Penelope Spheeris Net Worth

During the inaugural season of the television show Saturday Night Live, many of the short subjects that Spheeris produced for comic Albert Brooks served as highlights. She produced and directed the punk rock documentary The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), which served as her debut movie. After Suburbia, she released The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years in 1983, a film directed by Roger Corman that focused on the Los Angeles heavy metal scene in 1988 and featured footage and interviews with legendary metal bands like Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Megadeth, and Motorhead.

In 1998, she went back to the punk rock scene and the streets of Los Angeles for the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part III. She was given the opportunity to helm This is Spinal Tap but turned it down. [ She also contributed writing to the Roseanne television series (1988-1997). She directed the comedy Wayne’s World in the 1990s, which was based on skits by Mike Myers from Saturday Night Live. The film made over $183 million in revenue and became a success. She was the director of the Wayne’s World music video for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which was nominated for a Grammy.

She had trouble working with Myers, while praising him for his “deep genius,” and said in an article for Entertainment Weekly that she thinks Myers prevented Paramount Pictures from hiring her for the sequel. She was the director of the 1996 documentary We Sold Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll, which examined life on the road and was produced by Sharon Osbourne.

The Beverly Hillbillies, The Little Rascals, the Chris Farley and David Spade comedy Black Sheep, the Marlon Wayans and David Spade collaboration Senseless, and the Tom Arnold-starring The Kid & I are among the other movies Spheeris has directed. She also co-wrote the screenplay for The Little Rascals. She was slated to helm the Janis Joplin biopic Gospel According to Janis, which has yet to be filmed, in 2006.

2013’s guest of honour at the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival was Spheeris. The Academy Film Archive is home to Penelope Spheeris’ library of moving pictures. Several of Penelope Spheeris’ movies, including Bath, Hats Off To Hollywood, and Shit, have been archived by the Academy Film Archive.

An estimate of her net worth puts it at $5 million. The majority of her revenue to date has come from her work in directing, film production, screenwriting, acting, documentaries, and other projects.

Penelope, who also serves as a director, has won multiple awards for her outstanding work in a range of movies. She has won various honours, such as the 1983 Chicago International Film Festival Award and the 1998 Chicago Underground Film Festival Award.

Her 1992 movie Wayne’s World made $183.1 million in total worldwide box office revenue while only costing $20 million to make and promote. Marc Evans and Barbara Biaows are two further accomplished directors who have worked in the field.