a screening of the film "From the Left Hand" with a performance by its subject Norman Malone, and a tribute to feminist filmmaker Beth B with a live performance by Lydia Lunch. Awards On November 12, 2015, Bechard was awarded the ASPCA Media Excellence Award for his work on the film A Dog Named Gucci and for "focusing on animal welfare and inspiring others to join the fight against animal cruelty." Personal life Bechard has been married to Kristine M Covello since 1992. They live in Connecticut with their two dogs, Springsteen and Dylan. Filmography Films 1983: Disconnected 1987: Galactic Gigolo 1987: Psychos in Love 1989: Cemetery High 2002: The Kiss 2005: You Are Alone 2009: Friends (with benefits) 2011: Color Me Obsessed 2012: What Did You Expect? 2013: Broken Side of Time 2013: Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart 2015: A Dog Named Gucci 2016: Who Is Lydia Loveless? 2017: Twenty Questions 2018: What it Takes: film en douze tableaux 2019: Pizza A Love Story 2020: Seniors A Dogumentary 2021: The Matchbox Man 2021: Where are you, Jay Bennett? 2022: Old Friends, A Dogumentary Short films and music videos In addition to his feature work, Bechard has made a number of short films and music videos, many of which are available on YouTube. 1982: Bartholemew, the Strangler 1985: The Only Take 2000: The Pretty Girl 2001: Flight 89 2003: Objects in the Mirror are Further than they Appear 2003: In Her Eyes 2004: This Used To Be My Beautiful Home 2005: Black Dogs Can't Jump 2005: Cars & History 2012: All Hail the Kings of Trash 2014: Broken Side of Time 2014: Boxers 2016: Heal Me 2016: Longer 2016: Clumps 2016: European 2017: (I Just Died) Like an Aviator 2017: Nothin' Feels Right But Doin' Wrong 2018: The Bottle Never Lets Me Down 2018: Aviator (unadorned) Works and publications Bechard, Gorman. The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: A Novel. New York, N.Y.: Carol Pub. Group, 1991. Bechard, Gorman. Balls. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Plume, 1995. Bechard, Gorman. Good Neighbors. New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers, 1998. Bechard, Gorman. Ninth Square. New York: Forge, 2002. writing as Baine, Jonathan. Unwound. New York : Onyx, 2007. Bechard, Gorman. Hazmat Diary. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010. References External links 1959 births 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Living people Writers from Waterbury, Connecticut American male novelists American