ZombleBees - ZombleBees

What this video is

Released in 2012, ZombleBees sits at the intersection of the zombie-genre pop-culture saturation of the early 2010s (Walking Dead era) and the flourishing Vimeo/YouTube indie filmmaker movement. The music video format was being reinvented by micro-budget auteurs using DSLR cameras and theatrical craft to punch above their budget weight. The genre-parody structure — taking the romantic music video form and…

Why it matters

ZombleBees is a notable example of the early 2010s narrative-comedy music video subgenre, where independent directors used the music video format as a short film canvas. The zombie-romance mashup concept reflects peak zombie saturation in pop culture (2010-2013), while the theatrical costuming and…

The director

Born 7 August 1977 in Gdańsk, Poland; raised in Atlanta, Georgia after traveling through Tasmania. Attended Atlanta College of Art; began as photographer before transitioning to filmmaking. Multi-hyphenate: director, writer, production designer, and…