FEATURE FILMS
The life of an ambitious small town TV reporter is upended when the death of her husband tasks her with having to help raise her 15-year-old stepdaughter.
Dir. Kit Rich (2024)
Starring: Karen David, Gabriela Flores, Valery M. Ortiz, Jayne Taini
A young thief (Ed Westwick) cases an architectural dream house in Malibu, not realizing it is the home of an eccentric female serial killer (Louise Linton). Catherine Black runs a successful hedge fund in Los Angeles. She is also a fashion-obsessed serial killer with a penchant for champagne, cocaine, excessive exercise, sex, expensive shoes, and indescribable violence. On the weekends she retreats from her penthouse office in a skyscraper downtown to her glass-and-steel architectural dream house in Malibu. On this particular weekend, she lures a young thief to her home. After falling passionately in love with her, he discovers her true nature.
Dir. Louise Linton
Starring: Louise Linton, Ed Westwick, Shuya Chang
After a robbery goes wrong, two young lovers are caught in a deadly series of events that threaten to destroy their dreams of a better life. (2023)
Dir. Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr.
Starring: Damon Wayans, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono, Jeremie Harris, Pam Grier
After losing the woman of his dreams, Merlin moves to Las Vegas to pursue work as a magician, only to get hired as the front man in a revival of the notorious black male stripper crew, The Chocolate Chips. Led by Luther – now broke and broken – the old, domesticated, out-of-shape Chips put aside former conflicts and reunite to save the hotel they used to perform in while helping Merlin win back his girl.
Dir. Chris Spencer (2023)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, J.B. Smoove, Gary Owen, Faizon Love, Bill Bellamy, Spence Moore II
Nicole Borden, the owner of a quaint arts and crafts store “The Crafty Companion”, is faced with an ultimatum when the owner of “Mitchell’s Art and Craft Supplies” tells her she must either sell her store or be forced out of business.
Dir. Sam Irvin (2023)
Starring: Jodie Sweetin, Brent Bailey, Michael Patrick Lane, Julie Brown
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works at the small town movie theater where they both first fell in love.
Dir. Sam Irvin (2024)
Starring: Jodie Sweetin, Tilky Jones, George Wendt
Rebecca Collins, a writer seeking inspiration, is sent to a remote cabin by her editor. There, she falls for the charming handyman, but his sudden disappearance and an unsettling sense of being watched cast a shadow on her trip.
Dir. Derek Sulek (2023)
Starring: Tiffany Smith, David James Lewis, Travis Burns
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Shaken from the death of her beloved mother, Jessica is forced to visit her estranged Aunt and Uncle’s farm to tie up loose ends in her mother’s will.
Dir. Derek Sulek (2023)
Starring: Brook Sill, Jake Busey, Clare Kramer
Writer/director Ty Hodges stars as Hunter, a freewheeling artist navigating heartbreak, addiction, and L.A.’s impossibly hip gallery scene. After refusing to sell a painting to an eager buyer, a chance encounter leads him to Ruby (Olivia Culpo), a gorgeous and successful Instagram influencer reeling from the recent death of her father. Polar opposites attract and after spending an intimate weekend together, Hunter’s life is completely enmeshed with Ruby’s. Is Ruby the change Hunter needs or is he falling back into old habits?
Dir. Ty Hodges (2021)
Starring: Ty Hodges, Olivia Culpo, Bai Ling
A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.
Dir. Julie Staley (2023)
Detective Ben Stone hit on the head and hospitalized, his injury births a new gift of telepathy which sends him down a mysterious path to help troubled individuals to find that he is dealing with a higher level threat.
Dir. Minh Tuan Nguyen (2021)
Starring: Joe Caldarella, John R. Cerminara
Jake Barker thought he left Devils Lake…but Devils Lake never left him. As soon as he returns to Devils Lake murders begin to happen again.
Dir. Ted Pfeifer (2023)
Starring: Justin Ament, Ted Pfeifer
A burlesque dancer must go on the run to save a neighbor boy whose life is threatened by her ex-lover.
Dir. Gigi Gaston (2022)
Starring: Lena Headey, Sam Worthington, Dean Scott Vazquez
Six single women, and six single men come together in a luxurious Los Angeles mansion, in search of love. All of the competitors have been secretly paired by two matchmakers, however, a private investigator has been unknowingly hired to reveal the single’s deep secrets. Those secrets are presented to the group without revealing who they belong to. A vote is then taken to decide which secret the ultimate deal breaker. Once the group comes to a decision, the owner of the secret is revealed, and they are eliminated from the mansion, along with their secret match.
Dir: Paris Bauldwin, Henry Brower
SHORT-FORM
A music video I edited for a friend.
A sample episode for an amazing travel channel.
Another music video I did, pre-color and unpublished.
I was lead editor for five years at Channel 62 Burbank – “La Estrella” for a premiere Latino musical variety show called “Estudio 2”,
A sample episode I redid for Youtube’s infamous “Lady of the Library”.
A trailer I cut for the movie “Laws of Man” starring Dermot Mulroney, Harvey Keitel, Jackson Rathbone, and Richard Brake
A sales trailer I got to cut with the amazingly talented Billy Zane for his zany off-beat film “INT. HALLWAY/NIGHT”
Really good, you should check it out.
Just a quick E2 promo I did for Bleacher Report in 2010.
Check this out!
Here is something interesting…
A new trend is movies and series being cut into minute-long vertical phone “episodes” that people can buy through microtransactions or watching ads.
Here are some I cut for Crazy Maple Studios: