Movie
Fyre
Overview
He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-01-18
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jerry Media, Library Films, VICE Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Billy McFarland as Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
- Ja Rule as Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
- Jason Bell as Self - Former NFL Player (archive footage)
- Gabrielle Bluestone as Self - Journalist, Vice News
- Shiyuan Deng as Self - Product Designer
- Michael Ciccarelli as Self - Software Engineer
- Mdavid Low as Self - Fyre Creative Director
- Samuel Krost as Self - Fyre Media
- Andy King as Self - Event Producer
- J.R. as Self - Former Fyre Employee
- Brett Kincaid as Self - Director, Matte Projects
- Mick Purzycki as Self - CEO, Jerry Media
Crew
- Chris Smith - Director
- Chris Smith - Writer
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