Dennis White is known primarily for his musical talents under the stage name Static Revenger. However, he has increasingly turned his attention to filmmaking, directing several short films. One of his films won awards at film festivals. He now enjoys working on visual media like music videos and a planned online travel series more than only creating music. His experience making films for a car company helped improve his filmmaking skills and lead to other opportunities in visual storytelling.

2. ALTHOUGH MOST KNOW STATIC REVENGER FOR
HIS MUSICAL PROWESS, HE’S NOW TURNING HEADS
FROM BEHIND THE VIDEO CAMERA
By Sam Frank
DENNISWHITE
Dennis was signed to Warner Music. Before
he could officially release the song, Warner
Music dissolved, and so did the album. “Then
a year-and-a-half ago I get this call out of the
blue by someone involved with the [Britney &
Kevin: Chaotic reality] show saying that Britney
wanted to use “Sweetest Day” for her wedding
sequence,” Dennis remembers. “That Britney
thing turned out to be a blessing, because that’s
how I was able to afford to do the whole record.”
Although Dennis is most known for his musical
prowess, the Static Revenger’s mesmerizing
short movies have also earned him praise. “I
started working for a car company called Scion
five years ago,” he explains. “[I was] doing music
for their website, which later evolved into more
multimedia work.” As Dennis’ craft improved,
Scion took notice and invited him to participate
in their “Easy 10 Filmmaker Series”—a project
aimed at giving non-filmmakers a chance to
create short movies. Funded by Scion, Dennis
traveled to Spain to document a cultural festival
he describes as “running with the bulls for
pyromaniacs…we came back with all this footage,
so I hired a bunch of good animators and editors
to cut these movies,” Dennis modestly reveals.
“They ended up coming out pretty well.” One of
his films, Castellers, won “Honorable Mention” at
the Very Short Film Festival, as well as “Best Use
of Music in a Documentary” at the Park City Film
Music Festival.
“Now, if I do a remix or just work on music, it
feels like there is something lacking,” Dennis
admits. “I’ve been getting a little more into
scoring for film trailers—more interaction with
video.” Currently, the Static Revenger camp is
working on an online travel series that follows
musicians around the world and documents the
culture of the towns they perform in. With all
this visual & audio innovation surrounding his
creative endeavors, I am eager to watch the world
through Dennis White’s awe-inspiring looking
glass. Hopefully, Britney won’t return the favor
by having one of her songs in his movies.
“I’ve always been interested in visual
work,” confesses Dennis White (aka Static
Revenger) while recovering from a post-
Coachella Festival flu. “Everybody has the same
technological toolbox, so the thing that I marvel
at when I see good work is: ‘How did they think
of that?’” I wondered that about Dennis the first
time I heard his alter-ego perform “Sweetest
Day,” off his most recent album Love Song
Surprise. A lush downtempo beat interwoven
with starry-eyed romantic lyricism, “Sweetest
Day” first hit airwaves a decade ago when
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