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Split Screen (1997) is a documentary, reality, talk web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Split Screen online in HD.

Split Screen — Storyline

Split Screen was a television series that originally aired from 1997 to 2001 on IFC. The series focused on independent filmmaking in America and was hosted by John Pierson. Split Screen featured segments from many notable filmmakers, actors, and actresses including: Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Buck Henry, Wes Anderson, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Richard Linklater, Errol Morris, Miranda July, and William H. Macy.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: John Pierson, Janet Pierson
• Starring: John Pierson

Split Screen — Series Details

Split Screen — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Spike Remembers, Waters Shocks (1997-03-10) — Spike Lee’s first decade; John and Bob the Mailman; HANG YOUR DOG IN THE WIND (movie about making movies); the real Fargo—Brainerd, MN; and the Gruesome Twosome: an encounter with
• E2: Linklater & Bogosian in New York (1997-03-10) — Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian at the New York Film Festival with their film SUBURBIA; Linklater’s first film, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN TO PLOW BY READING BOOKS; and a trip to
• E3: Kevin & Crumb at the Quick Stop (1997-03-17) — Kevin Smith and John co-host from New Jersey; a visit with CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff at home; the found video DIRECTION MAN; Chris Smith and MAKING NORTHWESTERN with Mark Borcha
• E4: Sundance on the Hudson (1997-03-24) — Bob the Mailman in L.A.; insights from filmmakers at the Cold Spring Film Workshop; Marina Zenovich explores the January film alternatives in Park City, UT, home of the Sun-, Slam-
• E5: Breakthrough Screenwriting (1997-06-02) — Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley take a weekend “blockbuster” screenwriting course and make a film; Mary Harron and Katherine Dieckmann, both nine months pregnant, discuss their al
• E6: Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys Around (1997-06-09) — John Lurie on his new series, FISHING WITH JOHN the musical ISLE OF LESBOS; Cyberhostage: two filmmaking cyberterrorists try to get our attention; The Hamster Factor: Terry Gilliam
• E7: Errol Morris Rocks, Gators Chomp (1997-08-15) — SWINGBLADE: SLING BLADE meets SWINGERS; Pierson travels to Orlando FL, the home of the Florida Film Festival and proposes an “indieworld” theme park; a visit with a self distributi
• E8: Buscemi & Turturro on the Block (1997-08-15) — Mr. Pink and Barton Fink: Steve Buscemi and John Turturro on a stoop in Brooklyn; Irwin Young shows us how things work at his venerable film lab DuArt; Taranteenties: PH O'Brien an
• E9: Meet the Skolnicks (1997-08-15) — Cinemoids: a portrait of the film obsessed family at Long Island's Cinema Arts Centre; Donnie Bosnia: the life story of two adventurers in eastern Europe; Sisters in Cinema: specia
• E10: Enter the Blair Witch (1997-08-15) — Sunflower City: Lawrence, KS, the home of the family owned Sunflower Cable system, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS; HANDS ON A HARD BODY: an excerpt from Robb Bindler's incredible documentar

