Planting Hope

A promo for Planting Hope shot by Chris Carrea and directed by Kimberly Townes, and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Planting Hope documents Master Topiary Surrealist, Pearl Fryar and his campaign to provide funding for high school graduates that show promise despite having low test scores and GPAs. This project will be the first of it’s kind to document the virtues of the Pearl Fryar Garden and his transformational message about hard work, talent and success.

The film is an official finalist in Time Warner Cable's Short Film Contest on YouTube in association with IFC Films.

Contact: ktownes@gmail.com

Contact: chriscarrea@yahoo.com

Documentary Trailer: Above The Fold

Above the Fold, produced by Roberto Gudino. A one hour documentary about a group of young Latino journalists who respond to negative portrayals of Latinos in the Los Angeles Times by writing their own stories. They were vindicated in 1984 when they became the first Latinos to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Contact: roberto.gudino@gmail.com

Contra El Mar

Trailer for Contra El Mar (Against The Sea), written and directed by Richard Parkin and shot by cinematographer Topher Osborn on location in the coastal towns of Baja, Mexico. A portrait of a young marriage struggling to find common ground amid hardship and uncertainty.

Contact: parkin.r@gmail.com

An African Election

Trailer for An African Election, a feature documentary shot by cinematographer Topher Osborn.

Contact: topher.osborn@gmail.com

Lucha I Love You!

Music video for the track Good Girl by Paramount.

Shot by cinematographer Dagmar Weaver-Madsen. Check it out on VH1

Contact: dagmarwm at gmail.com

Trailer: The Perfect Gentleman

Trailer for the film The Perfect Gentleman, directed by Michael Rohrbaugh.

Contact: putnam7676@aol.com

I'll Be Gone

This music video, I'll Be Gone, was shot by cinematographer Leigh Underwood for musician Jenni Alpert.

Contact: leighu@gmail.com

See Through

Lauren Hoekstra directed this spec commercial, See Through. A eulogy to commercial art inspired by Roy Lichtenstein.

Contact: lhoekstra@ucla.edu

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Butterfinger spec commercial shot by cinematographer David Berry.

Contact: dberry@gmail.com

video valentine

Directed by David Harris. Made for mtvU's Valentine's Day special. Shot in Super8 by cinematographer Dagmar Weaver-Madsen and set to I Don't Care What Happens by iamb.

Contact: david@holycowboy.com

Fifth Floor

Tarique Qayumi directed this video Fifth Floor for musician Bodhi Jones. Originally from Afghanistan, Tarique grew up in Canada, and now resides in Los Angeles.

Contact: tarique@ucla.edu