Career
On his website, he compares himself to Sam Peckinpah and Orson Welles. He also hosts a radio talk show in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2007, Ehlinger directed, animated and edited the film, which is based on Edwin Abbott Abbott"s novella of the same name.
The film takes place on a two-dimensional world inhabited by intelligent polygons, most of whom refuse to acknowledge the existence of a third dimension.
"The story follows its hero A Square, who inhabits a world that is completely flat and two-dimensional. A mysterious visitor from the third dimension arrives, bent on spreading the gossip about another dimension called height.
A Square is taken out of and transported to the 3D universe. In so doing, the very fabric of space-time itself is placed at risks, potentially destroying all of creation."
"" was widely reviewed and received critical acclaim as an independent, innovative film.
In 2010, Ehlinger released another full-length film, more overtly political than the last.
This film,, centers on a conservative talk radio host who is the last "normal" human in a world otherwise inhabited entirely by zombies who are part of the "" of the title. The ad focused on Janice Hahn"s promotion of a taxpayer-funded program in Los Angeles that hires convicted felons as "gang intervention specialists", many of whom have been subsequently indicted. This latter ad was described in the media as "the most racist and sexist political ad ever", and Democrats at the state and national level urged Republican candidate Craig Huey to disown the ad, which he eventually did.
Ehlinger himself said in response to the criticism, “I didn"t kill anyone.
I didn"t even enable anyone to kill anyone..The ad"s funny. lieutenant makes me laugh. So if, for some reason, it"s pulled by YouTube, a thousand will be launched in its place.” The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made mention of the controversy surrounding the ad in one of its fundraising e-mails.