Season 2

• E1: The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe (1998-04-06) — Sam Saldivar no-budget sci-fi thriller THE GIANT KILLER; one minute films loops with Gustav Deutsch at Windsor, ON’s Kinnotek Cinema; looking for the mysterious “Lady In Red” at Sl
• E2: John Wayne's Hairpiece (1998-04-13) — SPLIT SCREEN hits the road! Making a film vs. running the NYC Marathon; visiting IFFCON to talk indie film financing; John Wayne's Hairpiece and other cinema treasures at the Smith
• E3: Grizzly Man Walks, Orson Welles Talks (1998-04-20) — “The Illusion and Reality” episode: Dan Myrick visits musician/filmmaker Billy Yeager in a Purple Haze in Hollywood, FL; movie VHS bootleggers in NYC; building a grizzly bear proof
• E4: Carl Franklin Breaks It Down (1998-04-27) — Self-distributing a documentary about talking to elementary school kids about gay issues; Filming in Charleston, SC, from Civil War pictures to slavery era epics; a visit with dire
• E5: The Tin Drum: Banned in Oklahoma (1998-05-04) — 'Reason to Believe” booking a film on college campuses with secret agent: Tedd Stuart; a visit with Bart Weiss, director of the Dallas Video Festival; surveillance video turned int
• E6: Keep Austin Weird (1998-05-11) — Student activists and local film illuminati protest the shutting down of the UT Union Film program; a profile of the inimitable character actor Lawrence Tierney; shooting Super 8 f
• E7: The Real Dude Abides (1998-05-18) — The RV crew hangs with Barry Tubb, an ex rodeo rider, Hollywood actor in Synder, TX; meet “Big” Joe La Creta: actor, wrestler, and sandwich master in Wilmington, MA; is there a “Re
• E8: All That KC Jazz (1998-05-25) — A visit with Bruce Ricker, director of THE LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS, a 1979 film about a reunion of some of the town’s jazz musicians; shooting a film, performing in a band, and hos
• E9: Selective Service in Aspen (1998-06-01) — The Aspen Shortsfest; SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM, a brilliant short, made when the draft was mandatory and anti-war protests were in full force; follow four ebullient NYC teens, who
• E10: Mr. MovieFone's Message (1998-06-08) — A visit with Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone himself; meet Al Milgrom the Minneapolis “czar of cinema”; witness Dan Cleveland and his heavy metal band Dark Horse on their ascent up
• E11: Damon & Norton Play Poker (1998-08-24) — Matt Damon and Ed Norton head to the World Series of Poker; self-taught stuntman crashing cars from a junkyard; Cronenberg’s CRASH acted by stuffed animals; a screening of RED RIVE
• E12: Todd Haynes' Goldmine (1998-08-31) — Haynes and his longtime producer Christine Vachon cuddle up in Cannes; NEA public funding at the local level; an unusual outdoor screening on a hillside; a film festival sponsored
• E13: Animal Talent (1998-09-07) — The Sweet Sunshine animal Talent Agency; RAT WOMEN: an excerpt from filmmaker Minkie Spiro’s short; what happens to the puppies and dogs left too long at the pound; a visit to Wall
• E14: Lars von Trier Is Dogmatic (1998-09-14) — Adam & Jo’s stuffed animal take on THE ENGLISH PATIENT; a rare visit with brilliant and phobic director Lars von Trier; Amy Elliott and Lizzy Donius visit volcanologists in Hawaii
• E15: Crispin Glover's Syndrome (1998-09-21) — A home tour and talk with Crispin Glover about his film WHAT IS IT?; Adam & Joe’s toy take on SHINE; mob character actor, Frank Vincent; Marina Zenovich checks out the trailer edit
• E16: From Homicide to Ho Chi Minh (1998-09-29) — Movie Saves Town: an indie effort revitalizes Holland, MI; Doug Stone visits Tony Bui, director of THREE SEASONS, and his Vietnamese cast; Homicide is Good: the indie film landscap
• E17: Billy Wilder's Shoes (1998-10-05) — Making Films, Selling Shoes: director Steven Proto enlists the help of Billy Wilder; How'd You Do That?, on working with a deaf actress; Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley ride along
• E18: Kuchar Kuts Loose (1998-10-12) — George Kuchar, beloved innovator, underground filmmaker, and San Francisco film teacher; KIDS: promiscuous stuffed animals in NYC; 15 budding auteurs in Austin produce one feature
• E19: Guy Maddin Mystifies (1998-10-19) — Manitoba Tonight: Guy Maddin; How'd You Do That: Archival FX; 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Meets IRONSIDE”: Muscular Dystrophy poster-girl now turned indie action flick director Jenni Gold
• E20: Almost Heaven, West Virginia (1998-10-26) — Regional filmmaker par excellence, Jacob Young, in his own backyard. Meet an Elvis-channeling schizophrenic tap dancer, a cross-planting evangelical, a cranky chemical plant owner,

