Gregg Araki earned an M.F.A. from the USC School of Cinema-Television. His previous feature films include Splendor, Nowhere, The Doom Generation, Totally F***ed Up, The Living End, The Long Weekend (O' Despair), and Three Bewildered People in the Night, many of which have screened at Sundance. He has also directed music videos for the Micronauts and the London Suede as well as "This Is How the World Ends," a pilot for MTV. Araki's films have screened at the world's most prestigious film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, London, and New York.