Penelope Spheeris
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Raised in a traveling carnival after her father's murder, Spheeris grew up in California and pursued art at CSULB before studying psychobiology at UC Irvine and earning an MFA in theater arts from UCLA. Her entry into film began with transcription work at UCLA, leading to the punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) and its sequels on metal and later punk scenes, which cemented…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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