Season 3

• E1: Run Jesse Ventura, Run (1999-04-05) — Citizen Jesse: T. J. and Beth Larson show us a local indie film starring Jesse Ventura; 16 mm educational film collector Skip Elsheimer from North Carolina; Doug Stone and P. H. O’
• E2: Reverse Speech (1999-04-12) — Remember “Paul Is Dead”? David John Oates insists that reverse speech is the key to the truth; Producing Schlock: Tim Steffen talks to producer Sam Sherman who, with Al Adamson, ma
• E3: Mr. Kinski Rants, Miranda July Charms (1999-04-19) — Big Miss Moviola: Miranda July, filmmaker, performance artist, and creator of an inspired distribution concept called Big Miss Moviola; Director David Schmoeller lives to tell the
• E4: Thanksgiving Is Not for Turkeys (1999-04-26) — Young Turkeys: see what it takes to bring that big bird to a table near you; Hair Today, Film Tomorrow: Mike LaHaie visits the world-renowned Ann Arbor Film Festival; Amy Elliott a
• E5: Tommy Lee Meets Bolexbrothers (1999-05-03) — Bolexbrothers is an animation studio in Bristol, England, who’ve created a series of indescribably amazing films; Bill Judkins meets SYRACUSE NEW TIMES film critic Bill DeLapp; Set
• E6: The Simpsons in Korea (1999-05-10) — Meet Al Kaplon, umpire turned filmmaker on the set of an X-FILES baseball episode; lady fetish wrestler Deena Zarra shows off some moves and discusses wrestling, and beating, Andy
• E7: Godzilla Revealed (1999-05-17) — A visit with Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima, better known as the original Godzilla; T. J. and Beth Larson take a look at the filmmaking juggernaut that is Billy Graham Ministries; M
• E8: Civil War Redux (1999-05-24) — Hanging out with a hard-core unit of Civil War reenactors down South; the story behind the cult masterpiece LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS; “How to Read a Movie Poster,”
• E9: Waiting for Star Wars (1999-05-31) — Meet Robert Cartagena, a.k.a. Red Leader, for a look at the serious business of waiting in line for the new STAR WARS; experts weigh in on the realism of FBI procedures in the movi
• E10: Tinseltown & Vaudeville (1999-06-07) — Brian Flemming, Keythe Farley, and his wife Ann go for the gold at Tinsletown, an interactive dinner experience in Orange County; visit Palm Springs Follies, a true vaudevillian re
• E11: Christopher Walken Cooks (1999-09-06) — Join Chris, Julian Schnabel, and Cha Cha for shopping and noshing; the strange story of director Richard Stanley—fired from his film of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, he returned disgui
• E12: Ross McElwee 101 (1999-09-13) — Filmmaker Cop: Eugene Hernandez and Jonny Leahan meet one of the NYPD’s finest, Bill Lappe a cop who makes films; a minicam journey with plumbing-drain surgeon Blaine Teal; Mike La
• E13: Scorsese, Imperioli & Ventimiglia (1999-09-20) — Waiting for Marty: Scorsese accepts an award at the Wexner Center in Ohio; catching up with Michael Imperioli and John Ventimiglia during a break from THE SOPRANOS; CASABLANCA: New
• E14: How's Your News? (1999-09-27) — Inside the Eye of SCORPIO RISING: Jon Ausbrooks and Lee Daniel make a mind-blowing, information-packed homage to the master Kenneth Anger; Hangin’ With HOW’S YOUR NEWS?: P. H. O’Br
• E15: Cinemaniacs (1999-10-11) — If you’ve got a building to implode, call Controlled Demolition: Amy Elliott takes us there; Cinemaniac: Stephen Kijak profiles Jack Angstreich, a true film buff, who saw 1,000 fil
• E16: Jesus Is in the Mailbox (1999-10-11) — “Manitoba Tonight” with the brilliant filmmaker Atom Egoyan; “Jesus Video Project”: In 1998, Dr. Bob Cosby sent out 1.8 million copies of a video called “Jesus” to every resident i
• E17: Field of Feuds (1999-10-25) — Meet the feuding fields where FIELD OF DREAMS was shot; Janet Pierson profiles the Moth, the lively monthly gathering for storytelling; “Ocularis”: Randi Barros and Kerry Reardon t
• E18: Kevin Smith Uncensored (1999-11-01) — Over the years, Kevin Smith brought the funny to Split Screen on multiple occasions. His final appearance was this extended one-hour interview at the height of the dramatic controv

Season 4

• E1: The Fiji Stooges (2000-09-04) — Donal Lardner Ward and John Pierson visit the Meridian Theatre in Fiji, the most remote movie theater in the world, with a few movies in tow; in 1923, a set from a desert-bound Cec
• E2: Animating Waking Life (2000-09-11) — Hanging out with Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta while making the uniquely animated feature WAKING LIFE; The Alloy Orchestra at the Maui Film Festival; “Multiplex 1—The Projec
• E3: Woodworking with William Macy (2000-09-18) — “Multiplex II—The Manager”: welcome back to the Museum Place Cinemas; woodworking with William H. Macy in New York City; “Bikers R People 2”: Amy Elliott turns the camera on biker-
• E4: Focus Group from Hell (2000-09-25) — “Video on Vinyl: Then and Now”: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone go from NYC to London in search of the legacy of the mysterious inventor John Logie Baird; “Focus Group From Hell”: mov
• E5: Projections: Wes Anderson (2000-10-02) — In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experiences making BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL
• E6: Projections: David Picker (2000-10-09) — Woody, Leone, Bertolucci, Schlesinger, Lester and 007. David Picker enabled them all, and many more, as production head in United Artists’ golden era. In this installment of PROJEC
• E7: Projections: Christine Vachon (2000-10-16) — Quintessential NY producer Christine Vachon has been on the cutting edge with her company Killer Films for over 25 years, supporting numerous breakout first timers and her mainstay
• E8: Projections: Harmony Korine (2000-10-23) — In this installment of Projections, a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one-on-one with Harmony Korine.
• E10: Projections: Jonas Mekas (2000-11-06) — Celebrating Jonas Mekas, a true underground hero who tirelessly championed experimental filmmakers and their “essential cinema” for half a century. A man of many hats, he directed,
• E11: Projections: Walter Bernstein (2000-11-13) — Of all Projections interviews, Walter Bernstein’s tales are the stuff of a grand movie adventure. From WW2 hero/correspondent to Hollywood Blacklist in five years, both his script
• E12: Projections: David O. Russell (2000-11-20) — If these Projections interviews focus on New York filmmaking, why is David O. Russell sitting poolside in LA? After a quintessential indie debut, SPANKING THE MONKEY, and a bigger
• E14: Projections: Buck Henry (2000-12-04) — In a two-year span early in his storied career, Buck Henry cocreated GET SMART and wrote THE GRADUATE, instantly showing the range of his genius. In the final PROJECTIONS, Buck’s o
• E15: Projections: Schamus/Hope (2000-12-11) — Origin story of odd-couple producers Ted Hope and James Schamus, who nurtured many key directors, especially Ang Lee, whose blockbuster CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON opened the we

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Split Screen have? 4 season(s) with 61 episodes.

Who created Split Screen? John Pierson, Janet Pierson.

Where can I watch Split Screen? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.