Founder of Life Is My Movie Entertainment, a company built on Vincent’s ambition to elevate the documentary genre through visionary means of development, production and distribution.
Under Vincent’s leadership, Life Is My Movie Entertainment continues to grow and has assembled a team of vested partners to facilitate the influx of interest from filmmakers, collaborators, and audiences interested in his company. As an innovative collaborator, Vincent’s contagious leadership style creates a “skin in the game” atmosphere of total teamwork and mutual respect. He has been a featured speaker at colleges and universities nationwide and has also been a featured guest on Bloomberg, CBS, Fox Business, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Huffington Post Live, and Fox News among others.
Vincent’s belief in the stirring power of documentary coupled with his dedication to maintaining integrity in non-fiction storytelling have set the table for exponential growth in the years ahead. His mission is simple: to grow Life Is My Movie Entertainment into one of the most respected names in the entertainment industry. His drive and work ethic work in concert with his ability to find unique ways to reach large audiences.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Vincent earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with an emphasis in Telecommunication Production as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Film and Media studies. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Jessica and four children, Lucca, Abrianna, Giuliana and Viviana.
Jessica holds a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology in Education and has spent 8 years teaching in the classroom. She has served in various capacities with all of Life Is My Movie’s projects since its inception. Moving forward she is focused on her partnership with the company and helping to provide direction and refine the mission of Life Is My Movie Entertainment. In her current role she is handling day to day operations, customer outreach, project development and cultivating relationships leading to future partnerships and collaborations. She is eager to leverage the power of story telling to educate the public on a much larger scale. When she isn’t filmmaking she enjoys time with her four children and husband/ partner in crime, Vincent.
Claudio’s love of storytelling and filmmaking since a very young age led him to pursue a formal education in Film. Through the art of filmmaking, his desire is to create meaningful media in order to tell stories that connect with audiences. This passion is coupled with his expertise in cultivating relationships that give each project a sound, fiscally responsible foundation, which consistently maximizes profitability and sustainability. Claudio earned a B.A. in Visual Media Arts, with a concentration in Producing and Writing for Film & Television, from Emerson College in Boston, MA. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Tinn has a passion for creating and telling stories that puts the spotlight on social issues and underrepresented communities. She brings a sense of artistic creativity to the table from earning a B.A. in Art along with a concentration in Animation at California State University Northridge. Tinn utilizes her experience producing theatrical shows, short films, and feature length documentaries to assist her team in delivering meaningful and impactful content. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Involved with Life Is My Movie Entertainment since its inception, Eric has played various roles over the years from screenwriter to art director to editor. While his degree and interests are in fine arts, he finds himself drawn to the transformative power of film and its ability to take the viewer on a journey that can ultimately change perceptions and attitudes. Day-to-day, Eric holds on to that philosophy in his job as a producer at a local news station, shining a light on his community so that good can be praised and the bad may be made better.
Website: rixdesign.com
Projects worked on: A Different Mind, Warehoused
Andrew Morgan is an internationally recognized filmmaker focused on telling stories for a better tomorrow. His experience includes a broad range of work that spans narrative and documentary storytelling for multiple film and new media projects that have been filmed and released all over the world. The New York Times described his unique style as “gentle, humane investigations” and Vogue Magazine wrote that it is “evidence that each of us can act as a catalyst for change within our own lives and work together towards a greater good.” He lives in LA with his wife Emily and their four kids.
Andrew Morgan is an internationally recognized filmmaker focused on telling stories for a better tomorrow. His experience includes a broad range of work that spans narrative and documentary storytelling for multiple film and new media projects that have been filmed and released all over the world. The New York Times described his unique style as “gentle, humane investigations” and Vogue Magazine wrote that it is “evidence that each of us can act as a catalyst for change within our own lives and work together towards a greater good.” He lives in LA with his wife Emily and their four kids.
Michael has a long history as a creative producer and project coordinator in film and advertising. Beginning his career in journalism at local stations in Florida, he went on to Mirada Studios where he worked on award-winning advertising for clients including Disney, Expedia, IBM, and AT&T. He has a passion for leading others in producing films that will make a difference in the world. Michael is a graduate of Florida State University where he majored in media production and business.
