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Director’s Reel
2012 was a good year for me, I had the chance to work on quite a few really fun projects. This is a montage of select moments from that body of work, as well as from a few older pieces.
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Handsome Police – Bulleit Bourbon Spec Commercial
Bulleit Bourbon loves the Handsome Police, and the Handsome Police love Bulleit Bourbon. In this spec spot the Handsome Police save a woman from the clutches of a bad guy with the help of Bulleit Bourbon. “Never run our of Bulleit!”
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Dirty Gun
Dirty Gun is many things, a short film, a comedy, an action movie, a commentary on the nature of man and war, but most of all it’s fun. We hope to turn this into a feature film, and the script is in the works. Thanks to the entire cast and crew for making this possible.
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Handsome Police
Check out the series on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/user/ToughGuysProductions
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Mountain High Presents: Los Angeles
If you live in the greater Los Angeles area- whether that be in Venice, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Downtown, East LA, or anywhere around or in between, Mountain High is in your backyard. This movie follows the new Mountain High pro team on a trip to the mountain, and documents an insanely fun season of snowboarding with wild times and proper tricks going down in what is one of the…
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Scotty Vine Full Video Part 2012
No matter how outside the box and seemingly impossible the trick, when Scott Vine sets his mind to doing something, the dude is gonna either do it or die trying. Seriously. When some riders do the one-foot schtick it gets construed as circus stunts, but Scott’s unstrapped antics are so big and smooth that you can’t do anything but respect the skill, style, and consequence. I spent a good chunk…
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The Harley-Davidson Taste of Freedom Tour Stop 1
Harley-Davidson and Rockstar Energy hired me to direct a documentary series covering their “Taste of Freedom Tour” over the next few months. The Taste of Freedom Tour follows 5 influencers as they learn how to ride a Harley and the adventures they have along the way. Over the course of one summer, these 5 individuals will experience the freedom that only comes with riding a Harley-Davidson. Influencers Greg Lutzka –…
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The Harley-Davidson Taste of Freedom Tour Episode 2
On the second stop of the Harley-Davidson Tatse of Freedom Tour the crew visits Los Angeles to take the Rider’s Edge Class. Here they learn to ride their bikes and get ready to hit the streets. They also meet up with pro surfer Nathaniel Curran and check out Venice Beach, as well as stopping by surfboard shaper Guy Okazaki’s shaping bay. This has been a really great project for me…
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Arbor Real Wood Topsheets
Arbor has been using Real Wood topsheets in their snowboards since 1995. Throughout history, wood and bamboo have been important building materials known for their versatility and strength. Get a behind the scenes look at how an Arbor Snowboard is constructed and incorporates Real Wood into their product.
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Los Angeles Trailer
The first trailer for the feature length snowboarding film I directed for Mountain High during the winter of 2012.
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Life Technologies – myLIFE
This is a corporate video I directed for Life Technologies, a major biotech company. This was used to gain funding for a new line of products that integrate with ipads and iphones.
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Cities on the Moon – “Silver in the Sky
The official music video for Cities on the Moon’s “Silver in the Sky.” citiesonthemoon.com On this track Lead Singer/Guitarist, Pat Crowley, played all the instruments as well. Directed, Shot, and Edited by Matt Devino.
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Snowboarder Mag Battle of the Brands 2012 – Arbor
This is a piece that I Directed, Filmed, and Edited for Arbor Snowboards entry into Snowboarder Magazine’s annual video contest called The Battle of the Brands. Every year Snowboarder holds an event called Superpark, where some of the biggest and most creative features you could imagine are built for the best snowboarders in the world to take on. Nearly every major brand in the snow industry has riders at the…
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MK and the Gentlemen Live at Arbor Venice
This was a little live event video I did for Arbor Collective in Venice, CA. They throw some rad parties and I was just there to capture the action.
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A Somewhat Uncertain Journey – Episode 1
This is the first episode on a documentary series I’m working on for Arbor Snowboards. In this series I decided to focus on trying to convey what it’s like to be a pro snowboarder, the good and the bad. Most snowboard videos are just shots of tricks edited to music, nobody really ever sees what it takes to get these shots or what a Pro’s lifestyle is really like. I…
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Handsome Police – Episode 2
In this episode the Handsome Police investigate a murder involving a man in a Wonder Woman costume and his seductive girlfriend. It’s up Detective Stacey Valentine and Johnny Babe to discover whether or not the beautiful woman in red is actually a cold blooded killer.
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A Somewhat Uncertain Journey – Episode 2
In this episode the crew travels to Colarado where they meet up with Blake Axelson, Sammy Spitteri, and Nick Visconti. The park at Snowmass gets a beat down and Nick wins a Bronze Medal at X-Games.
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Handsome Police – Episode 3
In this episode the Handsome Police go on an ass-kicking rampage, followed by heavy drinking at their favorite bar, in order to mend Valentine’s broken heart. When a mysterious woman approaches them knowing more than she should know, shit gets weird.
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A Somewhat Uncertain Journey – Episode 3
In this episode the Arbor crew travels to Washington in search of snow in one of the driest snow seasons on record, and mother nature finally comes through with the goods.
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Birdcage Riot – The Gallows
Music video for Birdcage Riot’s song “The Gallows”. Budget for the whole video was $300, kept this one down and dirty.
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Arbor Riders at HDHR 2011
This is a snowboarding film I directed at the Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails contest at Big Bear in 2011. Arbor had 4 riders in the contest and I thought it would be a good chance to try and do something a little more creative with a contest video. We shot RED Epic, Canon 5D and 7D, and a Panasonic HVX200 on a jib at the bottom. I tried to…
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Diaspora
This is a documentary I directed, shot, and edited, about the group of friends I grew up snowboarding who all relocated to different parts of the US in search of better mountains. In this film we reunite through a series of trips to each other’s new home mountains, and in the end return to New Hampshire and relive the old days of riding together where we grew up.
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Dane Zaun Surfing El Porto
Arbor surf team rider Dane Zaun dawn patrolling it at El Porto in Los Angeles.
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