Support Arkansas Director's Film "Last Summer"

Friend, collaborator and fellow NYU alumn Mark Thiedeman has a new feature in the works. If you believe in filmmaking, LGBT issues, or simply supporting the dream of an artist, please help out with funding!

I had the pleasure of working with Mark on his short fillm, "Swimsuit," which played a few years ago at NewFest. "Last Summer" is already generating buzz from sites like IndieWire. Don't miss this chance to be a part of a wonderful project, from someone who still believes that small budgets can still make a great film!

Click the widget to find out more, and be sure to check out his earlier works!

Works on 16mm

Back at NYU: Tisch, I took a semester of 16mm Filmmaking with professor Rick Litvin. They were shot with a crew of four (a rotating crew of Director, Cinematographer, Sound, & Gaffer), in whatever locations were available, and with whatever props we had ready, on a chunky, German Arri camera.

Here are some of my works, in order from earliest to latest:

"Lost in the Library" 2005

A little girl gets finds herself separated from her sister on a trip to the library, shot in the eerie NYU Bobst Library. My favorite of the 16mm shorts.

CAST
Michelle Coughlin
Lili Stromberg

"Rain Shower" 2005
One of the more experimental films I've done (I'm not very good at them). I had this idea during a peculiarly rainy week, of a girl fainting/dreaming in the shower.

CAST
Tara Rose Stromberg

"Waiting for Dad" 2005
Time passes slowly when you're waiting for dad to get home safe and sound.

CAST
Ceri Stromberg
Lili Stromberg
Jim Stromberg
Tara Stromberg

"Changing Season" 2005
I like this Stranglers song, so I just sort of came up with some images - half film, half drawn - to go with it. It was shot in New Jersey's Longstreet Farm, where I used to volunteer.

CAST
Michelle Coughlin

Animation: My Early Years

I have always wanted to work on animated films. When I first went to NYU, with two years of 3D animation experience in Lightwave already under my belt, I was ready to make it a career. But juggling animation and film proved difficult, and I was forced to make a choice.

Perhaps if I had had time to refine my drawing skills, I could have been swayed. Anywho, here's a look at my works, dating all the way back to high school....

"SuperClip" 3D (Lightwave)
Went into my NYU admissions portfolio (I did the staple remover scenes; it would have taken three days to light the rest. Ahhhh, animation in the old days...)

"Legend of the Selke" 2D (Flash)
My first 2D animation in high school, also in my portfolio. Yeahhh, I sorta rushed it at the end.

"Zortian Tests" 2D (Handrawn)
And thus began my NYU: Ticsh education: My first hand drawn animations, using my favorite character, the zortian.

"Cut Out Animation" 2D (Stop Motion)
We had to make puppets from 2d elements and make a short stop motion. I decided to make it not-boring.

"Bugs Bunny" Behind the Pencil" 2D (After Effects)
My final animation thesis, based on a script I wrote with my friend Paul in H.S. Spanish class, which parodied VH1's "Behind the Music." It's a little too long, so bear with me.