonen Knife Blast Off! — Director
20. Summer Has Been Over for a Long Time (1980) — Director
21. Lou Believers (1988) — Director
22. Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) (2004) — Director

Also appeared in

1. 7th Heaven (1996) — Peter
2. 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992) — Self
3. Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
4. The Slog Movie (1982)
5. Desolation Center (2018)
6. Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
7. Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy (2006) — Self
8. Weatherman '69 (1989) — Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
9. Citizen Tania (1989) — Teko
10. Flipside Video Fanzine Number 1
11. The Book of Manson (1989) — Bobby Beausoleil
12. (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004) — Self
13. Lou Believers (1988)
14. Rap Damage (1991)