Archive for the 'Press' Category
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
The Austin Chronicle talks about Jollyville Pictures, The Ballad of Friday and June, Collection Agency Films, Year at Danger, Zombie a Go Go, etc.
The Austin Chronicle’s Marc Savlov recently wrote an article about the “loosely knit” filmmaking collective Jollyville Pictures, to which I belong. Savlov mainly talks about The Ballad of Friday and June, calling it “one of the most exquisite short films to come out of Austin in ages” adding “you’ve never seen anything quite like (it)” and “At a tight nine minutes, Friday and June eloquently articulates, with equal parts humor and heartache, an unnameable cri de coeur that nevertheless should be instantly recognizable to anyone who’s ever chased an artistic dream, stumbled, got back up, and grabbed hold even harder than before. It’s that good.”
That article also talks about Year at Danger (calling it “immensely powerful”), Collection Agency Films, and the music video for Zombie a Go Go.
The issue is on stands now or you can read the article at The Austin Chronicle’s website.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Music Videos!
Recently I’ve been directing music videos. Currently I’m in post-production on two projects; one for Jesse Dayton from the Voices of a Grateful Nation compilation and one for Love at 20 off of their debut album Time to Begin. Also, Fangoria recently posted this behind the scenes video from the Zombie a Go Go shoot this past summer (an alternate, non-gory version of the finished music video is embedded above, the gory version can be seen here). More information on all things music video related can be found here.
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Zombie a Go Go is Now Online
The “gory” cut of ‘Zombie a Go Go’ (the first video from Captain Clegg & the Night Creatures) is now online. The video premiered at Fangoria.com on July 15th and has been making the rounds on the internet since. The band’s album will be released on August 28th (pre-order it on Amazon), the same day they make their big-screen debut in Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2. An alternate cut of the video will also be debuting sometime this summer, more info soon…
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Fangoria.com Reports on the Captain Clegg Video Shoot
Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 introduces the world to a band called Captain Clegg & the Night Creatures, the band (featuring Jesse Dayton of ‘Banjo and Sullivan’ fame) will release their debut album, Rob Zombie Presents Captain Clegg & the Night Creatures (music from Halloween II), on August 28th. I recently directed the video for their first single, ‘Zombie a Go Go’. The video is currently in post-production but, in the meantime, Fangoria.com ran a set report. Read all about it here.
Monday, May 25th, 2009
The American Widow Project on CNN
This past weekend Taryn Davis and Nicole Hart were interviewed on CNN about the American Widow Project and their current tour, which you can follow at the official tour website.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
The American Widow Project on ABC World News
Here is Bob Woodruff’s piece on the American Widow Project from ABC World News, March 25, 2009. For more information, visit ABC News’ website, here.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
The Insur-Animals on Channel Frederator
The first episode of The Insur-Animals is featured on this week’s Channel Frederator Podcast. You can read more about their latest podcast on the Channel Frederator blog, and check out their interview with Dano Johnson about the “worst animal-headed superheroes.”
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
The Bright Knight
The Bright Knight is the new ad from Collection Agency Films and Northwoods Advertising. Watch the ad in high quality here.The ad premiered on Sunday and has already been featured on Politco.
For more information about Charles Wheelan, visit his website.
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Film Threat Calls Year at Danger One of the Best of the Fests 2008
Film Threat has just released its list of “ indie films from the festival circuit that didn’t suck.” They included Year at Danger and said “Little can prepare you for Steve Metze’s uncensored, unexpurgated account of life on the ground at FOB “Danger” near Tikrit, Iraq. [...] From attempts to frag a superior officer to tearful reunions with family, this may very well be the best documentary of the year. And none of you saw it.” Check out the whole list right here.
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Pete Vonder Haar Calls Year at Danger the Best Documentary of 2008
While announcing the Houston Film Critics Society’s 2008 award-winners, The Houston Press‘ Pete Vonder Haar decided to share his picks for the best films of the year and said Year at Danger received his vote for Best Documentary of 2008!
You can read Pete’s original, five-star review of the film here.