Justin Gene Gregorits (born November 5, 1976) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and convicted sex offender. He founded and published Sex & Guts Magazine, an independent arts and culture journal, that ran from 1997 to 2004. Subsequent works include Johnny Behind The Deuce, Sex & Guts Anthology, Sex & Guts 4, Midnight Mavericks, Dog Days: Volume One, Dog Days: Volume Two, Hatchet Job: The Gene Gregorits Reader, and Fishhook. Gregorits' most recent works have been described as having running themes of poverty, sexual deviance, trauma, mental illness, violence, multi-substance abuse and death.[1] He has said that early influences on his writing included Charles Bukowski and Louis-Ferdinand Céline [2] In 2012 he served as the jury head for the 13th Melbourne Underground Film Festival[3] and was instrumental for Donkey Love, a film about bestiality, being awarded Best Documentary.[4]

On 3 August 2014 Justin Gene Gregorits was arrested for sexual battery[5] and on 12 February 2016 convicted of Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors 16/17 yr old; F.S. 794.05(1).[6] He was received by the Florida Department of Corrections on 2/23/16 and has a tentative release date not before 4/13/24.

Bibliography

  • Sex and Guts 4(2002)
  • Midnight Mavericks: Reports From The Underground (2007)
  • HATCHET JOB: The Gene Gregorits Reader (2012)
  • Dog Days: Volume One (2012)
  • Dog Days: Volume Two (2013)
  • Johnny Behind The Deuce (2013)
  • Sex and Guts Anthology (2013)
  • Dog Days Omnibus (2013)
  • Fishook Volume One (2013)
  • The Portland Eight Mile (2014)
  • Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File (2014)
  • The Portable Gene Gregorits (2014)
  • Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Untold Story (2014)
  • Intra-Coastal: One Year On St Pete Beach (Volume One) (2014)
  • Bigger Than Life at the Edge of the City (2017)

As a contributing writer

  • Chelsea Hotel Manhattan: A Raw Eulogy To A New York Icon (2008) [7]
  • Antique Children: A Mischievous Literary Arts Journal (2010)
  • Analysing David Peace (Katy Shaw, editor. Cambridge Scholars Publishing) (2011) [8]

Film work

  • Born To Lose: The Last Rock'n'Roll Movie (Lech Kowalski, 1999) (graphic designer, promotion)
  • Ronni Lee (Ron Athey, 2000) (lead actor)
  • Blank Generation (Celine Dahnier, 2006) (actor)
  • The Sand Trap (Casey Fischer, 2012) (subject)
  • The Second Coming (Richard Wolstencroft, 2014) (lead actor)

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In 2013, Gregorits gained some widespread notoriety after he cut part of his own ear off with a razor blade and ate the severed lobe, while filming the event.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne Underground Film Festival – MUFF 13". Muff.com.au. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Carver, Lisa (January 27, 2013). "He's Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits | VICE Canada". Vice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Melbourne Underground Film Festival - MUFF 13". www.muff.com.au. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Andrew (September 14, 2012). "Donkey sex gets thumbs-up from censors". Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Madeira Beach man charged with sexual battery". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "JUSTIN GREGORITS - Florida Sexual Offender". offender.fdle.state.fl.us. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ Alyse (August 20, 2008). "Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose". Blogcritics. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "Ms.P Chats It Up With Author Gene Gregorits 12/19 by The NTuned Show | Books Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Second Coming (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  11. ↑ "NSFW: Mentally ill Florida man cuts off his own earlobe and eats it to promote his books from monastrell_publishing. Upon publication, several of his past victims have spoken of the physical and sexual assaults he committed against them, but did not know how to speak out in their helpless state". Funnyordie.com. September 5, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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