Dennis Vincent attended Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford on a full scholarship, earning his bachelor's degree in Fine Art in painting and sculpture.
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While in art school, Dennis dabbled in photography and took master classes with two renowned photography installation artists, Judy Pfaff and Sandy Skoglund. The two teachers would have a deep influence on him, introducing him to the conceptual approach of environmental spaces through the use of lighting, texture, and utilizing painterly and sculptural techniques. He would create these ephemeral art displays and then document them with photography, before dismantling them. This set the stage for Dennis' cinematic approach to his filmmaking.
In 2004, Dennis shifted his focus from fine art to independent filmmaking, and more specifically, Indie Horror. At the age of 41, not only was he a newbie to film but also to the technical aspects of the medium itself. At this point, he'd never used anything more than paintbrushes and sculpting tools, and was completely computer illiterate. After learning how to use a computer through a picture book, how to edit video through DVD tutorials, and finally a four-day
boot camp at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, he was well on his way!
Dennis immersed himself wholeheartedly into the horror community by attending conventions such as Monster Bash, Monster Mania, Chiller Theatre, WonderFest, and others. He began engaging with the fans, interviewing guests, and participating in the events.
In 2006, Dennis released his first feature "The Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills" about a horror museum and its supporters. It featured interviews with Christopher Lee, Dick Smith, Tom Savini, June Foray, Basil Gogos and others.
From 2007-2008, Dennis interviewed Bill Mumy, Don Sullivan, George Romero, Julie Adams, Leonard Maltin, Patrick Tatopoulos, Rick Baker, Daniel Roebuck, and more for a movie that
was to be titled "Legends of Film and Fantasy".
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Highlights of these interviews were taken to many conventions where they were well received by audiences. As a result in 2008, Dennis was inducted into the "Monster Kid Hall of Fame" for 2007. And was presented with the award at Wonderfest in 2008.
While at WonderFest, Dennis was persuaded by its organizers and patrons to do a documentary on the Aurora Monster model kits. No one had done a comprehensive documentary on the subject and there was a lot of interest in it. So the project began.
In 2010, Dennis released his second feature titled "The Aurora Monsters: The Model Craze that Gripped the World". It includes interviews with Ray Meyers (the man who sculpted many of those model kits), James Bama (illustrator of the box kits), project designer Andrew Yanchus, Daniel Roebuck, and Jeff Yagher. The film also includes a wraparound, with "Zacherley, the Cool Ghoul".
2018 saw the release of Dennis' first narrative feature entitled “Rage of the Mummy". Inspired by Vincent Price's “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” a dry humor revenge story.
And finally in 2025 “Mark of the Werewolf” four years in the making.
