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Tick Tock Time Emporium (2010)

Director, Writer

Narrative Short

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

January 27th 7pm: Kidz Filmz, Manasquan NJ Algonquin Arts Center

March 4th 1pm: Awaken International Spiritual Film Festival, Morristown, NJ

March 13-17th: BUFF International Children and Youth Film Festival, Malmo, Sweden

                                                                                                      March 21-25th: International Family
                                                                                                      Film Festival, Raleigh Studios, Hollywood

ON-GOING

2011 thru 2012 Academic Year: World Kids International: Lessons in the Dark, India

PAST FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

2011 Chicago International Children's Film Festival

"Tick Tock Time Emporium" is an Alice in Wonderland-esque short film - a present-day tale about Max, a young girl with a sweet smile and a penchant for petty thievery who develops an unlikely friendship with Jasper, the cantankerous owner of the Tick Tock Time Emporium, a pawn shop where instead of used appliances and jewelry, they buy and sell time: Good Time, Alone Time, Family Time - you name it, they have it. When Max gets caught stealing some rare and expensive Time, she discovers that the real value of time is determined not by how good it is, but who you spend it with.
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3 Backyards (2010)

Editor

www.3backyards.com

Narrative Feature - 85 mins

A trio of brief, yet potentially life-altering, adventures unfold on one seemingly normal autumn day. In a complacent suburban neighborhood, an emotionally troubled businessman (Elias Koteas) wanders around his hometown while waiting for a delayed flight, a starstruck housewife (Edie Falco) embarks on an peculiar trip when she gives her famous neighbor a ride to the local ferry, and an eight-year-old girl takes a wrong turn on the way to school and finds herself in an unexpected adult realm. Director Eric Mendelsohn shapes an intense and detailed domestic drama of quiet suspense. With its unconventional visual style, 3 Backyards looks and feels like a film from another time—possibly the past or the near future. Its identifiable characters and often painfully human scenarios work in tandem to pry out unsettling emotional truths of our times—creating a memorable story of turning points in these three lives.
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The Ballplayer (2010)

Producer

Narrative short - 15 minutes

Shot on location in Bahoruco, Domincan Republic in the summer of 2009 "The Ballplayer" is the story of a teenager who must choose between family obligations and his dream to play professional baseball.
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A commercial for the 22nd Columbia University Film Festival, starring Renee Smith, shot by Gregg Conde, and produced by Kristie Lutz and Chanelle Elaine. Played on the Times Square Jumbotron Spring 2009.
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The Shopkeeper's Daughter (2008)

Producer/Editor

Documentary Short - 4 minutes

Grand Prize Winner - New York Living History Project's Independent Short Film Contest

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Shout It Out! (2008)

Producer

http://www.kingdomcounty.com

Narrative Musical - 97 minutes
Soundtrack available on CD Baby & iTunes

Shout it Out! is an original musical based the true stories of Vermont teens. The film follows them through some of the more tumultuous moments of teenage hood: academic pressure; friction with peers, teachers, teen pregnancy, sexuality, cutting, class issues, body issues, relationships with parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one's self, fear of the future; nostalgia for the past; friendship; and first love. Shout it Out! is based on eight months of research with Vermont teens, all songs written by VT teens and acted by local teens.
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Mutual Appreciation (2005)

Producer

http://www.mutualappreciation.com/

Narrative Feature - 109 minutes

Andrew Bujalski's 2nd film, shot on 16mm in stark black and white. Alan (Justin Rice), a musician whose band has just broken up, shows up in New York to pursue his burgeoning rock and roll career. He starts by searching for a drummer for a show he’s already lined up, and otherwise goes about the mechanics of self-promotion. He finds a champion in Sara (Seung-Min Lee), a radio DJ who sets her sights on a submissive but uninterested Alan—and finds him a drummer. In his down time, Alan drinks and strategizes with his old friend Lawrence (Bujalski), a grad student, and Lawrence’s girlfriend Ellie (Rachel Clift), a journalist. Alan endeavors to keep his shoulder to the wheel, while Ellie finds herself compelled by him. The attraction is mutual, but both parties are reluctant to take a next step.