THE LONE WARRIOR
Director: Stephen Griffin - Producer: Emily Peck
Screenwriter: Stephen Griffin & David Spence - Production Designer: Kate Emery
Editor: C.E. Holcomb - Director of Photography: Beth Napoli
Notes: Screened at the prestigious Plus Camerimage Festival in Poland, the world's biggest festival dedicated to cinematography. The Lone Warrior also took home two Maverick Movie Awards for Best Picture and Best Screenplay.
Synopsis: A master samurai carries the most coveted weapon in all of Japan, a sword that prevents its owner from dying in combat. However, this magnificent gift comes with a curse.
SINGULARITY
Director: Stephen Griffin - Producer: Clay Hassler
Screenwriter: Stephen Griffin - Production Designer: Bobby Marinelli
Editor: Beth Napoli - Director of Photography: Beth Napoli
Notes: A science fiction film based on the theories of renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil. Singularity was a crowd pleaser at the Dragon Con Film Festival, Brouhaha Film Festival, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival and many others.
Synopsis: A dying man transfers his most important memory in to an android in hopes that his consciousness will live on.
UNDERGROUND
Director: Akil DuPont - Producer: Allison Leger
Screenwriters: Akil DuPont and Ariay Watty - Production Designer: Faren Humes
Editor: Stephen Griffin - Director of Photography: Praheme
Notes: Winner of awards at 21 festivals worldwide. Most notably, Underground took home 2 Student Emmys at the 32nd Annual College Television Awards - one for Humanitarianism, and the other for Best Use of Music.
Synopsis: In a story told through song, Bali plans to escape from slavery after learning that his master is going to sell his young daughter, Emala. With house slave Dembi, they strike out in the dead of night, singing Negro spirituals that they hope will protect them on their perilous journey to freedom.
THE PLANETEER
Director: Clay Hassler - Producers: Jaye Sarah Davidson and Stephen Griffin
Screenwriters: Clay Hassler and David Spence - Production Designer: C.E. Holcomb
Editor: C.E. Holcomb - Director of Photography: Beth Napoli
Notes: Student Emmy winner for Best Children's Film at the 32nd Annual College Television Awards.
Synopsis: Bradley Maguire, an imaginative backyard astronomer, helps NASA find a crew of Mars-Bound astronauts who lost contact with Mission Control.
INTERCAMBIOS
Director: Brian Aramayo - Producer: Praheme
Screenwriter: Brian Aramayo - Production Designer: Jonathan Bennett
Editor: Hsing Yi Cindy Tseng - Director of Photography: Stephen Griffin
Notes: A controversial film about the collision of two cultures.
Synopsis: An immigrant woman's hard-earned savings disappear during a normal bank transaction, causing her belief in the American dream to be changed forever.
EL BAILE
Director: Jonathan Bennett - Producer: Lisa Lodico
Screenwriters: Jonathan Bennett and Ariya Watty Production Designer: Clay Hassler
Editor: Jacob Jester and Allison Leger - Director of Photography: Stephen Griffin
Synopsis: Ricardo and his brother Hernan balance life, brotherhood and their passion for soccer.