Michael has a long history as a creative producer and project coordinator in film and advertising. Beginning his career in journalism at local stations in Florida, he went on to Mirada Studios where he worked on award-winning advertising for clients including Disney, Expedia, IBM, and AT&T. He has a passion for leading others in producing films that will make a difference in the world. Michael is a graduate of Florida State University where he majored in media production and business.
Pete spent eight years in the Advertising industry before graduating from Met Film School (London) in 2009. He had immediate success as a director, winning three consecutive MoFilm Commercial Awards at Cannes Lions. Pete recently created a TV series for Channel 4 (UK) called MAKERS, celebrating ethical craftsmen around the world. Pete was born in Adelaide, Australia. He spent ten years making movies in London and now calls Portland, Oregon home.
Pete spent eight years in the Advertising industry before graduating from Met Film School (London) in 2009. He had immediate success as a director, winning three consecutive MoFilm Commercial Awards at Cannes Lions. Pete recently created a TV series for Channel 4 (UK) called MAKERS, celebrating ethical craftsmen around the world. Pete was born in Adelaide, Australia. He spent ten years making movies in London and now calls Portland, Oregon home.
Under the company name of Tiresias Pictures, Asher has directed and produced a host of narrative categories from commercials, PSA’s, short films, and documentaries. His highly collaborative approach and interest in a variety of subject materials has lead him to work with churches, non-profits health clinics, commercial and motion picture companies. Asher’s a myth-maker who understands that myths and narrative orientate themselves in the world and to one another as human beings: “agony is the heartbeat; death is the crucible; renewal is the goal.” Asher is interested in identifying the afflictions all human beings encounter, tracing the unique and often surprising ways it can dramatically unfold. A graduate of Georgia State, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Greek myth. He currently resides in the heart of Decatur, Georgia.
Website: asheremmanuel.com
Under the company name of Tiresias Pictures, Asher has directed and produced a host of narrative categories from commercials, PSA’s, short films, and documentaries. His highly collaborative approach and interest in a variety of subject materials has lead him to work with churches, non-profits health clinics, commercial and motion picture companies. Asher’s a myth-maker who understands that myths and narrative orientate themselves in the world and to one another as human beings: “agony is the heartbeat; death is the crucible; renewal is the goal.” Asher is interested in identifying the afflictions all human beings encounter, tracing the unique and often surprising ways it can dramatically unfold. A graduate of Georgia State, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Greek myth. He currently resides in the heart of Decatur, Georgia.
Website: asheremmanuel.com
Under the company name of Tiresias Pictures, Asher has directed and produced a host of narrative categories from commercials, PSA’s, short films, and documentaries. His highly collaborative approach and interest in a variety of subject materials has lead him to work with churches, non-profits health clinics, commercial and motion picture companies. Asher’s a myth-maker who understands that myths and narrative orientate themselves in the world and to one another as human beings: “agony is the heartbeat; death is the crucible; renewal is the goal.” Asher is interested in identifying the afflictions all human beings encounter, tracing the unique and often surprising ways it can dramatically unfold. A graduate of Georgia State, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Greek myth. He currently resides in the heart of Decatur, Georgia.
Website: asheremmanuel.com
Maureen (Mo) Castle Tusty is co-owner and the primary creative director and film director for Sky Films Inc. She was co-filmmaker with her husband/partner, Jim Tusty, on The Singing Revolution, which was the first project they produced together. Her documentary films have been seen in theaters, on Public Television, and in classrooms across the country.
Previously, as Senior Producer, Maureen was responsible for many of the award-winning corporate and educational films at Mountain View Group, Ltd., their former company. She has produced films in dozens of countries around the world, and has developed a particular expertise in international production. She continues to occasionally produce and direct high-profile corporate and commercial work for Mountain View Group.
Maureen was the primary director/researcher on the Sky Films productions of To Breathe as One, India Awakes, Changing Lives: Economic Freedom in Action, and Trailblazers: the New Zealand Story.
Maureen (Mo) Castle Tusty is co-owner and the primary creative director and film director for Sky Films Inc. She was co-filmmaker with her husband/partner, Jim Tusty, on The Singing Revolution, which was the first project they produced together. Her documentary films have been seen in theaters, on Public Television, and in classrooms across the country.
