July 2007
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“All the technology we see on the Internet is 1994 technology. You will see...”
– Luke Thomas, 21-year-old former UC Berkeley grad student and Hotswap chairman, whose internet venture just landed 2 big backers, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and a co-founder of Clear Channel.
Everything IFC →
New Veoh channel with content from IFC Entertainment (movies) and IFC TV. Many of the previews and behind-the-scenes featurettes I’ve cut for IFC in Theaters on Demand are or will be featured there.
Comparing a Veoh-embedded video to my site of...
On initial inspection, one thing Vimeo has over Veoh is the ability to customize several attributes of the embedded file, such as the color of the metadata (reddish fuschia, to match my site design) and the size of the file (although this is easily accomplished with either object by changing the width/height parameters in the code). I love that Vimeo overlays the metadata onto the video clip and...
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WatchWe shot host Seth Herzog on location at the IFC Center in New York to introduce BLACK SHEEP, a horror comedy from New Zealand featuring VFX from Weta Workshop, the famed effects house behind the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. VOD trailer cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchIFC Films began distributing its entire back catalog on iTunes. RADIO BIKINI, Robert Stone’s Academy Award-nominated documentary about US atomic bomb testing, was without a trailer, so I had the pleasure of creating one. To my knowledge, this is the film’s only trailer.
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WatchA behind-the-scenes look at German art-house thriller REQUIEM, featuring interviews with director Hans-Christian Schmid and star Sandra Hüller. This edit proved particularly challenging because the source material was provided in German, sans subtitles. I was tasked with syncing a US transcript to the unsubtitled clips as best I could, despite a complete lack of German fluency. ...
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WatchTHE MAKING OF “FACTOTUM”, a behind-the-scenes look Bent Hamer’s adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s novel, starring Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens and Marisa Tomei.
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WatchThe VOD trailer for CLOSE TO HOME, a heartfelt story of two Israeli female soldiers whose friendship blossoms amidst the conflict with Palestine. Cut down from the international theatrical trailer.
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WatchWe shot host Michael Showalter on location at the IFC Center in New York to introduce WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN, a teen angst-y, quasi-homo erotic meditation from director Cam Archer and producer Gus Van Sant. VOD trailer cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchWe shot host Seth Herzog on location at the IFC Center in New York to introduce ALONE WITH HER, a creepy thriller about stalking shot entirely from the POV of surveillance cameras. Colin Hanks plays the stalker, quite convincingly. VOD trailer cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchThe VOD trailer for AN UNREASONABLE MAN, a Sundance Film Festival gem profiling of consumer advocate, politician and polarizing figure, Ralph Nader. Cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchWe shot host Michael Showalter on location at the IFC Center in New York to introduce REQUIEM, a based-on-a-true-story German film about a girl who is either experiencing a psychotic break or being possessed by the devil. You decide. VOD trailer cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchWe shot host Michael Showalter on location at the IFC Center in New York to introduce UNKNOWN, a suspense thriller starring Greg Kinnear, James Caviezel, Joe Pantoliano, Jeremy Sisto, Barry Pepper and Bridget Moynahan. VOD trailer cut down from the US theatrical version.
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WatchVOD trailer created for the release of THE AURA, Fabián Bielinsky last film. Trailer cut down from a combination of US and foreign theatrical trailers.
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WatchOriginal trailer produced for the US re-release of Alfonso Cuarón’s first film, SÓLO CON TU PAREJA, a zany sex farce about a man whose scorned ex-lover tells him he is HIV positive as an act of revenge. No, really, it’s a comedy!
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WatchOriginal VOD trailer created for the US release of Fernando León de Aranoa’s PRINCESAS, a beautiful film about the unlikely friendship that develops between two prostitutes in Madrid, who hail from different cultures. I fell in love with Manu Chau’s amazing soundtrack for the film while working on this.
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WatchVOD trailer for the US release of THE TROUBLE WITH MEN & WOMEN, an indie romantic comedy from Britain. Trailer cut down from the UK version.
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WatchA bonus feature for IFC’s original documentary, FABULOUS! THE STORY OF QUEER CINEMA, a look at films by, for, and about the LGBT community. I created this piece by packaging outtakes with graphics, music, and the 60-second spot at the end.