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Avey Tare

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  • Composer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Avey Tare is known for Shortbus (2006), Project X (2012) and Antibirth (2016). He has been married to Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir since 2005.
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  • Known for

    Shortbus (2006)
    Shortbus
    6.4
    • Soundtrack
    • 2006
    Thomas Mann, Dax Flame, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan Daniel Brown in Project X (2012)
    Project X
    6.7
    • Soundtrack(as David Portner)
    • 2012
    Antibirth (2016)
    Antibirth
    4.9
    • Soundtrack(as Dave Portner)
    • 2016
    Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell in Waves (2019)
    Waves
    7.5
    • Soundtrack(as David Portner)
    • 2019

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    • Animal Collective: Prester John (2021)
      Animal Collective: Prester John
      Music Video
      • Band Member
      • 2021
    • Avey Tare: HORS_
      Music Video
      • Avey Tare (voice, as David Portner)
      • 2019
    • Oddsac (2010)
      Oddsac
      7.0
      • (as David Portner)
      • 2010

    Composer



    • Off the Air (2011)
      Off the Air
      8.4
      TV Series
      • music composer (segment "We Go Back", as Animal Collective)
      • 2022
    • Avey Tare: HORS_
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Avey Tare: 'Oliver Twist'
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2011

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Gina & Jules (2015)
      Gina & Jules
      Short
      • assistant camera (as David Portner)
      • 2015
    • Game World (2014)
      Game World
      Video
      • d.i.t (as David Portner)
      • 2014

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Animal Collective
    • Spouse
      • Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir2005 - present (filed for divorce)

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      His sister is Abby Portner, New York City artist and musician, who creates some of Animal Collective's artwork.

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