Jim Sclavunos
Biography
Jim Sclavunos is an American drummer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and writer who helped kick-start New York's no wave movement in the late 1970s. Born in Brooklyn, he co-founded the fanzine No Magazine while studying at NYU, then played bass and drums in Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and 8 Eyed Spy alongside Lydia Lunch. Stints with Sonic Youth and the Cramps followed. In 1994 he was recruited into the Bad Seeds, Nick Cave's band, where he handles percussion, keyboards and drums; his recordings with them include Murder Ballads and Ghosteen. He founded his own ensemble, the Vanity Set, in 2000 and was a founding member of Grinderman. As a producer he has worked with Gogol Bordello and the Horrors, and he features in the documentary films One More Time with Feeling (2016) and Distant Sky (2018).
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 4 years2014 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Distant SkyIMDb rating 8.7
- 2016One More Time with FeelingIMDb rating 8.2
- 201420,000 Days on EarthIMDb rating 7.4
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Big break
Sclavunos briefly joined Sonic Youth in 1982 and played drums on their debut album, Confusion Is Sex, though he left before the sessions ended.
Big break
Sclavunos joined Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1994 as organist and percussionist for the Let Love In European tour, then became a permanent member that same year.
A change of course
While he was a student at NYU School of Arts, Sclavunos helped start No Magazine, an underground fanzine focused on NY punk rock and the growing No Wave movement.
Behind the camera
Sclavunos created the cover art for the ROIR 8 Eyed Spy release and also for Suicide's Half Alive album, which came out in 1981.
Behind the camera
Sclavunos started working with Australian performance artist and musician Michaela Davies in 2012. Their piece "FM-2030" used programmed electrical stimulation of classical string players to create playing movements they could not control.
Jim Sclavunos movies on Netflix
Most often with
Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nick Cave's page
Warren Ellis's page
George Vjestica3 films together, 2014 to 2018
George Vjestica's page
Martyn Casey3 films together, 2014 to 2018
Martyn Casey's page
Thomas Wydler's page
Earl Cave's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Else TorpDistant Sky (2018) and One More Time with Feeling (2016)
- Susie BickOne More Time with Feeling (2016) and 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.