Christopher Bickel's origins are in the US punk and hardcore scene. Bickel describes his movies as "punk rock demo tapes." Bickel's CV includes stints as a columnist for MaximumRockNRoll magazine and Dangerous Minds. He was also singer in the punk bands In/Humanity and Guyana Punch Line, as well as the brains behind prolific avant-garde recording project Anakrid. Bickel works in underground genre films.