CV — CATACLYSMO

EDITORIAL:

“mikeroweWORKS” commercials / PSAs

Client: MRW Foundation // Production: Nonfiction

Ads for Mike Rowe’s work ethic scholarships.

“Real Patient Story: Darlene” / “Real Patient Story: Lisa” commercials

Client: Merck // Agency: Havas // Director: Saam Gabbay

Ads for chronic cough sufferers.

“More Than a Flag” doc film / promos

Client: State of Utah

Documentary film and promotional videos for Utah’s state flag redesign.

“Omnibus Spending Bills” short form video

Client: FedSoc // Production: Return on Ideas // Director: Sean Malone

Nonfiction video about the omnibus spending issue in Congress.

“Ask an Immigrant” teaser video

Client: Loving Liberty

Promo for podcast series about immigrants and liberty.

“FreedomFest ‘22” promo videos

Client: FreedomFest

Videos for the 2022 event.

“PrEP Behind the Campaign” teaser

Client: ViiV Healthcare // Agency: Havas // Director: Saam Gabbay

Teaser video for AIDS-prevention drug campaign.

“Studio C” / “Wizard of Paws” / “9 Years to Neptune” / “All-Round Champion” promos

Client: BYUtv

Promo ads for network shows.

Contract Editor

Client: FEE [Foundation for Economic Education]

• Educational and motivational videos about liberty.

“Wendy’s Rick + Morty Drive-Thru” commercial

Client: Wendy’s // Agency: VMLY&R

Halloween mash-up campaign where Morty becomes Wendy.

“Claudia: The Frustrated Cough” commercial

Client: Merck // Agency: Havas // Director: Saam Gabbay

Ad for chronic cough sufferers.

“The Story of the WANDRD Bag” commercial

Client: WANDRD // Agency: D+H

Ad for camera bag company.

“Made for Women” commercial

Client: MavenThread // Agency: D+H

Ad for women’s active wear.

“After Party” / “Don’t Trust Your Kids” / “WTDTYAF” / “Everybody Dies” commercials

Client: After.com // Agency: D+H

Ads for alternative to expensive funerals.

“Before & After” / “Best Shelves” / “Website” commercials

Client: Iron Abode // Agency: D+H

Ads for custom shelves.

“Mike Rowe: Just Doing My Job” / “Standing in the Dirt” commercials

Client: HomeServe // Production: Nonfiction

Campaign featuring Mike Rowe.

“Wendy’s Scare-Thru” commercial

Client: Wendy’s // Agency: VMLY&R

Halloween campaign for Wendy’s.

“Transform: Nicky” commercial

Client: LinkedIn // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Doc-format ads.

“Revolution of One” short form films

Client: FEE [Foundation for Economic Education]

• Motivational series.

“Your 100%” interactive commercial

Client: Verizon Fios // Production: Tool of N.A.

Custom-generated commercials based on Netflix preferences.

“Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” interactive trailer

Client: Activision // Production: Tool of N.A.

Custom-generated trailer for players.

“Tank Man” short narrative film

Production: Taliesin-Nexus // Director: Robert Anthony Peters

• Short film about the mysterious man who marched in front of the tanks during the Tiananmen Massacre.

“Out of Frame” short form docs

Client: FEE [Foundation for Economic Education]

• Ongoing monthly series about pop culture intersecting with liberty.

“Garden of the Lost and Abandoned” book trailer

Client: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt // Author: Jessica Yu

Promo video for nonfiction book about a woman in Africa finding the parents of orphans.

“Favorite Things” commercial

Client: Google // Production: Tool of N.A.

Campaign for Google’s new feed.

“Vine + Periscope: #GoLive” sizzle reel

Client: Twitter // Production: Tool of N.A.

• Sizzle reel for the popular social video platforms.

“C-Coupe” director’s cut

Client: Mercedes-Benz // Production: Contagious LA // Director: Andrew Laurich

• Director’s cut of brochure-format project.

“The Walking Dead” trailer

Client: AMC // Production: Tool of N.A. // Director: Jason Nickel

• Custom-generated trailer for fans of the series.

“Destiny: The Taken King” trailer

Client: Activision / Bungie // Agency: AKQA // Production: Tool of N. A. // Director: Jason Nickel

• Custom-generated trailer for fans based on their gamer tags and data. 1,000,000 renders on first day!