Previously, as Senior Producer, Maureen was responsible for many of the award-winning corporate and educational films at Mountain View Group, Ltd., their former company. She has produced films in dozens of countries around the world, and has developed a particular expertise in international production. She continues to occasionally produce and direct high-profile corporate and commercial work for Mountain View Group.
Maureen was the primary director/researcher on the Sky Films productions of To Breathe as One, India Awakes, Changing Lives: Economic Freedom in Action, and Trailblazers: the New Zealand Story.
James Tusty is an independent filmmaker, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Owner and Co-Filmmaker of Sky Films Inc, along with his wife/partner, Maureen Castle Tusty.
In 1981, Jim founded Mountain View Group, Ltd. and built it into a high-level filmmaking and communications consulting firm that serviced some of the largest companies in the world, including GE, Coca-Cola, and The Home Depot. Jim sold his company in 2008 to two long-standing employees, and established Sky Films Incorporated. While helming Mountain View, he developed WorkForce Instinct™ (WFI), an organizational communications process that drives corporate missions into the gut of the entire organization. Working with senior management, WFI was a communications and motivational tool primarily used during major periods of change, such as CEO transitions.
Returning to his filmmaker roots with Sky Films, Jim and Maureen released their first feature film, The Singing Revolution, in 2008, which was compared to Casablanca by the New York Times, and later was cited by the Times as one of five “maverick” films that were changing the independent film industry due to their creative distribution plan.
James Tusty is an independent filmmaker, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Owner and Co-Filmmaker of Sky Films Inc, along with his wife/partner, Maureen Castle Tusty.
In 1981, Jim founded Mountain View Group, Ltd. and built it into a high-level filmmaking and communications consulting firm that serviced some of the largest companies in the world, including GE, Coca-Cola, and The Home Depot. Jim sold his company in 2008 to two long-standing employees, and established Sky Films Incorporated. While helming Mountain View, he developed WorkForce Instinct™ (WFI), an organizational communications process that drives corporate missions into the gut of the entire organization. Working with senior management, WFI was a communications and motivational tool primarily used during major periods of change, such as CEO transitions.
Returning to his filmmaker roots with Sky Films, Jim and Maureen released their first feature film, The Singing Revolution, in 2008, which was compared to Casablanca by the New York Times, and later was cited by the Times as one of five “maverick” films that were changing the independent film industry due to their creative distribution plan.
Mary Beth Koeth is an editorial photographer who specializes in capturing people and their essence. Her portrait series “The People of the Eighth Street Bus Stop,” “Miami Boyfriends,” and “The Collector,” first started her down the path to “Unstoppable.” Her work has received awards from the National Addys, Graphis, Applied Arts, and CMYK. Though editorial clients include the Huffington Post, Ocean Drive, and Southwest: The Magazine, she is always looking for beauty in her everyday. Her latest personal project, a portrait series of off-season Santas, explores how each man lives the months outside of December. “Unstoppable” is her first documentary.
Wallace Cruz is a Brazilian Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Video Editor who lived in Miami for 6 years, and is currently based in Houston, TX.
From a very young age he taught himself to draw, color and create new ways to customize things, whether it was notebooks from school or the look of his handwriting. His professional career started in 2004, studying Graphic Design at a very competitive school in Brazil, and working at Advertising agencies, Design firms, and even the TV channel of one of the biggest communication companies of his country.
Thomas spent 2012 directing the Obama campaign’s video efforts in the battleground state of Ohio, where he shot, edited and produced videos that turned the Buckeye state blue. After the campaign, Thomas returned home to Indiana to direct his first feature documentary, One Day in April. Thomas shoots corporate and political work for clients like Facebook, eBay, Edelman, and The Democratic National Committee as a partner at Hardpin Media. One Day In April is his first feature film.
Projects worked on: One Day in April
Thomas spent 2012 directing the Obama campaign’s video efforts in the battleground state of Ohio, where he shot, edited and produced videos that turned the Buckeye state blue. After the campaign, Thomas returned home to Indiana to direct his first feature documentary, One Day in April. Thomas shoots corporate and political work for clients like Facebook, eBay, Edelman, and The Democratic National Committee as a partner at Hardpin Media. One Day In April is his first feature film.
