Year: 2026
Director: Mark Pellington
Running Time: 1hr 30min

"This is Buzz" is a documentary that explores the radical impact and lasting relevance of Buzz, an avant-garde, genderless MTV magazine series from the 1990’s. Directed by Mark Pellington, the film uses archival footage and interviews to connect the analog media landscape of the early 90’s to today’s internet-driven information age.

Special Q&A with director Mark Pellington

Mark Pellington is an American filmmaker. He worked at pioneering video channel MTV from 1983–1990, winning awards as a promo producer and co-creating the seminal landmark TV image documentary series BUZZ. His video for Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” won four MTV awards in 1993, including Best Director and Video of the Year.

Pellington began directing feature films, including Going All the Way (1997), starring Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz, Arlington Road (1999), starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Mothman Prophecies (2002), starring Richard Gere. He has also created over 100 iconic music videos with such musical artists as U2, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, INXS, Alice In Chains, Demi Lovato, Imagine Dragons, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Cage the Elephant, Linkin Park, Echosmith, The Fray, Dave Matthews, Michael Jackson, Public Enemy, Moby, Flaming Lips, Nada Surf, Damian Marley, Chelsea Wolfe and many more. He made cameo acting appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire, directed the ground-breaking mini-series The United States of Poetry for PBS in 1995, AIDS awareness film Red Hot and Dance (1992), and Pearl Jam Single Video Theory (1998). He also created pilots for hit network TV shows, directing and producing shows including Blindspot (2015), Red Widow (2014), The Enemy Within (2018) and Cold Case (2003–2009), as well as numerous commercials, personal documentaries, TV episodes, longform music films, art projects and shorts.

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