Vincent Gallo Biography

Fast Facts

• His film "The Brown Bunny" won a FIPRESCI Prize at the 2003 Viennale for its bold exploration of yearning and grief and for its radical departure from dominant tendencies in current American filmmaking
• After leaving home, he started playing in Gray, an experimental music group, then recorded an avant-garde industrial noise album with the band Bohack
• Gave radical and spontaneous public performances in the streets of New York City titled "The One Armed Man," "The Man with No Face," "Sandman," "Boy Hit by a Car" and "Boy Cries in Restaurant Window" among others
• Is directly involved in his films from start to finish, creating his own trailers and posters and involving himself in their sales and distribution
• Known for creating conceptual performance pieces and art
• Reached the professional level of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 1980s
• His record collection includes over 35,000 vinyl LPs