Dutch-Canadian Johnny Terris is an actor, filmmaker, writer, producer, ex-model, photographer, editor and visual artist who shot and acted in his first film in 1987 at the age of 14, making him the youngest filmmaker to do extremely transgressive underground material. Two years later at 16 years of age, he quit school and hitchhiked to the city with a stiff upper lip, a foot high mohawk , a stolen videocamera and something to prove. His films viciously delve into the blood-soaked/cum-slicked combo of transgressive punk-styled nihilistic violence and complete annihilation of family values and structure. His early work in the late 80's and early 90's were cemented in drag trashed, politically offensive comedies; one of which consisted of a small town mother and daughter team who drink contaminated tap water and delve into insanity & depravity and another about two disease-infested street prostitutes who go mad and beat each other to death while locked inside a trailer. It was these early years that Terris was known for using only real blood in his films, refusing at the time to use anything 'faked'. His first directorial debuts, (mainly "The Stardust Memory", "Destination Disturbed" and "The Whores"), started to pick up a small following in the early 90’s with the younger punk and indie crowds and were often shown at college parties and dubbed "stoner films". The last of his early films, 1996's transgressive "Room 405", strayed away from the trashy dark comedy of his previous films, edged into darker cinematography and tone complete with explicit hardcore sex, masochism, urination, scarification and saw his first use of heavy metal music; a style that would follow in most of his later work. While the early films were created in somewhat as disturbing comedic-style violence and complete annihilation of filmatic structure and formula, it was 2004's supernatural horror opus 'Inside Inoxia' that put Terris on the map as a filmmaker who can blend beauty and horror simultaneously. The film depicts the effects of chemical warfare and radiation poisoning concerning a couple (two young male metalheads), who get trapped inside a bombed-out town to face the repercussions of a nuclear fallout while also dealing with a supernatural horror that begins to engulf their lives. "Inside Inoxia" broke down barriers and annihilated stereotypes and with the film, Terris was the first and only filmmaker to ever depict gay metalheads in a masculine, serious and non-campy way. Whether it's a warped psychedelic fairytale populated with dark arts, demonic mirrors and black magic mantras, 1970s styled creepiness or a blistering old school heavy metal soundtracks with electric visuals of street-tough headbangers from the wrong side of the tracks, Johnny Terris has come to define a unique take on underground cinema and has mastered the art of disturbing an audience with next to no gore, but rather doing it with pace and atmosphere. Hardly any contemporary critics have actually gotten the essence of his films. In fact most of the world has no idea who he even is despite having over 20 years in the industry. Often extremely reclusive and never one for self-promotion or cliquey scene circles, the vast majority of his work remains truly underground and are usually embraced by younger punk, anarchist and extremist crowds who shy away from mainstream and indie art. His dark art is not limited to film. As well as an extensive 25 year filmography, he writes, sculpts and paints usually blending his own blood, semen, urine, skin and hair mashed together with acrylics and clay and is apparent through the deep scarification on his left arm and chest where he would quite literally throw his own flesh and blood into his artwork. There is no doubt that Johnny Terris has turned his obsession of the surreal into an unapologetic profession and is an artist who beats to his own drum regardless of repercussions or critique. He currently lives in Canada, is working on new films and has recently released an autobiography on his life and films titled "Sinister Splendor & Broken Glass: Memoirs of an Underground Filmmaker" available exclusively through johnnyterris.com. A second book of his earlier screenplays and scripts from the late 80's to the mid 90's is currently in the works for early 2012.