This short film was made without actors, without a set, without permission—just a voice, a pulse, and the will to be heard. It’s about the quiet ache of becoming, the spaces we speak into when no one’s answering, and the strange hope that maybe, just maybe, someone out there is listening.
This isn’t a cry for help. It’s a flare in the fog.
If it finds you… maybe that’s enough.
Heather Gerard, violinist and one of our three leads, goes to see her friend Barry Tanner, a close friend and keyboard player, out of concern for our main character, Nina Atwood, who is undergoing an existential crisis.
Originally billed as a "surreal yuppie western," Laid to Rest is the story of up-and-coming executive Peter Holland (Richard Conti), who is forced to fire his best friend and mentor (Tim Campbell) to make room for "new young blood." Ridden with guilt, Peter and his wife Dana (Llysa Holland) escape on a weekend getaway and find themselves stranded in a mysterious small town where they are menaced by the corrupt Sheriff Chauncey (Douglas Ian Gordon) and his deputy (Derick Alexander). It also stars H. Lee Burton, Mason Cartmell, Steve Adamczyk, Riley O'Callaghan, and David B. Jacobson.
Part documentary and part confessional, There Comes a Redeemer chronicles the creation of a 30-minute 16mm dramatic narrative film in the early nineties and the filmmaker's journey of self-discovery that resulted from its making.
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of a film that was never completed, now including production art and voiceover describing the original intent.
Chronicling the making of an early Star Trek fan film
Photographic impressions of Chicago architecture as seen while traveling along the Chicago River.
Inspired by the impending merger of the telecommunications, computer, and entertainment industries, this short film celebrates the technologies that enabled its creation. It features live-action footage shot in 16mm, combined with 2D and 3D animation produced on Apple Macintosh systems using readily available tools. The film received an honorable mention at the 1995 Columbus International Film Festival.
Tim and Ben Campbell star as proprietors of a general store aboard a space station in Earth orbit. Criminal fugitive Ragner (Paul Jardetzky) attempts to rob them of enough currency to book a spaceflight home, but he doesn't want any witnesses.