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FILMOGRAPHY AS WRITER-DIRECTOR

Comedy short

The end is nigh. But until then, there's work to do.

Best Editing, California Indie Film Festival, 2018.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2018.

Nominated for Best Documentary/Mockumentary Short, Kapow Intergalactic Film Festival, 2017.

Best Experimental Short, Chain NYC Film Festival, 2017.

Best Mockumentary, End of Days Film Festival, 2017.

Nominated for Best Lead Actor - Female in a Short, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2017.

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Comedy-drama short

A comedy about finding grace and other things that get away.

Nominated for Best Comedy Domestic Short Film and Best Actress in a Short Film, Hollywood South Film Festival, 2019.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2017.

Nominated for Best Short: Family Issues, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2016.

"Funny" — Ain't-It-Cool-News

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Written with Carolyn Siegel.

Comedy-drama short

Melody and Chase are dancers. They're young and beautiful. They're broke and starving. They're absolutely terrified.

Best Comedy Domestic Short Film, Hollywood South Film Festival, 2019.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2015.

"A healthy dose of humorous authenticity… honest and grounded" — Film Threat

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Comedy short

A film about truth, fiction, cinema, ambition, action, wisdom, karma, chaos, cash, control and winning big.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2014.

"There's no denying that it's a well-shot film… intriguing" — Film Threat

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Romantic comedy short

She's planning a big day with someone special.

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Romantic short

They may have gone a bridge too far.

In 2012, aired on "Reel 13 Shorts" on WNET-13, the biggest PBS station in America.

Nominated for Best Comedy Micro Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2011.

Created for the 2010 online film festival at NP2K.com — won Best Film.

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Comedy short

An astonishingly profane tribute to our nation's greatest President.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2011.

Comedy Award, Washington DC Independent Film Festival, 2010.

Nominated for Best Actress, Houston Comedy Film Festival, 2009.

Award-winner, Chicago REEL Shorts Fest, 2009.

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Comedy short

A look at the gentrification of Williamsburg through the eyes of disillusioned Star Wars fans.

Best-in-category, ReelHeART International Film Festival, 2009.

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Animated comedy short

A spinoff from The World of the End about the futility of summing up one's life in one page.

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Dramatic short

The story of a girl getting halfway through her quarterlife crisis.

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Produced with Dana Silver, Northwestern University.

Romantic comedy short

A lonely young man adopts a cat and imagines it as human.

Best Student Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2006.

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Produced with Elizabeth Petersen and Dana Silver,
Studio 22 Productions.

Romantic comedy short

An experimental romantic comedy about the connections between love and filmmaking. Boy meets girl. Filmmaker makes movie about boy and girl. Stuff blows up.

"An audience pleaser… How can you not love a film with such spirit?… Love: The Movie gives us a promising director." — The Independent Critic

Nominated for Best Experimental / Alternative Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2005.

Best Student Comedy, Fargo Film Festival, 2005.

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Produced by Li-Wei Chu, Stephen Deline and Arielle Singh,
Studio 22 Productions.

Documentary short

A you-are-there, fly-on-the-wall look behind the scenes of a student film… specifically scene 4.

Nominated for Best Student Picture, Bare Bones Film Festival, 2005.

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Comedy short

When a massive blackout tosses his slacker lifestyle into upheaval, Sparky Peterson is forced to amuse himself.

"Three stars… like a younger Woody Allen" — Film Threat (review)

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Animated comedy short

The Empire Strikes Back meets Run Lola Run: Princess Leia has twenty minutes to save Han Solo from being frozen in carbonite.

Best Animation, Star Walking sci-fi convention, 2005.

Audience Award for Digital Animation, Downstream International Film Festival, 2003.

Starring Academy Award nominee Will Butler of Arcade Fire.

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Animated comedy short

What two nice kids on a first date are really thinking.

Starring Academy Award nominee Will Butler of Arcade Fire.

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FILMOGRAPHY AS PRODUCER

Producer only. Written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Romantic horror feature

A new employee at a historic hotel discovers a ghostly secret.

Best Live Action or Animated Feature Film, Paris Film Festival, 2021.

Nominated for Best International Director, Montreal Independent Film Festival, 2020.

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Producer and additional writer only. Produced with Jessica Roszko, Napoleon Productions; written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Romantic comedy-drama short

Alex just needs one more night to tell Rachel what he should have told her all along.

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Producer only. Produced with Tavarius Eberhart; written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Horror feature

Something dark is lurking in the cabin near this family's home.

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Producer only. Executive produced, written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Horror feature

A man in midlife is plagued by a mysterious force that infects his mind.

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Producer only. Produced with F.C. Rabbath; written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Comedy feature

A minor character grows tired of the lead getting all the attention.

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Producer only. Produced with Kimberly Cobb; written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Dramatic feature

A lonely girl befriends a witch in the woods with ulterior motives.

"Five stars… multiple interpretations are not only possible, but highly plausible." — Film Threat (review)

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Producer only. Produced with Eric Branco, Stephen Hill and Johnny Marra, OneNine Films; written by Eric Branco & Brandon Taylor, directed by Eric Branco.

Dramatic feature

Unsatisfied with his comfortable life, Harley strikes out to experience the hardships of being homeless in New York City.

"A devastating, quietly ambitious collaborative drama." — Baltimore City Paper (review)

"Beautifully shot and heart-wrenching… Show up with tissues." — IndieWire (review)

Best Feature, Coney Island Film Festival, 2013.

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Producer only. Executive produced by Vanessa Vandy and F.C. Rabbath, MultiFrame Media; written and directed by F.C. Rabbath.

Dramatic feature

Everyone has a little music inside them.

"Provocative… I strongly recommend this superb film" — Film Threat (review)

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Producer only. Produced with Dave Holstein and David Cohen, Northwestern University; written and directed by Dave Holstein.

Comedy short

Philip's girlfriend is leaving him for his childhood bully and his two-bit job is going nowhere. Sometimes you gotta be yourself… sometimes you gotta go Hollywood.

Written and directed by Dave Holstein, future creator of Showtime's "Kidding" / co-writer of "Inside Out 2".

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