Born to lose / 2001

Veteran documentary filmmaker and hipster Lech Kowalski creates this film about his friend and hard-partying rock god Johnny Thunders, member of legendary proto-punk band the New York Dolls. Through archive footage and interviews with such musicians as Dee Dee Ramone and Sylvain Sylvain, the film details his stint with the Dolls, the formation of his other band, the Heartbreakers; his rise to fame, particularly in Japan; his descent into heroin addiction, and the mysterious circumstances of his death.

Born to Lose / 1999

Born to Lose is a shoestring film that takes a pseudo-documentary glipmse into the punk periphery of the Los Angeles music scene and lead singer, Stevie Monroe's odyssey of nihilism.

We Weren’t Born To Lose /

Born to Lose - Lorenzo Woodrose / 2015

Born To Lose / 2019

A group of film students follows Paquito Barrera, a musician tormented by the delirium of supposedly starting an influential punk rock band in the early 90s.