[2][3] Directed and edited by Brian Vincent in his feature directorial debut and produced by Heather Spore,[4] it is about the rise and fall of the East Village art scene in New York City in the 1980s through the unlikely lens of little known neo expressionist painter Edward Brezinski.

[19] Other notable screens who programmed the film in New York City were Nighthawk Cinema in Prospect Park and Williamsburg and Syndicated Brooklyn in Bushwick.

[21] The website’s consensus reads, “”Make Me Famous” brings notoriety to its subject and his peers while delivering a gritty time capsule of New York City's art scene before it was gentrified.”[22] The Hollywood Reporter wrote "The first half of the project breathlessly divulges as much information about Brzezinski as possible, sketching his character through his makeshift community’s vision.

"[23] The Guardian called the film a "touching documentary revisits the grimy Manhattan of the 70s and 80s in search of long-lost painter Edward Brezinski.

"[24] Artforum called the film a "brilliantly digressive structure for a feature-length movie...remarkably loving and deeply empathetic conjuring for which Vincent should be commended, the conceit of this picture, what has indeed sold it so successfully to audiences, is how its protagonist is ultimately a surrogate, a blank upon which we can project the full spectrum of desire and dread that circulates through creative ambition like the lifeblood of culture.”[25] The opening weekend Box Office Gross was $5757 across 5 screenings.