“James Turrell: You Who Look” documentary short

Client: LACMA in association with Broadgreen Pictures // Director: Jessica Yu

• Short film about artist James Turrell and his magnum opus, Roden Crater. World premiere at 2016 LAFF

“A Little Help” commercial

Client: Autoliv // Production: bGiant // Director: Saam Gabbay

Spot for automobile safety technology company.

“Manhattan Plaza: Miracle on 42nd Street” documentary feature

Director: Alice Elliot

• The story of Manhattan Plaza, a subsidized artists’ residence in NY’s Hell’s Kitchen. Winner: NY Emmy, Best Doc

“Client Testimonials” web videos

Client: DentalPlans // Production: Hawthorne Direct

Patient testimonials about major money-saving dental plans.

“Personal Portraits” [lead asst. editor]

Client: Facebook // Production: Chapeau FX

Innovative design project for the social media giant.

“ WATCH: Craftsmanship” launch films [lead asst. editor]

Client: Apple // Production: Chapeau FX // Director: Dan Tobin Smith

Launch films for the long-awaited Apple Watch.

“The Voice and Beats” sizzle reel

Client: Beats, Inc.

Sizzle reel for Beats and The Voice partnership.

“ iPad: Change is in the Air” spot [lead asst. editor]

Client: Apple // Production: Chapeau FX

Broadcast spot for new iPad Air.

“The Vanishing Game” feature length narrative

Client: Land Rover // Agency: Y+R // Production: Tool of N.A. // Director: Alec Helm

• Amazing feature-length hybrid film of author William Boyd’s novella. Winner: Clio [bronze]

“Why Bank?” / “Every Investment” web shorts

Client: Cord Blood Registry // Production: Humunculus // Director: Saam Gabbay

• Web films for cord blood banking company.

“Google Play Dedications” ripomatic

Client: Google // Production: Tool of N.A. // Director: Ben Tricklebank

• Ripomatic spot for fun Google Play service.

“Coke Zero March Madness” ripomatic

Client: Coca-Cola // Production: Tool of N.A. // Director: Jason Zada

• UGC ripomatic for the annual basketball tradition.

“ Mac 30 Year” web film [lead asst. editor]

Client: Apple // Production: Tool of N.A. // Directors: Erich Joiner + Ben Tricklebank

• Massive project about the influence of the Mac on major luminaries around the world.

“Six Little McGees” docu-reality series

Client: OWN // Production: Candor Entertainment

Family-friendly doc series about a family in Chicago and their rambunctious sextuplets.

“Lessons from the Dirt with Mike Rowe” web films

Client: mikeroweWORKS // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

• Fun talk show revolving around Mike Rowe’s efforts to reform attitudes towards vocational education.

“The Murfeys” web short

Client: Cord Blood Registry // Production: Humunculus // Director: Saam Gabbay

• Doc-style short about a family whose son benefitted greatly from cord blood banking.

“Bugatchi Uomo: Spring” fashion promo

Client: Bugatchi // Production: Kenwerks

• Promo piece for men’s fashion company.

“Flash!” reality series pilot

Client: E! // Production: Super Delicious

Pilot for competition reality series centered on photographers.

“How TrueCar Works” commercial

Client: TrueCar // Agency: dw+h // Production: Humunculus // Director: Saam Gabbay

• Spot explaining car buying service.

“Divorce Corp” documentary feature

Production: Candor Entertainment // Director: James Scurlock

Revival cut of doc about the evils of the divorce industry.

“Working with Harry” web short

Client: Lincoln Motors // Agency: J. Walter Thompson // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

• Short doc about Harry Connick Jr. working to help rebuild New Orleans after Katrina with Lincoln Motors.

“Roller Girls” docu-reality series

Client: A&E // Production: LPA Prods.

• Doc-style reality series about roller derby girls in Austin.

“Trading Spouses” reality series

Client: Fox // Production: Rocket Science Labs

• Trade your wife for a week!

“Ten Days That Changed America: Shays’ Rebellion” tv special

Client: History Channel // Production: Actual Reality // Directors: RJ Cutler, George Plympton

• Animated episode of series about Shays’ Rebellion.

“The Other Nostradamus” tv special

Client: History Channel // Production: Authentic Entertainment

• The spooky powers of a turn-of-the-century American.

