Make Me Famous

Make Me Famous A madcap romp through the 1980s NYC downtown art scene amidst the colorful career of ambitious paint

A feature documentary on the 1980s Downtown art scene in NYC.

09/24/2026

The Jim C appreciation runs deep over here!

There is no other video out there that documents the 80s DIY East Village art scene cute like Jim C. We are thrilled to have been able to use so much of his work in Make Me Famous.

The doc has been widely praised in the press for the stunning footage that immerses you in the NYC of the 80s - when PUNK met Paint!

Check out the next screening in New York
🍿Oct 11th 2:15 pm
🍿SUNDAY
🍿 New Plaza Cinema
📍35 W 67th St - NYC

👉Q&A to follow with Jim C and the filmmakers Brian Vincent Heather Spore

👉Tickets avail for purchase in the LINK in Bio

✨FOLLOW James Love Cornwell IV to keep up with all things Jim C!

✨Works included from: Keiko Bonk, Michael Roman, Rick Prol, Anton van Dalen, Mark Kostabi, Roberto Juarez, Seth Tobocman, Miguel Piñero, James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook

09/22/2026

After a sold-out run this summer, MAKE ME FAMOUS returns to New Plaza Cinema Sun Oct 11 2:15pm

“Reminds us how exciting it can be to gather together and explore lives and times.” - —James Grissom

Q&A w/ director Brian Vincent, producer Heather Spore Kelly, and archival cinematographer James Love Cornwell IV

https://newplazacinema.org/details/ST00000454/make-me-famous/

09/15/2026

Chris “DAZE” Ellis is a pioneering American graffiti artist and muralist from Brooklyn, New York. In the late 70s, he painted NYC subway cars before successfully transitioning his dynamic style to studio canvases and international gallery exhibitions.

Make Me Famous is a documentary that immerses you into the 1980s Downtown art scene where PUNK met PAINT. Get a real look at what the East Village bohemian scene was like in NYC’s East Village

Upcoming NYC Screening
🍿October 11th SUNDAY
🍿2:15 PM
🍿New Plaza Cinema
🍿35 West 67th St

🎟️🔗Ticket Link in BIO

👉the Last screening sold out almost a week before the event.

📽️This RARE archival footage was shot by James Love Cornwell IV for a show at Jim C.’s NADA Gallery

Thank you New Plaza Cinema MAD | Museum of Arts and Design !
08/18/2026

Thank you New Plaza Cinema MAD | Museum of Arts and Design !

08/12/2026

MAKE ME FAMOUS is now sold out this Saturday!

Thanks for continuing to support this indie sensation after more than 3 years at New Plaza Cinema

Watch this space for more screenings!

08/09/2026

Do you know Claudia Summers, Punk It-Girl of the Downtown 80s scene??

Claudia Summers was in the Warhol-managed musical group, Walter Steding and the Dragon People, and appearing as lead vocalist on the 1984 club hit “The Do******ix Sleeps Tonight,” which was banned from commercial radio and MTV. She lived through the 80s as a coveted do******ix and became the Downtown Muse to photographers and Painters alike.

Meet Claudia In-PERSON at the Last Summer Screening in NYC of
MAKE ME FAMOUS

🍿When: 8/15, Saturday
🍿1:45pm
Where: Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle downstairs theater

🎥Hosted by New Plaza Cinema

EXCITING Q&A with
⭐️Annina Nosei-Basquiat’s first uptown dealer
⭐️Claudia Summers-THE 80s PUNK “It” Girl
and special guests Director Brian Vincent and artist Jim C.

👉Special Note about the venue. No ONSITE ticket sales. Advance Tickets Only. Limited Seats Left

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08/06/2026

Take a madcap ride back in history to NYC in the 1980s. Down on the Lower East Side, creativity was flowing. Rents were cheap. The artists created their own “scene” that made some rich and famous, and left others behind.

Make Me Famous captures NYC’s explosive 1980s Downtown art scene where punk, paint, music, and nightlife collided. At its edge stood painter Edward Brezinski, whose story reveals the era’s DIY grit, ambition and where the dream of making it felt just within reach and heartbreakingly out of grasp.

Join us for the LAST Summer screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Make Me Famous, by director Brian Vincent and producer Heather Spore at the summer home of New Plaza Cinema

🍿When: 8/15, Saturday
🍿1:45pm
📍Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle - downstairs theater

EPIC Q&A with
✨Annina Nosei-Basquiat’s first uptown dealer
✨ Claudia Summers-THE 80s PUNK “It” Girl
…and special guests Director Brian Vincent and artist Jim C.

👉Special Note about the Venue: No ONSITE ticket sales. Advance Tickets Only. Ticket Link in Bio

⭐️“a trove of thrilling interviews” -The Hollywood Reporter

🍅100% Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes


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