I’ve been doing a poor job of posting project updates on here, fortunately The Austin American Statesman published a list of Texas films currently in production which includes two of the films I’m currently working on. The article discusses Jollyville Pictures’ Pictures of Superheroes (which I wrote, directed, produced, and edited) and Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s A Splice of Life (pictured above, which I produced and edited).
I’m officially about to start editing the feature-length horror-satire Zombex. The film is written and directed by Jesse Dayton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween II) and stars David Christopher, Lew Temple, Malcolm McDowell, Sid Haig, Corey Feldman, Kinky Friedman, X’s John Doe, and Slayer’s Tom Araya. Shooting wrapped last week and the film has already received mentions at Dread Central and FEARNet. For more you can visit the films’s website, follow it on Twitter, or like it on Facebook.
This Saturday was our last day of principal photography on Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s A Splice of Life (we filmed Barry Corbin’s scene). A big thanks to our amazing cast and crew and everyone else who helped out, especially the very understanding staff of Hometown Cinemas in Lockhart, TX.
If you weren’t lucky enough to be a part of it, don’t worry- the gang from Slackerwood stopped by our location in Lockhart and posted a photo essay about the trip and a flickr album (which includes the above photo…).
Now I start editing… look for updates here.
We’re about to start our second week of production on Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s A Splice of Life. The film stars Mark, John Merriman, and Brand Rackley and is being shot in Austin, Lockhart, and Pflugerville, TX with DP Clay Liford. I’ll post more about the film here and you can get updates (and behind the scenes photos like the one above by John Merriman) on Twitter and Facebook.
I’m currently directing a feature-length comedy called Pictures of Superheroes. It stars Kerri Lendo, Shannon McCormick, and John Merriman and is being produced by Tate English and Kelly Williams. The film’s already received some press from Bad Lit so hopefully it will be good. If you want to see how things progress you can follow the film on Twitter and tumblr or over at Jollyville Pictures’ Facebook Page.
Once we wrap, Kelly and I will jump into production on Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s A Splice of Life, which you can also follow on Twitter.
Here’s the music video I directed for the song Gi’ Aldrig Op by Danish musician Kristian Svenningsen. The song was written by Kristian and Austin’s Matt the Electrician as part of the House of Songs project.
I’m going to be speaking to the Austin Final Cut SIG tonight at 7PM at the Channel Austin building. I’ll be discussing my experiences with FCP, screening some music videos, and running through the work flow for a few projects. For more information about the event visit the Final Cut SIG website.
Here’s a quick round-up of the press some of my projects (an ad I wrote and directed and two features I edited) have picked up in the past month:
Campaign Promises
Scott Meyers’ Ultimate Guide to Flight got a lot of attention before its premiere at the Austin Film Festival including mentions on TwitchFilm, MovieWeb, and ScreenCrave, and a positive review from The Austin Chronicle.
Mark Potts’ S&M Lawn Care was also at the Austin Film Festival and also received a lot of press including positive reviews from Moviefone, Gordon and the Whale, Smells Like Screen Spirit and even some nice words from the folks at Sweet Leaf Iced Tea.
Here’s the second video Dano Johnson and I created for the Filmmakers for Bill White initiative. It stars John Merriman and Emily Kaye.
Embedded above is the first video I created for Texas Gubernatorial candidate Bill White as part of the Filmmakers for Bill White initiative. In this spot current Texas Governor Rick Perry is played by actor/filmmaker John Merriman.
You can read more about the spots and the initiative on Bill White’s website.
