Edward Brezinski worked alongside Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the Lower East Side art scene, but never reached the same level of success as his contemporaries. Make Me Famous uncovers why such a well-connected yet peculiar painter never made it, despite being so maniacally focused in his quest for fame.

«Thankfully, Make Me Famous, an obsessive documentary on a chimerical character named Edward Brezinski, who seems as worthy of remembering as a bad odor, is not only filled with remarkable raconteurs but is told by a pair of filmmakers—the husband-and-wife team of Brian Vincent (director) and Heather Spore (producer)—who manage to use such rambling old yarns as a brilliantly digressive structure for a feature-length movie.»

«In full disclosure, I was asked to be in this movie but demurred because I couldn’t think of one nice thing to say about Ed. This I honestly regret because it clearly didn’t stop anyone else from being in the film. In fact, most of the humor that makes this such a winning picture comes from everyone describing the stupidity, desperation, and annoying omnipresence that made Ed as pervasive as the smell of alcoholic piss on the streets then.»

- Carlo McCormick, Artforum

Brian Vincent is a graduate of the Juilliard School Drama division (Group 23). A professional actor and member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA for over 20 years. Make Me Famous was selected as a NYSCA grantee (2019) and as a participant in IFP Film Week Spotlight on Documentaries (2019). Make Me Famous is Vincent’s feature directorial debut.