Split Screen

Split Screen

11 Seasons

Your wild ride through the indie film world—by filmmakers, for everyone. From 1997 to 2001, producer and author John Pierson and his band of cinephiles roved the U.S. seeking pockets of movie madness, for this irreverent sixty-episode series.

Split Screen
  • Criterion Live! SPLIT SCREEN 20th Anniversary, Walter Reade Theater

    Episode 1

    On May 10, 2017, we teamed up with the Film Society of Lincoln Center to celebrate John Pierson’s landmark series with a live conversation featuring Pierson and filmmakers Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Miranda July, Chris Smith, Don Ward, and Dan Myrick.

  • Split Screen: Christopher Walken Cooks

    Episode 2

    Christopher Walken cooks with Julian Schnabel and a guy named Cha-Cha. From Season 9, Episode 1.

  • Split Screen: The Blair Witch Project

    Episode 3

    A three-person documentary crew disappears deep in the woods of Maryland. From Season 2, Episode 5.

  • Split Screen: Direction Man

    Episode 4

    The found video DIRECTION MAN. From Season 1, Episode 3.

  • Split Screen: “Selective Service System” Story

    Episode 5

    An intense look at one man’s way out of the Vietnam War draft. From Season 4, Episode 4.

  • SPLIT SCREEN: Miranda July’s Big Miss Moviola

    Episode 6

    Female filmmakers send their movies to Miranda July and Big Miss Moviola. From Season 7, Episode 3.

  • SPLIT SCREEN: AMERICAN MOVIE

    Episode 7

    From Season 1, Episode 3 of SPLIT SCREEN. Prior to its release, filmmakers Chris Smith and Scott James discuss the making of Smith’s cult indie documentary AMERICAN MOVIE about filmmaker Mark Borchardt’s journey making his low budget horror film COVEN. Original airdate 3/17/1997.

  • Split Screen: The Fiji Stooges

    Episode 8

    Dueling indies at the world’s most remote movie theater, in Fiji, where the Three Stooges are gods. From Season 10, Episode 3.