Koharubiyori, my classmate Toshi Saito's NYU Grad Thesis short film - which I produced and we shot in Japan last February - is one of eight nominees for the prestigious NYU Wasserman Award. The three winning films are screened in LA and the filmmakers take industry meetings.
The film also received a number of craft commendations - Original Score, Cinematography, and a Producing craft award that Toshi and I shared!
Thank you to everyone who voted and shared the film! It was air on NYC's WNET/Thirteen this Saturday night, 2/24/14.
My film The Choi Family is competing in the Reel 13 Shorts Competition. If it wins, it'll be screened on NYC Public TV on Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 (the day after my birthday!)
Please click here and vote for The Choi Family - voting ends at 5pm on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
If you like the film, please spread the word via email and on social media and ask people to vote. Thanks!
Vote Here: http://www.thirteen.org/reel13/vote/
But Not For Me was featured on a segment of The Crowdfunder Show, which airs on the local Fox station in Buffalo. The host framed our intentions with the project well and it's cool that the film and its themes were introduced to a broader viewing audience than we've been able to access thus far.
Check it out:
My name in the credits of Toshi Saito's Koharubiyori. I produced the film, which we shot last February in Osaka, Kobe, and Okayama, Japan.
It was a fantastic experience - personally and professionally, one that I'll never forget - and I'm very proud of the film we made.
Check it out - lot's of good stuff is happening.
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Two weeks ago, I put together two videos for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ in support of state candidates working to make healthcare more accessible for the women of New Jersey.
Check out the videos:
My NYU Thesis short film, The Middle Ground , has made it to the second round of the Roy W. Dean Grant competition. Between now and the end of November, projects will be whittled down through a number of successive rounds until a winner is chosen.
More information soon - but this is happy news, especially as I head back into the editing room in a little over the week to finally finish the film!
I've contributed my second of hopefully three guest blogs on www.LisaMariePierre.com.
In this post, with 10 days left in the Kickstarter campaign to fund our feature film, But Not For Me , I reflect on three key lessons I've learned thus far.
Our film "But Not For Me" is up for IndieWire's Project of the Week.
This is a big deal!
Please click here and vote for our film and then spread the word!
Thanks.
The feature film I'm producing, "But Not For Me," was chosen as IndieWire's Project of the Day yesterday, October 10, 2013.
And the fundraising continues - we're at 21% with three weeks to go!
I'm going to be guest blogging on my friend Lisa's blog this coming month to talk about my experiences and observations running the But Not For Me Kickstarter campaign.
Check out this intro Q&A and keep an eye out for my guest blogs, which I'm sure I'll post here.
Ryan Carmichael (my good friend, collaborator, and NYU Grad Film classmate) and I did an interview on Breakthru Radio's Third Eye Weekly last week about our film But Not For Me. We talked musicals, affordable housing, the Kickstarter campaign, and knowing you've found a good partner when you can make them do all the annoying shit and they keep coming back for more.
Interview starts at 12min 33sec.
And check out the Kickstarter campaign for But Not For Me., which runs until Nov 2nd at 8am. We're trying to raise $100,000! Ahh!
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In February, I photographed a protest in favor of reforming our gun laws in Times Square organized by Broadway performer and choreographer Lorin Latarro. Dance Magazine has a story on Lorin and her protests in their current issue and they used one of my photos to accompany the story. This is the first time one of my photos has been published - and I was paid for it!
I’m excited to be able to provide support for Liam and his project as he gets ready to shoot in San Francisco at the end of the month. Click on the headline above to learn more about the film.
I’m starting to make a name for myself as the go-to guy for NYU insurance procedures. Not a bad thing to be known for. Can make some money while remaining flexible enough to keep writing and directing.
This is the first feature film I’ve worked. Excited to be able to support Joyce and her work and gain the experience of working on a feature. Click on the headline above to learn more about the film.
These women of the Playhouse Merced in California took the text of “This Is My Body" (the film I made with Siobhan O’Loughlin) and performed it on stage. So cool!
