In January, filmmaker Matt Zane will begin production on an unauthorized documentary about Wayne Static of Static-X and his late wife, Tera Wray. He plans to kick off a crowdfunding campaign to finance the project in the same month.
Zane knew Wayne and Tera for years before their deaths. He directed all of Wayne’s solo music videos after Static-X. The trio had been working on an unfinished docuseries before Wayne passed away in 2014. Zane filmed parts of it over the years but needed more time at their desert home to complete production. Unfortunately, funding fell through.
“I know this is something Wayne and Tera wanted to get done, and they wanted me to do it,” Zane said. “I feel I owe them this — to tell their story the way they wanted it told.”
The documentary will include never-before-released music. Zane and Wayne recorded material for a movie involving Tera, but the project was shut down by the label. Some of those ideas ended up in Pighammer, while other tracks remain in the archives.
“There’s about an EP’s worth of material Wayne and I recorded for a movie Tera was doing, but his label stepped in and stopped it,” Zane explained. “I’m revisiting it now and will finish some of it with help from AI technology.”
Zane is also looking for contributions and wants to interview people who knew the couple during the last seven years of their lives.
Wayne Static passed away on November 1, 2014, at age 48, due to a mix of prescription drugs and alcohol. Tera Wray Static took her own life on January 13, 2016, after struggling with depression following Wayne’s death.
Details about the crowdfunding campaign will be announced closer to the January 2026 launch date.
