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Jake Ewald

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Jordan | Tatum 3

Directed by Anthony Jamari Thomas

Cinematography by Cory Burmester

Edited by Theo Le Sourd

Production by Scheme Engine

Let’s talk about pressure. An 8-part promo series to launch the Jordan Tatum 3’s. Featuring Vince Staples.

CarGurus | Your Car, Your Way

Directed by Jo Gennett

Cinematography by Peter Pascucci

Production by Bindery

Three comedic spots shot in a single day across Queens, NY. A who’s who of car buying characters.

The Box

Directed by James Burns & Shal Ngo

Cinematography by Scott Siracusano

Produced for Macula, Contour Films & Rebel Motion

The Box is an experimental short documentary visualizing the experiences of solitary confinement for three survivors. The film was shot across a 7-day period in a cell built in participation with former inmates to represent the reality down to the cracks in the walls. Combining live action and an animation technique called pixellation, the documentary received multiple accolades including a grant from The Marshall Project, and recognition by the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW & Camerimage. Watch the film, which premiered digitally on the New Yorker website.

Alicia Keys | Raise A Man

Directed by Bill Kirstein

Produced for 100 Year Films

This single take performance was commissioned, conceived and produced in a 72-hour period to promote Alicia’s latest album and Grammy hosting appearance. It has over 8.5M views on YouTube.

Verizon | +gear

Directed by Ellington Hammond

Cinematography by Todd DosSantos

Produced for R/GA

+Gear is a photo and video campaign introducing Verizon’s revamped accessory line that features gear collections curated by NFL stars Alvin Kamara & DeVonta Smith, as well as Grammy-winning musician Brandi Carlile & Twitch streamer DrLupo (5M followers on Twitch). I worked in collaboration with the artists and athletes to curate their favorite watches, speakers & phone accessories and with Verizon’s team to produce three anthem films and stills for web & in-store usage.

Smirnoff | Cocktail Coordinator

Smirnoff seeking cocktail coordinator. Anthony Anderson stars in a series of spots leading up the Super Bowl as the hunt for the premier spirit slinger in America begins.

Taco Bell | Live Más

Directed by Andrew Litten

Cinematography by Kristian Zuniga

Produced for Voyager & ESPN CreativeWorks

Visualizing the mania of fandom, Live Más is a four episode branded doc series sponsored by Taco Bell showing the energy on the Clemson University campus around their football team. We spent four days filming at Clemson University, including filming on the field for Clemson’s sold-out rivalry game against Texas A&M. This was a complex and rapid production with four distinct episodes shot in less than a week and the logistical challenges of filming at a live sporting event.

The below Director’s Cut re-imagined the story in the wake of the 2020 pandemic, as fans were cut off from the sports they craved.

Two Wheel Gang

Directed by James Burns

Cinematography by Kyle Deitz

Produced for Calamity Jane & Contour Films

From executive producer Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy), this doc series was created for Quibi two months prior to their shutdown. The doc series highlights the escapades of a group of LA creatives who formed a brand around their bike crew - Two Wheel Gang. Once a month, the crew hosted Secret Sunday rideouts with hundreds of kids pulling off feats of absurd bike athleticism on city streets.

Sotheby's | Live Elevated

Directed by Tarik Karam

Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

Produced for 100 Year Films & WSJ Custom Studios

A collaboration between Wall Street Journal Custom Studios & Sothebys, the Live Elevated series was filmed around the globe, from England to Singapore, bringing artists into spaces where they find creative inspiration. This episode was filmed in Dubai with ceramic artist, Natalie Herrera, who discovered structural beauty amidst the ultra-modernism of Dubai.

100 Year Sessions

Directed by Bill Kirstein

Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

Developed with director Bill Kirstein and NY Times jazz critic Giovanni Russonello, this is the first episode of a potential series bringing jazz artists together to improvise in intimate venues, unique to their combined sound. The first episode featured bass clarinetist, Lea Bertucci and cellist, Tomeka Reid in the acoustic hall of mirrors, the Widow Jane Mine. The artists explore the space before composing a piece from scratch in its dank depths. The live performance was lit via mirror boards bouncing sunlight from outside the cave and a few supplementary LED tubes on stage. We also recorded a high quality version of the performance for release on digital platforms.

