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An independent motion picture and design studio based in Los Angeles, CA.

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Coming Soon, our latest short film "Pleiades" featuring the song "In Åland Air" by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer.

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Teaser for our latest documentary about Peruvian born artist Alvaro Ilizarbe.

With You In Mind: A portrait of artist Alvaro Ilizarbe

Coming soon.

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our latest short film "ghosted" is now streaming on Film Shortage HERE.

Poster design by the amazing Donna bird aka @bird_dot

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"ghosted" behind the scenes pt. 2

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"ghosted" behind the scenes pt.1

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BTS photos of our short Trying To Disappear Again, from shoot to scoring the film! A big thanks to the cast and crew, and everyone else who helped make this project come to life. 

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Our latest short film “Trying To Disappear Again” will be making its world premier at the Brooklyn Film Festival! 

Go to the festival web site to register and enjoy our film along with a slew of amazing films for free!

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A behind the scenes look at the making of our short film Golden Slumber. 

We spent a weekend in the small town of Bourbonnais, Il., about 54 miles from Chicago, shooting this project. It was a great shoot, made even better by the amazing people in front and behind the camera. A huge thank you to everyone for the fantastic experience. 

Watch the film HERE. 

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“Trying To Disappear Again” 

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Our short, Golden Slumber, had its premiere at the San Francisco Indie Film Fest! Big thank you to them for hosting our film and screening it at the historical Roxie Theatre, where it played wonderfully!

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Some behind the scenes photos from our short film “Prime Time”. A big thank you to our small, but distinguished, cast and crew who helped bring this story to life. 

Additional thanks to Kentucker Audley for his continuing support of our work and showcasing the film on his platform. Stream the film now over at NoBudge. 

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002 in our inspiration series continues with the Jørgen Leth and his wonderful short film The Perfect Human. We copied borrowed his idea for our music video for artist Helado Negro.

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We might start a series of work (& directors) that (we’ve stolen from) have inspired us.

001 of course starts with Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona” for a short we did called “Remedios”

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A few years ago I directed a music video for one of my favorite artists’ Helado Negro. My concept was simple but audacious, a remake of Jørgen Leth’s fantastic short film “The Perfect Human”. Why The Perfect Human? For one, it’s a wonderful film that (honestly) I’m still deciphering. For two, Helado Negro’s track ‘Regresa’ seemed to beautifully, and with a groove, tell a story of a man missing, or longing, for his women (honestly I’m still deciphering that also). None the less it seemed like the perfect match. Aside from some added personal touches to the story - what’s up with the animals, chairs and all the time travel stuff? - It’s probably the closest I’ll ever get to an actual remake, much like this post is the closest I’ll probably get to a case study of sorts. Above is a side by side comparison of my video (left) and Jørgen’s film (right). And below is the video, for your viewing pleasure.

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The folks over at Film School Rejects selected our film El Profe for their short of the day segment. Check out the nice article by writer H. Perry Horton and watch the film again HERE!

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