(Feature Documentary, Netflix, 2021) A mother pledges to find the people who killed her daughter, and uses MySpace to do so. Why Did You Kill Me? is all about the tireless efforts of Belinda Lane, who stopped at nothing to get justice. The documentary tells the story of Crystal Theobald […]
(Docu-Series, Netflix, 2021) Murder Among the Mormons documents one of the most shocking crimes to have ever taken place among the Mormon community and the criminal mastermind behind it all. The three-part docuseries takes a look at what happened in Salt Lake City in 1985, when a series of pipe bombs […]
(Feature Documentary, Netflix, 2021) There weren’t cameras around to document the closing of the last buggy-whip store, but that’s the sensation one gets watching “The Last Blockbuster.” This new documentary is about more than just nostalgia, however, coming as movie theaters — closed by the pandemic — face their own […]
(Branded Feature Documentary Feature, 2020, Client: WP Engine) From the heyday of TV advertising, to the dawn of the Internet, to the rise of the digital experience, make|SHIFT explores the art and science behind the advertising industry’s 20+ year evolution. See how creative technologies drove a shift from pushing messages […]
This is a montage / overview edit of visuals bringing to life the breadth of client work we’ve done, with an emphasis on work done for brands.
(Documentary Feature, 2016, Premiere LA Film Festival) We worked with 42 Entertainment and Innerscope Records to re-approach material shot for T-Mobile campaign and turn it into a feature film about pop star Zedd’s latest album, “True Colors”. A countdown hits zero and EDM fans hit the ground running, scouring the […]
(Branded Feature Documentary Feature, 2020, Client: WP Engine) From the heyday of TV advertising, to the dawn of the Internet, to the rise of the digital experience, makeSHIFT explores the art and science behind the advertising industry’s 20+ year evolution. See how creative technologies drove a shift from pushing messages […]
(Feature Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival 2020) In 2001, the band System Of A Down partnered with music producer Rick Rubin to record their sophomore album. Against all odds, and during one of the most painful and precarious months in American history, the album Toxicityskyrocketed up the Billboard chart and catapulted to […]
(Feature Documentary, Premiere Sundance Film Festival 2020) Flying high above Los Angeles in a whirling news helicopter, Marika Gerrard and Zoey Tur (known then as Bob) captured some of the city’s most epic breaking news stories. The two recount the salacious details of their career as a husband-and-wife journalist team […]
(Feature Documentary, Winner SUNDANCE Grand Prize 2020) Strap up your saddle and get ready for a wild ride. Boys State is a political coming-of-age story, examining the health of American democracy through an unusual experiment: a thousand 17-year-old boys from across the state of Texas gather together to build a […]
(Feature Documentary, Work in Progress) [Working on it!] For now — The story of the iconic surrealist comedian Gallagher. An intense journey through the American dream, replete with fame, hubris, and regret.
(Documentary Feature, Premiere Austin Film Festival, 2019) The Animal People, executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, follows a group of six activists from the United States arm of British animal-rights group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) who were surveilled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and ultimately indicted as domestic terrorists for […]
(Feature Music Documentary, Work in Progress) The textbook American cult band of the 1980s, the Violent Femmes captured the essence of teen angst with remarkable precision; raw and jittery, the trio’s music found little commercial success but nonetheless emerged as the soundtrack for the lives of troubled adolescents the world over. The […]
(Feature Documentary, Winner Audience Award, TIFF 2019) The 2018 Armenian revolution fuels Garin Hovannisian’s gripping documentary about a modern-day political power struggle and the citizen activists who refused to accept it. This galvanizing chronicle of the 2018 Armenian revolution combines gripping front-line reportage with new interviews that describe incidents the […]
(Branded Web Series, 2019) We worked with South District Films and Endeavor Content to edit videos telling multiple stories of DISNEY employees. As part of this extensive project, Endeavor and Disney curated a robust list of documentary filmmakers to tell these stories. Launching in late 2019 on Disney Plus, this […]
(Feature Documentary, Premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2019) “The Florida Project” captured one kind of poverty in the shadow of Disney World; “Red White & Wasted” depicts another. Embedding in a culture where the term “redneck” is used proudly, the documentary follows the family of Matthew Burns, who, with the nickname […]
(Documentary Series, Netflix 2019) It’s hard to explain to people who weren’t in Britain in 2007 what living through the Madeleine McCann news cycle was like. At the time, the 3-year-old’s face was everywhere a picture could ever be replicated—on T-shirts, on posters, on fliers adorning car windshields, on banners […]
(Historical Documentary Series) When the crime scene was discovered inside Ed Gein’s secluded, rundown Wisconsin farmhouse of horrors, the veil was forever lifted on the human psyche and we were forced to accept that evil lives inside us all. But who was the Mad Butcher of Plainfield, and what drove him […]
