American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.
Editing
Animated photographs bring Hicks alive — freaky, beautiful, haunting.
Writing
His words. That's it. That's the magic. Unedited genius.
Production
Family and friends open the vault — no hagiography, just humanity.
Director
Matt Harlock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The filmmakers invented 'rotoscopic animation' for this — scanning thousands of photos to make still images move like living memory.
Hicks's infamous 'marketing and advertising' rant predicted influencer culture by thirty years — he saw the emptiness coming.
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