Astron-6
Canadian film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Astron-6 was a Canadian film production and directing company founded in 2007 by Adam Brooks and Jeremy Gillespie.[1][2] The company later expanded to include Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney and Steven Kostanski, who are now equal partners in the company. Astron-6 is known for producing low-budget, 1980s-centric independent movies that often combine horror with comedy.
A planned 2012 documentary No Sleep, No Surrender, which detailed the making and production of their 2011 film Father's Day, was never completed, though a teaser trailer was released.[3] The follow-up to Father's Day, a Giallo-inspired horror comedy, The Editor, was directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy in 2014.
In 2016, Astron-6 produced the web series Divorced Dad. The series was described by the filmmakers as 'a love letter to the endearingly incompetent cable access television shows created by far from screen-ready small town celebrities during the 1980s and 90s'.[4]
Gillespie and Kostanski directed the 2016 horror film The Void, intended as a departure from Astron-6's more comedic work. The film showcases more of Kostanski's creature and practical effects as seen in Astron-6's earlier films.
- Father's Day (2011)[7]
- The Editor (2014)[8]
- "W is for Wish" in ABCs of Death 2 (2014)[9][10]
- The Void (2016)
- Leprechaun Returns (2018)
- Divorced Dad (2019) — 7-episode series[10]
- Chowboys: An American Folktale (2019)[11]
- Psycho Goreman (2020)
- "Veggie Masher commercial" in "Storm Drain" segment for V/H/S/94 (2021)