Projects worked on: One Day in April
Chris’ first feature documentary, PEZheads: The Movie, received international festival attention for its revealing look at a popular collecting subculture. His second feature, An Inconvenient Tax, about the complicated history of the U.S. tax system, has been featured on national news programs such as Lou Dobbs and The Stossel Show and is distributed both nationally and internationally. Chris has shot for a variety of television networks such as Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and NFL Network and serves as a staff director of photography and Production Supervisor at Inertia Films in Atlanta, GA. His television camera credits include Auction Kings, Say “Yes” To The Dress, House Hunters and Dogs 101, among others. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in film and television from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Nathaniel Thomas McGill has a passion for bringing captivating and important issues to life through informative and entertaining cinema. Nathaniel comes from a family of generational manufacturers. As mechanics and assembly line workers, layoffs, transplants and plant closures impacted his immediate family in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Nathaniel did not follow in the family tradition and instead graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film in 2004 and has completed coursework at Spalding University in screenwriting. He has been producing primarily documentary films with Life Is My Movie Entertainment since 2006; He co-produced Life Is My Movie Entertainment’s hard-hitting documentary An Inconvenient Tax. Having a deep connection to the topic of manufacturing, Nathaniel wanted to craft a film that could explore the nation’s relationship with manufacturing both historically and presently, which led him to join Vincent Vittorio in producing and directing American Made Movie. Nathaniel currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Christy and daughter Katelynn.
Projects worked on: An Inconvenient Tax, American Made Movie, Pez Heads
Nathaniel Thomas McGill has a passion for bringing captivating and important issues to life through informative and entertaining cinema. Nathaniel comes from a family of generational manufacturers. As mechanics and assembly line workers, layoffs, transplants and plant closures impacted his immediate family in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Nathaniel did not follow in the family tradition and instead graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film in 2004 and has completed coursework at Spalding University in screenwriting. He has been producing primarily documentary films with Life Is My Movie Entertainment since 2006; He co-produced Life Is My Movie Entertainment’s hard-hitting documentary An Inconvenient Tax. Having a deep connection to the topic of manufacturing, Nathaniel wanted to craft a film that could explore the nation’s relationship with manufacturing both historically and presently, which led him to join Vincent Vittorio in producing and directing American Made Movie. Nathaniel currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Christy and daughter Katelynn.
Projects worked on: An Inconvenient Tax, American Made Movie, Pez Heads
Ellen was Associate Producer on TESTED, a feature documentary about educational inequality in the NYC public school system. She was a directors assistant and has worked in the A.D. and production departments for various films in NYC. Ellen has spent over 8 years in the Middle East and lived in Damascus, Syria for four years.
Steph was Associate Producer and Additional Editor on the Emmy Nominated documentary SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON. Other interests include volunteer work, she participated in relief efforts during post-hurricane Katrina and made several trips to Sichuan, China to film testimonials with survivors of the 2008 earthquake.Her grandmother was a refugee in China before finally making her way to the United States.
Benedicte Schoyen, choreographer/director and filmmaker was born and raised in Norway where she started dancing at The Norwegian Opera Ballet School at age 9. She graduated with a B.A. in dance at age 18 and worked as a dancer in various shows and television productions in Norway and Sweden. After a year in Paris she settled down in Los Angeles where she worked as a freelance dancer for 8 years, then she opened up her own dance studio in Santa Monica. During this time, she also choreographed many TV shows for The Eurovision Song Contest for children (MGP JR), Norwegian Broadcasting. Benedicte has also directed and choreographed several live shows for theater and cruise ships in Scandinavia and worked for 10 years at the musical theater department at UCLA, teaching ballet and jazz dance. She created and produced The Music Box – A Dance Along Fairytale, a 40 minute film for children. Roadtrip Niger is her first documentary film and Benedicte loves to continue combining her experiences from dance, music and travel with documentary film making.
An Emmy award winner in documentary film, Christopher Brannan has worked on non-fiction projects for HBO, PBS, Disney, and other outlets for broadcast, web, and immersive spaces. Chris joins the Life Is My Movie Entertainment team after recent editorial work on a PBS documentary in addition to another Life Is My Movie Entertainment documentary film, Warehoused. In addition to editing, Chris is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Florida in video production.
