Documentary Film
Design and Animation
in collaboration with Jason Conradt.
A seriously-funny and wickedly-subversive look at the role of comedy in examining the pressures on women to be attractive and society's desire and shame relationship with plastic surgery.
Directed by Joan Kron.
Screening in festivals throughout the country in 2017.
takemynoseplease.com
Documentary Design, Animation Direction, and Coding with Processing.
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap is a feature length documentary directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds.
CODE documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain from having more women and minorities code?
2015
Documentary Film Art Direction, Titles, Design and Animation.
CANCER: Emperor of All Maladies is a six hour documentary based on the book Emperor of All Maladies, directed by Barak Goodman, Executive Producer PBS and Ken Burns. Art direction, design and animation of historical science, recreation stories, film titles and the current edge of genetic discoveries. Molly Schwartz Studio delivered dozens of shots, all animated in a distinct visual language designed just for this project, combining science, history, drawing, goo and millions of particles too.
2015
Documentary Film TItles, Design and Animation.
Directed and produced by Liz Garbus, and produced by actor Steve Buscemi, A GOOD JOB: STORIES OF THE FDNY explores life in one of the most demanding and innovative fire departments in the world. Featuring first-hand accounts of veteran firefighters and former FDNY member Buscemi, the film reveals what it feels like to fight, and know, fire in New York.
Watch the film on HBO.
Documentary Film Design and Animation.
Winner of Sundance 2014 US Documentary Special Jury Award for Animation.
WATCHERS OF THE SKY is the latest documentary by award-winning filmmaker Edet Belzberg. In her characteristic cinéma vérité style, Belzberg interweaves the stories of four exceptional humanitarians whose lives and work are linked together by the ongoing crisis in Darfur. Through the stories of these contemporary characters, the film uncovers the forgotten history of the Genocide Convention and its founder Raphael Lemkin, the legendary international lawyer who dedicated his life to the prevention of genocide. Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize winning book "A Problem From Hell", WATCHERS OF THE SKY offers real examples of how the cycle of violence can be broken and future mass atrocities prevented.
Documentary Film Design and Animation.
THE ABOMINABLE CRIME is a documentary that explores the culture of homophobia in Jamaica through the eyes of gay Jamaicans who are forced to choose between their homeland and their lives after their sexual orientations are exposed. Directed by Micah Fink.
More about the film:
abominablecrimefilm.com
Documentary Film Design and Animation
“Back on Board: Greg Louganis” is an intimate portrait of the public triumphs and private struggles of trailblazing openly gay athlete Greg Louganis.
A refreshingly candid documentary film about this four-time Olympic champion, “Back on Board” follows Greg Louganis over the past three years as he struggles with financial security and reunites with the sport he once dominated but not welcomed in. The threat of losing his house during the recent financial crisis forces Louganis to re-evaluate the choices, relationships, and missed opportunities of his career.
Watch the film on HBO Sports.
Documentary Film TItles,
Map Design and Animation
in collaboration with Jason Conradt.
Trapped is a feature-length documentary directed by Dawn Porter. Trapped premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking.
Documentary Titles, design, animation.
DEATH METAL ANGOLA, a documentary film directed by Jeremy Xido.
More about the film here.
The hardest hardcore is Angolan hardcore.
Documentary Film
Design and Animation:
maps, poetry and photos.
Though their exploits were romanticized, the Barrow gang was believed responsible for at least 13 murders, including nine law enforcement officers, as well as numerous robberies and kidnappings. Discover the true story of the most famous outlaw couple in U.S. history -- Bonnie and Clyde.
Directed by John Maggio.
Watch on pbs.org
Documentary Film TItles
Design and Animation
In October 2006, the United States government decided to build a 700 mile fence along its Mexican border. Three years and 3.1 billion dollars later, award-winning director Rory Kennedy investigates the impact of the project, revealing how its stated goals--containing illegal immigration, cracking down on drug trafficking, and protecting America from terrorists--have given way to unforeseen consequences.
Pen / Barabara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award 2015:
Khadija Ismayalova
Design and Animation for a short film documenting the work of imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija, for the 2015 Pen Awards.
Design and Animation / Projection Mapping
Free City at Guggenheim NY is an animation projected into an architectural model. I was brought on by SuperUber, to develop the design and animation while they designed and fabricated the structure and technology. A conceptual prototype for cities of the future, Free City (designed by the architects Fernando Romero Enterprises) is a projection-mapped model with animations and sound that create an audio-visual narrative. The piece is a response to 21st century urban challenges such as population growth, sprawl and mobility. The installation was the centerpiece at the FR-EE “You Are The Context” book launch at the Guggenheim Museum, in NYC.
Poster Design, Titles, Design and Animation.
Before the Spring After the Fall, a documentary film directed by Jed Rothstein.
The frustrations of a generation raised under Egypt's brutal dictatorship explode as a group of rock musicians fights for freedom before, during and after their country's revolution.
Animation Artist. Drawing, design, and animation of one-minute long contextual animations per episode, providing colorful and engaging historical context for the art.
The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green, who travels around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them, for anyone interested to complete.
To view animations within episodes, visit: The Art Assignment Youtube Channel
Titles Design and Animation.
A series of animating title sequences made for the 2011 ITP Big Screens Show at the IAC Building. The titles were projected onto the 120 X 12-foot video wall at their corporate headquarters on 18th St. and the West Side Highway. The animated titles were programmed using OpenFrameworks in collaboration with the very talented Rune Madsen.
Documentary Design and Animation.
Stephanie in the Water is a documentary surfing film about Stephanie Gilmore, the amazing Australian professional surfer and five time world champion, directed by Ava Warbrick.
Documentary Design and animation.
Oil in Our Waters is a 22-minute documentary about the illegal dumping of oil from ships. This film explores the extent of the problem, the impact of oil on the marine environment, the creation of MARPOL, the rewards for whistleblowers, and the penalties faced by polluters caught in the United States.
Directed by Micah Fink. Watch the film here.
Documentary Titles, Design, Effects and Compositing
ICEBOUND is a feature documentary by the late director Danny Anker.
In January 1925, more than thirty men, and at least 150 dogs, battled storms and life threatening cold weather, in a daring relay of antitoxin across the frozen wilderness to save the children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly outbreak of diphtheria.
Documentary Design and Animation
Žižek!, is a 2005 American/Canadian documentary film directed by Astra Taylor, about philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek, a prolific author and former candidate for the Presidency of Slovenia.
Stop-Motion, Pixelation, Design and Animation.
Sometimes the Dream is Real {a micro-opera in three acts}
A musical project conceived & performed by David Driver for the Sundance Channel online.
