Now (or rather, soon) You Too Can Join the Circus
Some more exciting news! You, Me & the Circus will be released this summer on VOD. Exact cable providers and details of the deal are still getting ironed out, but a big congratulations and thank you to the director, TY HODGES, and producers MARLON OLLIVIERRE and OMAR EPPS, for their continued drive to find a distributor for this fun and creative film. Read more at Deadline Hollywood.
Sundance Channel 2011
As of mid-July last year I accepted a position as Senior Editor in the On-Air, Promo division at Sundance Channel. This was an offer I just couldn’t turn down despite my strong reservations about working full-time for any company. However, the wonderful creative atmosphere, my terrifically grounded and engaging colleagues, and the consistent paycheck were all persuasive inducements. It’s been almost 6 months and I haven’t had a moment’s regret. I count myself very fortunate and blessed to be part of the close-knit team at Sundance Channel and AMC Networks.
I’ll periodically update this site with some of the spots I’ve worked on.
Here’s a taste of last year’s output: Sundance Channel
LIGHT YEARS in production
I’m so excited to be working again with the core crew from our short film SOME BOYS DON’T LEAVE (wrt/dir Maggie Kiley, dp Chayse Irvin, prod Jason Potash, wrt Matthew Mullen) on the feature-length version! Essentially it picks up where the short left off and expands the story around The Boy into an engaging, sharp romantic dramedy. They started shooting on location in NYC on Monday and courtesy of a grant from Panavision and a donation from Fuji, they’re shooting on 35mm. I saw my first round of dailies today and they hold the promise of a terrific film. 1st a
ssembly edit by month’s end.
Here’s the imdb link for more info – LIGHT YEARS
Occupy Wall Street We are the 99% Occupy the Nation
I didn’t have anything creatively to do with this video. But I wholeheartedly support this movement. I was there last night for the first time and attended their daily general assembly meeting. I will be there tonight and ongoing for the foreseeable future. There is a lot of mockery, confusion, dismissal and misinformation about this movement that we are all, can all, should all be involved in. This video helps to clarify the zeitgeist and importance of Occupy Wall Street.
You, Me & the Circus @ Urbanworld Film Festival NYC
It’s the East Coast Premiere of the film. Two screenings. Both at AMC 34th Street Theater – Friday, September 16 @ 5pm and Saturday, September 17 @ 11:30am. If you’re in the neighborhood, come and take a look. I’ll be trying to sneak out of work early to get to the Friday night screening. My first time viewing final color/FX/sound on the big screen!
You Me & the Circus Trailer
The original musical film I wrapped up cutting in the fall now has a trailer out. They have a sales agent and all that business-y stuff so hopefully it’ll be coming soon to your theatre or TV or computer. Some distribution device or another. Unfortunately there’s none of the amazing dance sequences in this version of the trailer. Seems like they’re focusing on the romantic drama aspect of it before getting to the musical numbers. Take a look!
The Decemberists’ new album No.1 in the country
The Decemberists claim their first No. 1 album as “The King Is Dead” debuts atop the Billboard 200 with a career-high 94,000 sold in its first week. Congratulations to Colin, Chris, Jenny, Nate and John who I know worked tirelessly not only to create the record but with their marketing team to promote it. They have some amazing extras that come with the album, one of which, a making of documentary, was directed by my friend and colleague, Aaron Rose.
Aaron and I had a great time taking the footage he’d shot for the doc and constructing three digital promos for The King is Dead. One link is above and will take you to the band’s youtube page where you can find the others labelled, as you might expect, “The King is Dead – Video Preview #1 & #3″.
The band started a mostly sold out tour today and I’m looking forward to seeing them at the Wiltern on the 12th!
2010 Year in Review
This year has been pretty packed and exciting for me. So much so that it’s definitely been a challenge keeping everyone up-to-date. Currently I’m wrapping up editorial on my third feature of the year, “Cooler”, and I also just finished cutting spots/promos for the new Levi’s Ready to Work campaign and The Decemberists’ album launch in January 2011. Fortunately I had a couple of weeks’ hiatus around Thanksgiving in order to update my reels. I’ve embedded the teaser reel below but you can see a longer version of my film and commercial clips, and a new social media and branding reel too.
Cascade Array IDITAROD
NOW A STAFF PICK ON VIMEO!
After a determined effort by the director, Aaron King, to edit this video in any and all time he could steal on friends’ machines, the promising raw footage, shot by DP Eric Koretz, has now been cut, colored, mixed and fully realized. I am so proud to have been a part of the producing team. Watch. Listen. Repeat.