Website: christopherbrannan.com
Projects worked on: Nerd Prom, Warehoused
An Emmy award winner in documentary film, Christopher Brannan has worked on non-fiction projects for HBO, PBS, Disney, and other outlets for broadcast, web, and immersive spaces. Chris joins the Life Is My Movie Entertainment team after recent editorial work on a PBS documentary in addition to another Life Is My Movie Entertainment documentary film, Warehoused. In addition to editing, Chris is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Florida in video production.
Website: christopherbrannan.com
Projects worked on: Nerd Prom, Warehoused
Patrick has covered the Washington, D.C. scene for a decade, beginning with his work as a writer at the Brookings Institution, then as a columnist at the Washington Examiner, a reporter at mediabistro.com’s FishbowlDC website and, most recently, at Politico, where he focused on the nexus between Hollywood and Washington. In the process he’s interviewed such notables as Jimmy Carter, Donald Rumsfeld, Eliot Spitzer, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, Ralph Nader, Kate Walsh, Lance Armstrong, Jack Abramoff, Seth Meyers, Bill Maher, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Joan Rivers, Jesse Ventura, Bill O’Reilly, Jennifer Beals and Hank Paulson.
Gavin has been a regular television contributor, including appearances on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and frequent hits on such programs as “Reliable Sources,” “The Andrea Mitchell Show,” “Headline News,” “Dateline,” “TODAY,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” C-SPAN, CBS’s “The Early Show,” “Extra,” “Inside Edition,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “TMZ Live,” “Jansing & Co.,” “The Thomas Roberts Show,” “Joy Behar: Say Anything!”, “Weekend with Alex Witt” and “Anderson Live.” He was named by The Atlantic as one of “The 30 Washington Insiders You Should Follow on Twitter” and by Business Insider as one of its “The Most Influential People in Media.”
Website: patrickgavin.net
Projects worked on: Nerd Prom
Patrick has covered the Washington, D.C. scene for a decade, beginning with his work as a writer at the Brookings Institution, then as a columnist at the Washington Examiner, a reporter at mediabistro.com’s FishbowlDC website and, most recently, at Politico, where he focused on the nexus between Hollywood and Washington. In the process he’s interviewed such notables as Jimmy Carter, Donald Rumsfeld, Eliot Spitzer, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, Ralph Nader, Kate Walsh, Lance Armstrong, Jack Abramoff, Seth Meyers, Bill Maher, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Joan Rivers, Jesse Ventura, Bill O’Reilly, Jennifer Beals and Hank Paulson.
Gavin has been a regular television contributor, including appearances on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and frequent hits on such programs as “Reliable Sources,” “The Andrea Mitchell Show,” “Headline News,” “Dateline,” “TODAY,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” C-SPAN, CBS’s “The Early Show,” “Extra,” “Inside Edition,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “TMZ Live,” “Jansing & Co.,” “The Thomas Roberts Show,” “Joy Behar: Say Anything!”, “Weekend with Alex Witt” and “Anderson Live.” He was named by The Atlantic as one of “The 30 Washington Insiders You Should Follow on Twitter” and by Business Insider as one of its “The Most Influential People in Media.”
Website: patrickgavin.net
Projects worked on: Nerd Prom
Lewis Hurrell is a self-taught composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He released an album entitled “Peter’s Son” in 2006 which caught the attention of Vincent Vittorio. Soon after, Lewis was creating the score for his first LIMM project, “An Inconvenient Tax.”
He attended The School of Sound Recording in Manchester, England, where he played in bands and helped write and produce songs for various artists. Lewis’s credo is “If i’m doing something musically, I want truth and honesty to shout through.” After receiving his degree in sound engineering, Lewis was contacted to write a song for the upcoming LIMM film “American Made Movie.” The resulting track, “The Shelf,” was released in 2014.
A native of England, Lewis has lived all over the world making music and food: he was a professional chef for 9 years. He currently resides in Colorado and is working on the score for his third LIMM project, “Incarcerating US.”
Projects worked on: An Inconvenient Tax, American Made Movie, Incarcerating US
Urim began working with Life Is My Movie Entertainment as an interview subject for the documentary Warehoused. That interview blossomed into a working relationship culminating with Urim doing illustrations and artwork for the film.
A native of DR Congo, now residing in Colorado, Urim has a wealth of illustrations and experience and his art has been displayed in galleries, shows, museums, businesses and schools throughout the Denver area, including Aurora Federal Credit Union and Shades of Blue.
