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Maggie and the Monster
Watch now (20 min) | A behind the scenes look at the lighting and camera work of a short film I worked on as cinematographer.
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Generative AI Art Cannot Save The Movies
It will be no more inspiring to watch an AI generated film than it will be to watch an air cannon fire basketballs into a hoop.
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05 - Twenty - A film that asks us to remember the year we'd rather forget.
A highlight from the Atlanta Film Festival, 2023
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Introducing She Watches Blindly
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Welcome
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The Invisible Principles of the Millennial Artist
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A Director Never Rushes
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01 - L'Argent
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Impersonal Patterns of Living Start from the Ground Up
Modern life as perpetual transition:
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Introducing She Watches Blindly
My homegrown feature film premiers next month at Atlanta Film Festival, 2023
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Stop Stealing Like an Artist
You are not a thief. You are participating in an artistic tradition.
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The Invisible Principles of the Millennial Artist
"Monsters are just expressions of inner trauma." This, and other truisms drive our work. We think we are individuals but we're gripped by collective…
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04 - I Am Cuba
The immaculately shot, gonzo Soviet fever dream of Cuban revolution.
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A Director Never Rushes
Years working in grip and electric department shed light on good directorial practice.
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03 - The Vittorio De Seta Documentaries
An unforgettable view into a bygone world.
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Lucid Themes
Lucid Themes
Musings on cinema, art, modernity, AI, Atlanta film, and the threads between.
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