Avery Crounse(1951-2023)

Avery Crounse, an award winning director and photographer has written three theatrical feature films that have played worldwide. Avery, who also owns his own production company, Elysian Pictures, directed and wrote his first film in 1983, a western/horror film entitled "Eyes of Fire" starring Dennis Lipscomb and Guy Boyd. The film, which went on to become one of the most acclaimed films of 1984, was called by The New York Times as a "bizarrely fascinating story" and that "Crounse's visual imagination is extraordinary". Crounse's next film, "The Invisible Kid" starring Oscar nominee Karen Black, also received some critical acclaim. His most recent film, "Cries of Silence", also starring Karen Black, and Kathleen York and Ed Nelson was quoted by The Los Angeles Times as "an exquisite drama". "Cries of Silence" went on to win numerous awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for his daughter Erin Buchanan at the Giffoni International Film Festival. Besides Crounse's work in motion pictures, he is also an acclaimed photographer, his works have been published in American Photographer and is the subject of television documentary with his prints seen in over twenty countries. Crounse has most recently relocated to his home town of Paducah, Kentucky.