Short Films
Providing small windows into a big world
In Bocca al Lupo
Literally, “Into the Mouth of the Wolf”. Like break a leg in theatre, an idiom that means “good luck”.
In Late WWII rural Italy, two partisans are pitched against two Nazis in this riveting short piece.
The Orange Story
The first stage of relocation of Japanese-Americans at the onset of WWII, eventually sent to concentration camps in the west and south of the US.
They considered themselves Americans, yet everything was taken from them.
Great Lakes Warriors
A series of shorts for the History Channel reality series about the plight of tugboat operators on America’s inland lakes and rivers.
Rent or Food
A heart wrenching PSA for the Ad Council about income inequality.
Elvis Stories
Written and directed by Ben Stiller, with his early career actor friends — a who’s-who of the period. A hilarious, satirical send-up of not Elvis, but who might be Elvis. Mike Meyers, All 3 Cusack’s (John, Joan, and Anne), Jeremy Piven, and David Pasquesi also star.
Disco Ball World
David Garza
An early music video for an LA-based latino indie rock artist from his 1998 album This Euphoria.