Running Time: 12 mins.

Film Format: 16mm

Black and White

Copyright ©1999

Log Line:

Duane hasn't had much luck with the ladies lately. He's not bad-looking, he has a sense of humor, he has a steady job... Maybe it has something to do with his job.

Synopsis:

Detailing the personal life of a New York City funeral director as playfully and provocatively as its amusing title, Rolf Gibbs' short documentary is an inside look at an undertaker's survival of the most dismal of all careers, his problems dating women, and the preparations for his own demise. "The Last Guy" achieves a balance of humor and gravity that is as sensitive as its main character is extraordinary.

Festivals / ***Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS, Los Angeles, March 2000

One of only 30 films to qualify for 2000 OSCAR nomination for Best Documentary Short

SUNDANCE Film Festival: Official Selection. Park City, Utah January 1999.

WORLD PREMIERE / In Competition

SXSW (South by Southwest Film Conference): Austin, Texas, March 1999

*** (AWARD: Best Documentary Short)

OBERHAUSEN International Short Film Festival: Germany, April 1999

*** (AWARD: Audience Award)

FLORIDA Film Festival: USA, June 1999

*** (AWARD: Best Documentary Short)

ONE REEL FILM FESTIVAL / BUMBERSHOOT, Seattle, September 1999

*** (AWARD: Best Film Award, $1000.00)

HAMPTONS International Film Festival, New York, October 1999

*** (AWARD: Graduate Student Award $2500.00)

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION, Los Angeles, October 1999

*** (Nominee for 1999 David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award)

LOS ANGELES Independent Film Festival

Official Selection, USA, April 1999

MARYLAND Film Festival

Official Selection, Baltimore, USA, April 1999

NEW FILMMAKERS SERIES at Anthology Film Archives

New York, USA, April 1999

DOCKERS / IFP CLASSICALLY INDEPENDENT Film Festival

New York, USA, May 1999

ATLANTA Film Festival

USA, June 1999

OCULARIS / IFP Film Series at PS1,

New York, July 1999

EDINBURGH International Film Festival

Scotland, UK, August 1999

BBC BRITISH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

London, England, Sept. 1999

DRAMA International Short Film Festival

Greece, Sept. 1999

COLOGNE Short Cuts Film Festival

Germany, Sept. 1999

CINEMATEXAS Film Festival

Austin, Sept. 1999

"DOCTOBER" IDA Documentary Film Festival

LA, October 1999

SILVERSAND Film Festival

Hermosa Beach, California, October 1999

KUDZU Film Festival

Athens, Georgia, October 1999

ST. LOUIS International Film Festival

November, 1999

BILBAO Documentary and Short Film Festival

Spain, November 1999

IFDA International Documentary Film Festival

Amsterdam, Netherlands. December 1999

Credits:

Produced & Directed by

ROLF GIBBS

Photography

NICOLE KASSELL

Edited by

DAMON SKINNER

Sound Editing

LENGE HONG

Sound Recordist

EVA ARIDJIS

Camera Assistant

MELANY KAHN

JOHN KROKIDAS

ERLA SKULADOTTIR

Sound Mixer

ZACK RESNIKOFF

Produced at:

TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)

GRADUATE FILM PROGRAM