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Jeremy Craig Kasten is an American film director, producer, and editor. He is known for his work in the field of independent horror on notable films including The Attic Expeditions,   The Thirst, All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, The Thirst, The Wizard of Gore, The Theatre Bizarre, and The Dead Ones.

Early life
Kasten was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up performing in local television and theater with his family and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts in an acting ensemble with Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett. In his Junior year, Kasten and his friends (ex. street artist Maya Hayuk and his producer Daniel Griffiths) appeared in John Waters's film Hairspray. Later, Kasten attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts and soon after moved to Los Angeles, California working various roles in film crews until learning the craft of film editing.

Kasten completed his first indie feature film titled Off the Road in 1991 shot during his sophomore year with friends as actors and local talent for crew. The film screened at the First Church of Boston. In 1992, Kasten moved to Los Angeles, California and began working in various roles on film crews until learning the craft of film editing.

Career
In 1997, Kasten began work on The Attic Expeditions, a low-budget experimental horror film starring Seth Green, and Jeffrey Combs. It premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival, played in Los Angeles and then was distributed locally by Blockbuster/DEJ Entertainment. The reception to the film was mixed, due to its complex plot.

Kasten's 2005 film All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, second film for Starz! Media, uses the Mexican Day of the Dead as a backdrop for zombie horror. The 2006 film The Thirst is a vampire horror film, and Kasten's only film without Jeffrey Combs. It premiered at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival,  aired on the Sci Fi Channel on June 11, 2005 with stars including Laz Alonzo, David Keith, Jeffrey Combs, Laura Harring, and Danny Trejo.

In 2006, Kasten directed The Thirst, a vampire horror film, starring Clare Kramer, Neil Jackson, Jeremy Sisto, Adam Baldwin and Otep. The film premiered at the Sitges Fantasy and Horror Festival and The New York Times called it “Out-and-out pretension… A vampire movie that tries to say something smart about the connections among vampirism, sexuality and drug addiction…. just disgusting.”

In 2007, Kasten released his remake of the Herschell Gordon Lewis classic The Wizard of Gore, starring Kip Pardue, Crispin Glover, Bijou Phillips, Combs, Brad Dourif, and the Suicide Girls. His "cover" adds a film noir edge to the splatter of the original, while maintaining the crucial ratio of blood and breasts.

In 2008, Kasten was involved in the re-opening of the Brookledge Theatre and was proposed as its original director. During his tenure at Brookledge, he collaborated with several actors include Penn Gilette, Ann Magnuson, Billy the Mime, The Lampshades, Kristian Hoffman, Puddles Pity Party and Neil Hamburger.

In Summer 2009 Kasten entered production for his latest film, The Dead Ones.

In 2011, Kasten produced and directed the wrap-around segments for the anthology horror film The Theatre Bizarre which premiered as the opening film at the Fantasia International Film Festival. He worked together with Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley. His segment stars Udo Kier and takes place in an abandoned theater and and was shot in the Million Dollar Theater.

In television, Kasten has directed several recreation shows for networks A&E Biography, Discovery Channel ID and was the director on History Channel’s controversial “The Exorcist Files”.