Enter The Beard Teaser

ENTER THE BEARD, THE TEASER from Matt Lawrence on Vimeo.

Last Night, Long Ago

I recently wrapped production of my most recent short film, Last Night, Long Ago. I shot the film on location in Bellingham, WA in Super 16mm. It is currently in post-production. Adam Upchurch (http://www.themethodpost.com/) is editing the film.

Synopsis: On the day before moving from the house where she raised her family, Eleanor decides to keep some hallowed memories in the past.

Story of Hurt Teaser

A teaser for Story of Hurt, Directed by Ted Davee. I am the cinematographer for the project - it was shot in Super 16mm at several locations in Oregon.

Welcoming Departure - The Next Scott Ballard Films Production

Set to begin principal photography in October 2010, Welcoming Departure, is an 80-minute film following the life of Charlie, a night janitor at a public library. Charlie's routine, his life and his hopes are drastically changed following a strange and mysterious inheritance which leads him on a discovery of his own past. The film will re-unite the production team behind Between Night, as well as some of the actors, including the lead, Tom Campbell. With a modest budget of $25,000, Welcoming Departure will be shot on Super 16mm in Bellingham, WA and Portland, OR.
This blog will be dedicated to this new feature-length project. I will include updates about the pre-production, locations and calls for crew and talent. I am also adding Paypal buttons for contributions for the project. As the project goes into production phase, I will use this blog to feature live updates from location, as well as clips and behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot. As the film is cut, I will post trailers, teasers, festival updates and distribution.
Stay tuned!

Between Night at the 2009 Santa Fe International Film Festival

Between Night is an Official Selection in the 2009 Santa Fe Film Festival. The festival runs December 2-6th and my short film will be playing at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art Friday, December 4th at 2:30 and Saturday, December 5th at 2:45. An exciting 8th film festival for my Super 16mm short film!

Indie Memphis and Eugene International Film Festivals...

Two films I worked on as Director of Photography will be playing soon. "Shoebox Redhead" directed by Matthew Lawrence will be a part of the 2009 Indie Memphis Film Festival, showing on Sunday, October 11th. Check out more info at: http://indiememphis.bside.com/2009/schedule/week and you can view the teaser at: http://www.dynamattproductions.com/

"The Laborers" - a short I also worked on as Director of Photography, will be playing at the Eugene International Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 9th. More information at: http://eugenefilmfest.org/

Between Night at the 2009 Local Sightings Film Festival!

This weekend will be back-to-back showings of Between Night. First at the Tacoma Film Festival tomorrow night and then at the Northwest Film Forum's Local Sightings Film Festival in Seattle on Sunday night. I am very excited to be apart of these fine local festivals!