“Tornados” Music Video Nears Completion

The Smart Set music video, “Tornados” is finally nearing completion and it looks awesome!  This has been a long time in the making, my apologies to the band.   I had a super busy 2009 filed with some big changes. In the meantime enjoy this screen grab of Brandi Emma singing and driving a 1962 Ford Falcon down Main street in Santa Monica.

Tags: Billy Johnson, Brandi Emma, Canon 5d markII, Directed, music video, The Smart Set

Funny or Die Presents on HBO

This is the trailer for the new Funny or Die series on HBO.  I was the camera operator on three of the shorts.  Series starts February 19th on HBO!

Tags: Funny or Die, HBO

My So Called Video

I have been hearing the new 30 Seconds to Mars’ song, “Kings and Queens,” for the last two months or so on Sirius. I thought it was a good tune, checked out the video on Youtube, and was like–Whoa!–the concept is eerily similar to the video I directed for The Airborne Toxic Event, “Gasoline.” Since “Gasoline” came out a year before “Kings and Queens” I can’t help but think something’s odd. Now, as you would expect 30 Seconds to Mars’ video had a huge budget, probably a huge crew and looks great. On the other hand, I shot “Gasoline” for next to nothing with a crew of two before the band was signed to Island Def Jam. It just makes you wonder, coincidence or not?

http://www.vimeo.com/6062571

Tags: 30 Seconds to Mars, Billy Johnson, music video, The Airborne Toxic Event

Scores of Interviews in 2009

I was archiving my projects from 2009 and realized I directed 116 interviews throughout the year.  Crazy, I knew I filmed a few, but not that many.  That’s going to be a tough record to break in 2010 unless the documentary financing fairies drop some cash.

Tags: Directed, Documentary

New “Work” page up

It has been a long time in the making and finally arrived. The new “work” page includes some recent work and old favorites I dug out of the archives. I’ll be adding more in the future. Currently my archives are about 20 terabytes, lots of material to sift through and I have so many projects right now that I need to finish. In time more will be up.

Tags: Directed, Documentary, music video