Director Ben Younger discusses Bleed for This

November 6, 2016

DGA Q&As in Los Angeles and New York

A boxer is determined to fight again after a near-fatal car accident in Director Ben Younger’s new biographical drama, Bleed for This.

Younger’s film tells the incredible and inspirational true story of Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza, a junior middleweight world champion boxer who was forced to relinquish the title after breaking his neck in a serious car accident and being told by his doctors that he might never walk again much less enter the ring. Determined to regain his crown, he and his trainer defied medical orders to make a return to the sport he loved.

Following the November 5 DGA membership screening in Los Angeles, Younger sat down with Director Ariel Vromen (Criminal), to discuss the making of Bleed for This. Younger also spoke about the film in a conversation with Director Tod ‘Kip’ Williams (Cell) following the DGA membership screening in New York on November 20.

In addition to Bleed for This, Younger’s credits include the feature films Boiler Room and Prime; the shorts Toothpaste and The Car Thief and the Hit Man; and an episode of the television series Army Wives. He has been a DGA member since 1998.

You can listen to Younger's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find all DGA podcast episodes here.

Pictures

Event photos by Byron Gamarro (Los Angeles) and Marcie Revens (New York)
Print courtesy of Open Road Films

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Director Ben Younger speaks about the making of his new biographical biographical drama, Bleed for This, following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Director Ben Younger speaks about the making of his new biographical biographical drama, Bleed for This, following the DGA membership screening in New York.

Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza in Director Ben Younger’s Bleed for This.

Director Ben Younger (right) speaks about the making of Bleed for This with Director Tod ‘Kip’ Williams (moderator) following the DGA membership screening in New York.

Director Ben Younger speaks about the making of his new feature, Bleed for This, with Director Ariel Vromen (moderator) following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles.

Aaron Eckhart and Miles Teller in Director Ben Younger’s Bleed for This.

Director Ariel Vromen (moderator) asks Ben Younger a question about the making of Bleed for This.

Director Tod ‘Kip’ Williams (moderator) asks Ben Younger a question about the making of Bleed for This.

Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza in Director Ben Younger’s Bleed for This.

A member of the DGA Los Angeles Theater audience asks Director Ben Younger a question about the making of his new feature, Bleed for This.

Directors Tod ‘Kip’ Williams (moderator) and Ben Younger pose for a photo following the New York DGA membership screening of Younger’s new feature, Bleed for This.

Ciarán Hinds, Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart in Director Ben Younger’s Bleed for This.

Directors Ben Younger and Ariel Vromen (moderator) chat with actor Gerard Butler and other guests following the Los Angeles DGA membership screening of Bleed for This.

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