“Fan Mail: Rascal Flatts” docu-reality series pilot

Client: CMT // Production: Authentic Entertainment

• Pilot that follows country music stars responding to fan letters. No notes from network!

“Heroes Under Fire: Jungle Ambush” tv series

Client: History Channel // Production: Wild Eyes Prods.

• Pilot episode of harrowing tale of survival in Vietnam that set the template for the entire series.

“My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss” reality series

Client: Fox // Production Co: Rocket Science Labs

• Spoof of The Apprentice.

“Andrzej Wajda: War Trilogy” dvd documentaries

Client: Criterion Collection

• Docs about Polish director’s seminal works.

“Joe Millionaire II” reality series

Client: Fox // Production: Rocket Science Labs

Fool a bunch of European girls into thinking you’re rich!

“Michael Jackson: The Making of ‘Ghosts’ ” documentary

Client: VH1

• Behind-the-scenes doc about making the VFX-laden “Ghosts” video directed by the late Stan Winston.

“Shania Twain: In Her Own Words” music documentary

Client: VH1

• Candid doc about Shania Twain and her music.

“Jackson Browne” music videos + documentary

Client: Warner Bros. / Elektra // Production: Humunculus // Director: Saam Gabbay

• Performance videos of Jackson’s new music, and a short documentary about the album.

“Marlon Brando Presents: Lying for a Living” documentary feature

Director: Tony Kaye

• Legendary project written about in Rolling Stone and the Hollywood Reporter.

“The Vest” narrative short film

Director: Paul Gutrecht

• Charming comedic short about a little girl and her home-made vest. Premiered Sundance

“Iran is my home” documentary feature [also co-writer]

Director: Fariborz David Diaan

• Travelogue about Iranian expat’s self-recorded journey home. Premiered LAFF

“Mulholland Drive” narrative feature [first asst. editor]

Production: Asymmetrical Prods. // Director: David Lynch

• Personal hero David Lynch’s amazing phoenix-rising-from-ashes film.

“The Rugrats Movie” trailer

Client: Nickelodeon // Production: Humunculus

• Trailer for feature adaptation of children’s animated show.

“Test Drive” commercial

Client: Atari // Production: Humunculus // Director: Saam Gabbay

• Spot for Xbox driving video game.

“Influences” docu series

Client: Bravo // Production: Rocket Science Labs // Director: Stacy Peralta

• Interviews with tv luminaries about their work, in association with the Museum of Television and Radio.

“The ‘70s: The Decade that Changed Television” tv special

Client: ABC // Production: Rocket Science Labs // Director: Stacy Peralta

• Survey of tv in the ‘70s, in association with the Museum of Television and Radio.

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POST PRODUCER / POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR:

“Behind the Face” commercials

Client: Clinique for Men // Agency: Razorfish // Production: DECON

Director: Jason Goldwatch

“Ben Franklin / Mister Sparky / One Hour” commercials

Client: Clockwork // Agency: The Company of Others // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Doug Glover

“Humira 2015” web films

Client: Abbott Labs // Agency: Saatchi Wellness // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: David Gelb

“Fed Head” PSA

Client: Vulcan // Agency: CineLan // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

“Fat Tire Ale 2014” commercial

Client: New Belgium // Agency: Cultivator // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Stacy Peralta

“Hands” commercial

Client: GE // Agency: CineLan // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Jessica Yu

“Humira 2013” web films

Client: Abbott Labs // Agency: Saatchi Wellness // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: David Gelb

“Nurofen” commercial

Client: Glaxo Smith Kline // Agency: Havas Worldwide // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Sean Dunne

“Project ReBrief” web film

Client: Google // Agency: Johannes Leonardo // Production: Mville, Inc.

Director: Doug Pray

“Gamechangers” tv docu series

Client: Bloomberg TV // Production: Luminant Media

Director: Brian Knappenberger

“Para Fuera: A Portrait of Dr. Bing” short doc

Client: Microsoft // Agency: CAA // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Nick Jasenovic

“Loan Modification” commercial

Client: Bank of America // Agency: Organic SF // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Stacy Peralta

“Financial Well Being” commercial

Client: Bank of America // Agency: BBDO NY // Production: Nonfiction Unlimited

Director: Stacy Peralta

“June Event 2010” commercial