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Biography
Kansas Bowling is an American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. She is known for writing and directing Troma's B.C. Butcher when she was 17 years old.
Career
Kansas Bowling wrote the script to her film B.C. Butcher when she was 15 years old and shot it when she was 17 years old. B.C. Butcher is has been dubbed "the world's first prehistoric slasher film" and it stars Kato Kaelin, Rodney Bingenheimer, and Kadeem Hardison, and is produced by Lloyd Kaufman.The film is being distributed by Troma Entertainmentand was one of their first releases on their streaming service, Troma Now on VHX. B.C. Butcher had its theatrical premiere March 3, 2016 in at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California.
Bowling has said the film is inspired by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Switchblade Sisters, Raquel Welch, Doris Wishman, and Joey Ramone, among others. Critics have described it as a "feminist slasher movie" and reminiscent of a "beach movie".
She is the first inductee into the Troma Institute for Gifted Youth.
Bowling was listed as one of W magazine's 42 up-and-comers in their "Next in Line" issue April 2016.
Personal life
Kansas Bowling was born and raised in Hollywood, California. As of January 2016 she was dating 106.7 KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer.