Photos courtesy of Logan Foll
Big hangin at the Fire FC game at Soldier Field
Happy to announce I’ve signed onto the ONE at Optimus director roster! Having collaborated with the team at Optimus for years now, this feels like a natural evolution in my commercial directing work.
Recently shot a Tiny Desk for NPR music with Pastor T.L. Barrett at his church in Bronzeville. It was so fun to put this thing together with our little skeleton crew and it didn’t hurt they were sounding NICE! Check it out.
Going even more viral…er (?) with this new short video I shot with the Shedd Aquarium penguins at the Field Museum over quarantine — it was a little chaotic trying to chase these little guys around with a camera, but what’s not to love about this video?
The spot was featured on CNN, Jezebel, NY Post, Travel & Leisure and more.
A recent spot I directed for The Wiener’s Circle in Chicago has caught some attention. In addition to the 300k views on YouTube within the first 24 hours of posting, we were also Ad Age’s Creativity Pick of the Day!
The spot has also been featured on CNN, Food & Wine, Little Black Book, Scout Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and WGN Chicago.
The spot is a product of a small number of very hard working people and I couldn’t be happier with the response we’ve gotten!
Check it out here.
Here are a few BTS shots of a recent shoot with Wahl Clippers. I shoot a lot of doc stuff, and sometimes it’s nice to slow down and create these thoughtful, neatly arranged compositions in the studio.
Check out United Skates now on HBO! I served as 2nd Unit DP for much of the Chicago portions of this film.
Yer boi out here in these streets.
This is a recent project I shot for Lyft with Chance the Rapper — tons of fun to shoot.
Had a great experience this week operating on Showtime's The Chi. This season's DP Abe Martinez has been a long time friend and mentor to me dating back to our AC days. Thanks for the opportunity Abe!
Really into this example of both color and using real life sources to light your interviews with. This past year for me has been all about getting outside of normal interview conventions, whether that be playing with scale or composition. Color is another great way to stand out - doesn't work in every situation, but it really pops here.
Frame grab from Vogue: Model Citizen a film about five Sudanese models.
United Skates was featured as one of Timeout's 10 best movies at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival!
My brother is a Grip/Electric in New York and I got a chance recently to have him on a shoot here in Chicago. Wish he was on every shoot!
Happy to announce that United Skates, a documentary some friends of mine have been working on for the last five years will have it's world premiere at the Tribeca film festival in April! I've been working on this doc alongside them filming some of the Chicago content and the characters here have grown to be good friends! So excited for these two filmmakers and their film baby to hit the streets!
For more information on the film visit their website
Have a baller Monday!
A couple of photos from the Chicago Women's March. I was happy to see people are still energized to act one year later. The march is becoming such a positive, triumphant happy event that you walk away from feeling like the world is going to be ok.
Watching the nephew get pulled into a movie. Film is powerful in a lot of ways, but the ability to hold a 5-year-old kids attention for an hour and a half seems like black magic.
A couple BTS pics of a fun shoot I directed for Urban Initiatives. What a fun gig! Thanks to the folks at Optimus for having me on!
Photos by CJ Richter