A NEW testimonial for our Corporate Video work

“They are extremely professional……we weren’t quite sure about some of the specifics and so they helped us talk through those things and worked with a very tight deadline… “

“…they were able to come up with this great exciting spin… and it worked really well with our audience… It was a very memorable thing.”

-Christine Stone - Development Manager at Emser Tile

Open Screen LA

LA’s open mic night for filmmakers! Share your film the way it was intended, projected in a dark room with lively strangers. If your movie is under 10 mins we’ll screen it!

We will be having our first event January 10, 2023 7:00pm.

Worm Food has a new poster

Check out our new poster for Worm Food:

Worm Food Screens at the Highland Park Film Fest

We screened in the first ever Horror block of the Highland Park Film Fest this year October 7th. It was a really solid group of films and we were honored to be shown along with them.

Thank YOU HPIFF!

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Highland Park Film Festival Talk Back October 7th

Worm Food accepted into PUFF!

We’ll be screening in the 7:30 Tension block of the PUFF festival this Friday, July 18th. Looking forward to seeing other great shorts!

Buy tickets and get more information here: https://picturesupfestival.com/

Worm Food wins!

We welcome the award for Best Suspense Short from the Marina Del Rey Film Festival this weekend!

Now we have two awards, including Best Sci-Fi short from the Independent Short Awards.

Worm Food is out!!

Worm Food is our latest short film, by Vital Flaw films. It’s kicking it through some festivals this summer!

So proud of my co-director, Shane O’Loughlin, for putting in the time, thought, and energy to make this come to life with me.

Mama Bear wins festival accolades

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Mama Bear wins Zeus award from Mt Olympus Festival 2019

Official Santa Monica Film Festival Selection

Official Shriekfest Selection

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Selection and Best Actress (Mandy Musgrave)

California International Shorts Festival Official Selection

The Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards Official Selection

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival Selection

Santa Monica Webfest - Best Short and Best Actor (Jeffrey Vincent Parise)

Hollyshorts Film Festival - Best Action

Mama Bear Teaser Released

Mama Bear, an action comedy short film, directed by Matt Cohen, and edited by me, gets its first peek at the world in teaser form, today!

Making A Murderer Part 2 Starts Today!

I’m happy to have the next behemoth out the door and streaming today!

Watch it here!

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Life of Ego

Adam Sawyers, Amy Gilson, and I did some art .

Styling by Matthew Mitchell and Janoffery Clark

Thanks to Malachi Mott

An experiment in camera support. We created a large truss structure to rotate a camera around our incredible dancer to see what we could get! A story about ego and the evolution emerged... Created by Joel Slabaugh, Adam Sawyers, and Amy Gilson. Director Joel Slabaugh Producer Adam Sawyers Dancers Amy Lynn Gilson Styling by Matthew Mitchel and Janoffrey Clark Thanks to Malachi Mott

Blind going for Vimeo Staff Pick

We're shooting for support to obtain a vimeo staff pick designation!

I EP'd and edited this project.

A troubled young woman looks for an explanation of the hole in her past by visiting the prison cell of an African American farmer, convicted of her father's murder 20 years prior. Determined to learn the truth about her father's death, her investigation reveals the unthinkable. This short came from the will to develop the dialogue of racially based incarcerations.

Make A Film In A Day June 2018 - Getting the Feature Finished

Good work to the "Getting the Feature" team. Impressive teamwork to finish this in less than 12 hours.

An experimental film via time constraint. Making a film in a day results in a brief commentary sketch about the state of news reporting. A harried local news editor tries desperately to rally her apathetic team against the clock. A shy intern could carry the torch if her burnt out team doesn’t thwart her first. The Make a Film in a Day (Los Angeles) team put this into the world in 12 hours, in an experiment in filmmaking speed. Our mission is to make the best film possible and continually improve our on-the-fly creative and filmmaking skills via this one day challenge. “Getting the Feature” Starring- Carmen Awad Jennifer L. Aron Mitra Ladani Beth Ann Tong Jason Fischer Keith Weber Rajiv Kihlnani Ganna Sorbat Almira Kochkarova Directed By Joel Slabaugh Produced By Jennifer L. Aron Written By Bayan Khan Director of Photography Stan Eng Sound Keith Moore Editing, Graphics, Visual Effets, Location Scouting By Matt Baamonde Additional Editing By Joel Slabaugh Location Scouting Garrett Makeup By Mariam Yozden Music By Ganna Sorbat Assistant Camera Mariam Yozden, Almira Kochkarova A Make a Film in a Day, Los Angeles Production