FIRST NIGHT reprise LA screening at The Parlor, Sept. 2, 2019 at 8 pm

Aug 31, 2019

My funny, sweet short film “First Night” will have another public viewing as part of the 29th Night of Shorts Night (program curated by Eric Toms).

FIRST NIGHT starred Molly Kasch and Michael May. Written and Directed by me. Produced by Ashley Hillard. Cinematography by Stephen Parsey. Edited by Lenore Smith, now, Eklund. Music by Bill Hochhaus.

“Premature ejaculation happens all the time…”

a reading of THE FRISCO FLASH – Sunday Oct. 14, 2018 – 2pm

Oct 13, 2018

I’m doing a reading of my play THE FRISCO FLASH. It will be on Sunday, October 14 at 2 pm at the Second Stage at the Broadwater , 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. (between Lillian Way and Vine) in Hollywood. Free.

Starring Gregory Battle, Josh Breslow, Jordan Farris, Marieve Herington, Jared Poe, Brian Pope, Adam J. Smith and Ingrid Walters

Josh Breslow and Adam J. Smith at a rehearsal for the reading

Description: Cecil Lewis “Young Jack” Thompson twice won the World Welter Weight Boxing title in 1930, becoming the second African-American to win a boxing title, and the first after Jack Johnson. His career closely intersected with two other more well-known white champions. Yet today, Young Jack Thompson is completely forgotten. Based on my own original research, I attempt to right this wrong and relate it to today’s issues of racial injustice.

Jared Poe and Gregory Battle after the rehearsal

ALL THINGS CHICKEN available on AMAZON beginning APRIL 6, 2018

Apr 5, 2018

2024 Update: Amazon caused many problems, too convoluted to go into, and eventually made the film unavailable. So, I’ve uploaded the film to Vimeo where it can be watched for free.

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My previous film “ALL THINGS CHICKEN” will be available on Amazon Direct on Friday, April 6, 2018.

The story: some guys are just too stuck to cross the road: in the absurdly funny and ultimately touching short film, Dave and Ray pass the time by eating chicken and talking about profound things in profoundly foolish ways, that is, until a road trip to view a comet just might begin their bigger journey of growing up.

The film stars Matt Mercer (Dam Sharks, Plane Vs. Volcano, Contracted II, etc.) and Drew Nye (Big Head comedy shorts, etc.), with supporting performances by Amy Vorpahl (Geek and Sundry star, etc.), Sarah McElligott (The Onion Movie, etc.) and visual artist Valerie Suter.

The film won a number of awards on the festival circuit including Best Short Screenplay and Best Score and was nominated at the Tenerife (Spain) International Film Festival for Best Short Film, Best Actor in a Short, Best Supporting Actor in a Short, Best Producer of a Short and Best Short Screenplay

Accepted in the IFP Fiscal Sponsorship Program

Dec 19, 2017

This is a huge accolade and step forward in funding the budget. Today December 18, “LIMPING TOWARDS BABYLON” has been accepted into the Independent Film Project’s Fiscal Sponsorship program. Receiving this validation from such a long-standing august organization is truly a big deal!

https://fiscal.ifp.org/project.cfm/1037/Limping-Towards-Babylon/

LOOK BOOK is complete – seeking Qualified Investors now

Jan 29, 2016

I’m just days away from being able to approach investors to fund my movie with just a few more technical tasks however the Line Producer has completed the preliminary budget, one liner and DOOD; the LLC is registered and the LOOK BOOK is done. (Any “qualified investor” leads for me, PLEASE private message me.) Here’s the cover design for the Look Book, designed by Brian Grondahl. I think he did a fabulous job making my content sing. This is the cover of the LOOK BOOK: