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==Career==
===''Angelyne'' (1995)===
Devor’sDevor's first short documentary ''Angelyne'' was a half-hour, black and white 16mm film co-directed by Michael Guccioni. Devor met Guccioni at a weekly avant-garde film night in Los Angeles, where the two chose to work on a collaborative project as co-directors. ''Angelyne'' captured a day in the life of the self-made LA billboard queen, Angelyne. The film premiered at the New York Underground Film Festival, where [[The Village Voice]] called it “a visual knockout”.
=== ''[[The Woman Chaser]]'' (1999) ===
[[File:Still from 'The Woman Chaser'.png|thumb|[[Patrick Warburton]] in Devor's first feature film, ''The Woman Chaser''.]]
Devor’sDevor's first feature film, ''The Woman Chaser'', debuted at the 1999 [[New York Film Festival]] and then at [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]]. Devor had acquired the rights to the 1960 Charles Willeford novel and adapted the book into a screenplay. The story centers around a used car salesman who decides to become a film director. The film received critical high marks throughout its US theatrical run and became a [[cult classic]].
=== ''[[Police Beat]]'' (2005) ===
Devor’sDevor's second feature film, ''Police Beat'', was nominated for the Grand Prize at the 2005 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. The film was a loose adaptation of [[Charles Mudede]]’s weekly column, Police Beat, and focused on a Muslim-African born lovesick bike cop in Seattle. It was named one of the year's best films by Film Comment and Art Forum. It has been included in the permanent collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]].
=== ''[[Zoo (2007 film)|Zoo]]'' (2007) ===
[[File:Police Beat Screenshot.png|thumb|Pape Sidy Niang as the bike cop "Z" in ''Police Beat''.]]
Devor's next documentary, ''Zoo'', also a collaboration with Mudede, made its world premiere at the [[2007 Sundance Film Festival]], and then went on to play at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in the Director’sDirector's Fortnight Section. The film was based on a true story about a Seattle engineer who died while having sex with a horse. The film was named as "one of the Best 15 Documentaries of the 2000s" by [[Taste of Cinema]].
=== ''Pow Wow'' (2018) ===
=== Future projects ===
Devor is currently in post-production on the feature film ''[[You Can't Win (upcoming film)|You Can't Win]]'', starring Michael Pitt.
He's also in production on a documentary about [[Sara Jane Moore|Sarah Jane Moore]], the woman who attempted to assassinate [[Gerald Ford|President Gerald Ford]] in 1975.
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