​NETFLIX ACQUIRES BERT MARCUS’ HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SOCIAL MEDIA DOCUMENTARY FILM “THE AMERICAN MEME”

• Logline: With support from social media moguls DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski, The American Meme explores the journeys of four distinct social media disruptors, Paris Hilton (@parishilton), Josh Ostrovsky (@TheFatJewish), Brittany Furlan (@brittanyfurlan) and Kirill Bichutsky (@slutwhisperer), as they hustle to build empires out of their online footprints, redefining the paradigm for the American Dream.

• The critically acclaimed film had its world premiere earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Netflix Original Documentary will be released globally December 2018

• Written & Directed by: Bert Marcus
  • Bert Marcus has produced and financed the transformative feature films Teenage Paparazzo (Sundance 2010 / HBO) and How to Make Money Selling Drugs (Toronto 2012 / Tribeca Films), as well as directed the critically acclaimed films Champs (Tribeca 2014 / Starz), and What We Started (LAFF 2017, Netflix). Bert also has multiple films in the pipeline, including Ophelia, starring Daisy Ridley & Naomi Watts, which premiered at Sundance 2018.

• Produced by: Bert Marcus & Cassandra Thornton

• Executive Producer: Paris Hilton, Ben Lyons and Brett Gursky

• Edited by: Tchavdar Georgiev & Monique Zavistovski

• Key cast includes: Paris Hilton, DJ Khaled, Brittany Furlan, Kirill Bichutsky, Josh Ostrovsky, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin
  • Also featuring Lele Pons, Amanda Cerny

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