Director -- Music Video
Band: Aiden
Song: "Scavengers of the Damned"
Producer: Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Production Designer: Geoff Flint
Production Client: TeoWard Productions
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Notes:
"Scavengers of the Damned" marks my first time as Director, Producer and Editor on a project.
Director -- Music Video
Band: Brandon Ashley
Song: "My Decadent Thursday"
Producer: Andrew Schrader
Editor: Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Production Designer: Geoff Flint
Production Client: TeoWard Productions
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Director -- Promo Spot
Project: The Lost Grind Opera promotional spots
Producers: Pearry Teo and Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Production Client: The Lost Grind Opera and Teo/Ward Productions
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Notes: Shot in 1 day in Downtown Los Angeles for a total of 4 promotional advertisements plus one gag reel to promote the Lost Grind Opera cabaret show debuting on March 13th, 2009.
Director -- Short Film
Film: Fable
Producer: Pearry Teo
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
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Notes: Fable marks my first attempt at a narrative film. It stars 8-year old Megan Helin as Lily, an abused girl who meets a strange little boy who may or may not be The Faerie Prince.
Fable was shot on location in Tucson, AZ in October 2007 and is currently in post-production.
Director -- Music Video
Band: D'AmatoSong: "Speak No Evil"
Producers: Pearry Teo, Stephanie Joyce and Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Production Client: Teo/Ward Productions
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Director -- Music Video
Band: Allhelluja
Song: "Superhero Motherfucker Superman"
Producers: Pearry Teo and Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Production Client: Teo/Ward Productions
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Director--Music Video
Band: Derek Sherinian featuring Billy Idol and Slash
Song: "In the Summertime"
Producers: Pearry Teo and Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Client: Aestheticom
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Director — Music Video
Band: Dragonlord
Song: "Until the End"
Producers: Pearry Teo and Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Client: Aestheticom
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Notes:
Aestheticom approached me with an interesting dilema--they were very interested in having me direct the Dragonlord video, except that the video had already been shot as a live performance from one of their shows. Since the performance part had already been done, I decided to create bookends for the video, something that would open the video and something to use as a finale.
Shot in one day on a shoestring budget, we produced a terrifying scenario where a young man finds himself as the subject of a bizarre experiment involving the Dragonlord footage, several vampish women and a lot of sharp medical devices.
Production Designer -- Music Video
Band: William Control
Song: "Deathclub (remix)"
Director: Rob Schroeder
Producer: Georg Kallert
Client: Lodger Films
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Notes: This video for AIDEN frontman wiL Francis' solo effort was a tie-in with Underworld 3. Shot on December 24th in Pasadena, CA. The throne was a custom build job by myself and Art Director Geoff Flint.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER — MUSIC VIDEO
Band: Natalia Lesz
Song: "Power of Attraction"
Director: Adam Eqypt Mortimer
Producer: Georg Kallert
Client: Lodger Films
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Notes: This video for Polish pop star Natalia Lesz was loosely based on my PAIN BOX series of images per the Director's request. It was shot on the same location as the PAIN BOX series as well.
Production Designer — Music Video
Band: Against Me!Song: "White People for Peace"
Director: Adam Eqypt Mortimer
Producer: Georg Kallert
Client: Lodger Films/Warner Bros.
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Production Designer — Music Video
Band: Combichrist
Song: "Get Your Body Beat"
Director: Agata Alexander
Producers: Pearry Teo & Keith Collea
Client: Middle Link Productions
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Following THE GENE GENERATION, director Pearry Teo brought me back on board to do production design for a music video he was producing that would tie in to his movie. Directed by up-and-coming Swedish filmmaker Agata Alexander, the video was intended to have a similar aesthetic to what we had done on THE GENE GENERATION. Shot on location at Linda Vista Hospital in downtown L.A., I was responsible for creating a brutal atmosphere that would complement both the song and the movie. Using discarded machinery and junked parts, we built a caged area where the band could perform their bloody anthem.
In addition to the caged arena, we also used props I had designed for GENE GENERATION--namely the Josephine monster and two "life support" machines--to dress up a "puppet room" where singer Andy mercilessly torments a young victim.
In addition to these performance pieces, I also helped handle wardrobe and casting to bring a cohesive feel to the video.
Production Designer/Concept Artist — Feature Film
Film: The Gene Generation (reshoot)
Director: Pearry Teo
Producer: Keith Collea
Director of Photography: Tim Angulo
Client: Middle Link Productions
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Notes:
I was originally hired as a concept artist to create a room/chamber and monster for the film's new climatic ending. As the work progressed, Pearry and Keith decided to bring me on as the Production Designer for the entire reshoot schedule where I oversaw the construction of both the chamber/monster scene, newly added shower and alley scenes, consulted with the makeup department for the makeup FX on the Aerynn Flyer character and worked with the Art Department to recreate sets used on the previous production.
After production wrapped, I was also asked to take the still photography I had shot and use that to create a series of promotional posters, some of which can be seen in my Art section.
THE GENE GENERATION is scheduled for a Summer 2006 release.
Production Designer — Music Video
Band: Madlife
Song: "I Want War"
Director: Jeff Jingle
Client: Archenemy Films
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Background Artist — Music Video
Band: Marilyn Manson
Song: "Personal Jesus"
Director: Nathan "Karma" Cox
Client: Interscope Records
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Notes:
For this video, director Nathan Cox needed imagery that could be projected onto a large screen behind the band as they performed. At the time of the assignment, the theme of video had not yet been decided upon, so I created several hundred images that could be used.
In the end, an abstract sky image and some custom-made circus stripes made the cut.
Concept Artist — Music Video
Band: The Rasmus
Song: "Guilty"
Director: Nathan "Karma" Cox
Director of Photography: Maz
Client: Interscope Records
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Notes:
I had worked with Nathan as a still photographer on a number of his videos. For the Rasmus video, he wanted to take things a step further and have me photograph elements that would be incorporated into the video itself as props. He also had me take photos from the video and do some conceptual compositing which was later handed off to a Visual FX house to recreate as CGI for warping certain elements within the video.