Political Work

Various Directors

Produced for The Win Company

Over the past four years, I’ve produced over thirty political ads for The Win Company, an agency and strategy firm creating political ads for progressive candidates around the United States. Personal highlights include flipping the house with four winning candidates in the Virginia delegates races, electing Lauren Underwood in a notoriously Red Illinois congressional district, and work for the presidential campaign of Joe Biden. Other candidates I’ve worked with include the viral sensation, Iron Stache aka Randy Bryce, and New York Governor candidate, actor and activist, Cynthia Nixon.

The two films below are a small sample of the work.

Lions in the Corner

Directed by Paul Hairston

Cinematography by Gaul Porat

Produced with Tripp Kramer for Acres

Lions is a short documentary about Streetbeefs, an amateur fight club created by Virginia native, Chris ‘Scarface’ Wilmore, to redirect would-be fatal feuding to backyard boxing matches. Beefs are solved with fists in the ring. What started as a YouTube channel has risen to a phenomenon with tens of millions of views per video. The film was selected for SXSW and received a Vimeo Staff Pick, among other accolades.

Johnnie Walker | Engraving

Personalized Johnnie Walker Blue for the classiest imbiber in your life. Happy holidays.

The Sparks Brothers

Directed by Edgar Wright

Cinematography by Jake Polonsky

Produced for Halfnelson Films & MRC

The Sparks Brothers is award-winning director, Edgar Wright’s (Sean of the Dead, Baby Driver) first documentary feature film. The film tells the story of Ron & Russell Mael of the internationally renowned art pop and rock duo Sparks. The film screened at Sundance, SXSW and was acquired by Focus Features and Universal Pictures for distribution internationally. I produced the NY unit interviews for the film.

Design Within Reach

Directed by Bill Kirstein

Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

Produced for 100 Year Films

I’ve produced three campaigns for Design Within Reach and parent company Herman Miller. The first was a tongue-in-cheek, Wes Anderson-esque portrait of the Risom House, designer Jens Risom’s family retreat on Block Island. The campaign promoted DWR’s new Risom furniture line and led to future work, including a 2019 flagship ‘Home Comes First’ campaign aimed at first time customers. The most recent films were produced for parent company, Herman Miller, traveling to their midwestern assembly factory where every product is assembled by hand and tested rigorously.

PBR | Makers

Directed by Jake Oleson

Cinematography by Mika Altskan

Produced for Acres & Cornerstone

Makers is a three-part branded doc series featuring artists Andre Trenier, Queen Andrea & Sophia Dawson, created in collaboration with Pabst Blue Ribbon. The series was filmed around NYC over three days and released to promote custom cans and merch designed by the artists with Def Jam Recordings Creative Director, Cey Adams.

The National | Live At the Beacon

Directed by David Ctiborsky

Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

Produced for 100 Year Films, La Blogothèque & Beggars

This live concert film captured a performance of I Am Easy To Find, The National’s eighth album, at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. The film premiered alongside Mike Mills’ companion short (starring Alicia Vikander) on Amazon Prime. The performance was filmed on nine cameras, with supplemental material on 16mm film.

Mercedes | No Limits

Directed by Caitlyn Greene

Cinematography by Leyna Rowan

Produced for Voyager & R/GA

The first of two films commissioned by Mercedes and Matchbox to promote the release of a toy modeled on the rally car of Ewy Rosqvist. The Swedish driver was the first woman to win a Grand Prix in 1962. This commercial was designed as a social experiment, bringing girls into a studio set with traditionally male and female toys laid out. After learning the story of Ewy, the toy car immediately became the popular choice.

The Fighter

Directed by Matthew Henderson

Cinematography by Bill Kirstein

Executive produced by Caroline Suh (Salt Fat Acid Heat), this doc series for Quibi profiles fighters on the precipice of UFC glory. Fighters from around Massachusetts travel to the gym of former UFC lightweight legend, Joe Lauzon, to hone their skills and meet other MMA fighters on their journey from amateur to pro. This film was a promo reel for the series.

Jordan | Tatum 3

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CarGurus | Your Car, Your Way

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The Box

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Alicia Keys | Raise A Man

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Verizon | +gear

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Smirnoff | Cocktail Coordinator

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Taco Bell | Live Más

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Two Wheel Gang

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Sotheby's | Live Elevated

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100 Year Sessions

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Political Work

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Lions in the Corner

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Johnnie Walker | Engraving

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The Sparks Brothers

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Design Within Reach

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PBR | Makers

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The National | Live At the Beacon

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Mercedes | No Limits

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The Fighter

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