(Feature Documentary, Work in Progress) In 1977, STAR WARS became a cultural phenomenon that redefined how studios selected and marketed big-budget spectacles. Movies would never be the same again. A year later, turns out neither would television. The STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL aired on November 17th, 1978 and was watched […]
(Television Pilot, 2018) For almost two decades, the Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) have been pulling off hilarious political actions that make global headlines. In this pilot episode for a potential television series, The Yes Men take on gun control. Directed by The Yes Men Editors: Michael Vollmann & Matt Prekop […]
(Branded Web Series, 2018) “When I was a kid, I was obsessed with trains.” Mike Patton, a passionate GE transportation employee, is living his childhood dreams as part of a group jokingly referred to as “foamers.” We did editorial only on this series, working for EPIC Digital. Editor: Matt Prekop
(Feature Documentary, Work in Progress) In the deserts of the American west paleontologists compete against time, erosion, and lack of funding in search of new dinosaur specimens, but they’re not alone in this race against time. Commercial collectors armed with more funds dig at an accelerated speed to uncover fossils, […]
(Documentary Feature, 2017, Premiere Venice International Film Festival) In 1999, Milos Forman cast Jim Carrey to play cult comedian Andy Kaufman in the biopic Man on the Moon-but only after Carrey had convinced the renowned Czech director by nailing Kaufman in an audition. When Carrey heard that he had the part, […]
(Feature Music Documentary, 2017) In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler reconnected in a San Francisco recording studio to listen back to their albums, reminisce and even perform together. Follow […]
(Documentary Feature, 2017, Premiere SXSW) The policeman who killed Milwaukee resident Dontre Hamilton in April 2014, in a public park in the middle of the day, shot him 14 times. He wasn’t the first cop to approach Hamilton as he dozed in the downtown park — others had been there […]
(Documentary Short, 2016, Big Sky Film Fest) Anthony Marquez, a former Marine and military dog handler, has returned from Afghanistan. He lost 17 friends in the war, and has been suffering from the effects of PTSD. When he finds out that the dog that he went through the war with, Allie, […]
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(Feature Film, 2006, Premiere SXSW) Original SXSW Trailer.
Chef Coleman demonstrates how to prepare a whole meal at one time, in one oven, using Wolf’s dual convection system. Your kitchen is where life happens. Where you share food, drink, conversations and confessions with the people you love. Why not make your kitchen the best it can be? Learn […]
(Documentary Feature, 2016, Premiere LA Film Festival) A countdown hits zero and EDM fans hit the ground running, scouring the city for clues to be the first to get exclusive tickets. Their destination? They have no idea. Embark on a journey with multi-platinum, Grammy winning, electronic dance music artist ZEDD. […]
(Feature Biographical Documentary) Art Shay flew more than fifty combat missions during World War II, where he photographed the war as a hobby under the command of his commander, actor Jimmy Stewart. When he returned home he began working as a photojournalist for Life Magazine, and eventually became a ‘go to’ photographer for Sports […]
(Documentary Short, 2016, Big Sky Film Fest) Anthony Marquez, a former Marine and military dog handler, has returned from Afghanistan. He lost 17 friends in the war, and has been suffering from the effects of PTSD. When he finds out that the dog that he went through the war with, Allie, […]
(Music Video, MARITIME, 2015) “Satellite Love” from Maritime’s upcoming album “Magnetic Bodies/Maps of Bones” available now on Dangerbird Records. Vice says: “Maritime’s sound is aging beautifully” and “all killer no filler”. The AV Club gives the album a very strong B+. And Paste Magazine says Maritime has a “musical identity […]
In “ONCE UPON A TIME IN NASHVILLE: THE DEATH OF HANK WILLIAMS” musician Don Helms recounts the death of Hank Williams. It is a short clip of a longer experimental documentary project that Frank Anderson is directing.
(Music Video, IRON & WINE, 2015) Celebrated singer-songwriter Iron & Wine has just released a new music video for “Everyone’s Summer Of ’95”, co-directed by September Clubber Erin Elders and featuring our friend David Dastmalchian (“Animals”). It’s an exclusive today on IndieWire. For over a decade, the prolific Sam Beam has been […]
(Music Video, MARITIME, 2015) Happy Milwaukee Day! From Maritime From The Milwaukee Record: Not including some live Whips covers we put out, Maritime hasn’t had a release since 2011’s great Human Hearts. The veteran indie rock band’s forthcoming record is currently in the mixing stage, but as yet another Milwaukee Day miracle, Maritime—a point […]
(Documentary Feature, 2015, Premiere SXSW) There’s a good reason why TV and movies have adopted the disclaimer “Remember kids, don’t try this at home.” As inventive as they were impressionable, pint-sized super-fans Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb nearly killed themselves on multiple occasions attempting to remake the first […]
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(Series Overview) We edited this overview video, created for the 2018 WeWork Creative Awards. Client: Epic Digital