Urim is an assistant teacher at East Middle School in Denver while he studies 3D Animation at the University of Colorado-Denver. At the end of the day, Urim hopes to see his artwork inspire people.
Website: urimapocalypse.wix.com/artist
Projects worked on: Warehoused
Jonathan began his Director of Photography career in the television industry in New York 15 years ago, working on productions ranging from multi-camera live television to music video to corporate industrial video. These days he’s focused on shooting documentaries—regularly filming across the U.S. as well as internationally, in South America, Japan, Australia and parts of Europe. He has worked with Life Is My Movie Entertainment on Incarcerating US, and more recently, A Different Mind. He lives in Harlem with his wife and daughter.
Projects worked on: A Different Mind, Incarcerating Us, Warehoused
Jonathan began his Director of Photography career in the television industry in New York 15 years ago, working on productions ranging from multi-camera live television to music video to corporate industrial video. These days he’s focused on shooting documentaries—regularly filming across the U.S. as well as internationally, in South America, Japan, Australia and parts of Europe. He has worked with Life Is My Movie Entertainment on Incarcerating US, and more recently, A Different Mind. He lives in Harlem with his wife and daughter.
Projects worked on: A Different Mind, Incarcerating Us, Warehoused
Michael Amico is a photographer and cinematographer living and working in Los Angeles, California. He received his degree in cinematography from California State University, Long Beach in 2011. Central to his work is a love for visual storytelling and a belief that things are better seen than said. Michael has worked across the United States on range of projects from documentaries to commercial photography to music festival coverage. A love for international travel has taken him and his camera around the world to see and work in countries all across Europe, Asia and Africa and he has no intention of slowing down.
Aaron Keuter is a Portland, Oregon based video director, whose primary focus is on motion graphics and animation. He operates under the moniker ‘Crabfood.’ He also has two rabbits, which are well documented on Instagram.
Projects worked on: An Inconvenient Tax, American Made Movie, Incarcerating US, Nerd Prom
Getting his start in San Francisco, Arturo began doing film production work on commercials and short films for local filmmakers and entities throughout the Bay Area. After growing tired of corporate-centric work, he traveled Europe and in doing so reignited the passion of telling a real and human story through photography and motion pictures. Arturo moved to Los Angeles, where he works on feature narratives, TV shows, and PSA’s for Discovery Channel, ESPN, and HULU, among others including producing, directing, and writing short films. He is currently doing additional photography for the feature documentary A Different Mind and hopes to follow a career of traveling and telling people’s stories from behind the camera. Arturo double emphasized in English Literature and English Creative Writing at California State University, Long Beach.
Projects worked on: A Different Mind, Warehoused
Darren Mann is an award-winning film Director/Editor/Producer and founder of Mann-made Pictures. Some of his films include: THIS COLD LIFE for TIME, Inc. (2017), which world premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. Filmed entirely on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard, this film takes an intimate look at the lives of the colorful and quirky characters that choose to live in the northernmost town in the world; AMERICAN DREAM: DETROIT (2018) Singer Michael Bolton takes a look at the remarkable economic comeback taking place in downtown Detroit, along with friends Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin and Francis Ford Coppola; BUSH - SOUNDS FROM THE VAULT (in-production), focusing on the 20-year retrospective of Gavin Rossdale's meteoric rock band; STATE OF CONTROL (Filmbuff, 2016), taking a first-hand look at the China/Tibet crisis in the hi-tech age. Their undercover cameras were some of the only ones to film inside Tibet since the state-mandated media blackout in the region.
In addition to films, Darren has directed/produced hundreds of hours of broadcast television for such networks as Nat Geo, Discovery, FOX, VH-1, and ESPN, including a 20-episode animal conservation series, UNCAGED, currently airing on Discovery Int'l. His work has led him to such areas as Antarctica, Nepal, Europe, China, India, Africa, Tibet, The Arctic Circle and the jungles of Borneo, Panama and South America. Darren holds a degree in Film/Television from Boston’s Emerson College.
Partner at Life Is My Movie Entertainment, Regan works on building the catalogue of films produced and distributed by Life Is My Movie Entertainment throughout all phases of production. His top-down approach to business development involves analyzing all angles of a project, from coordinating outreach plans, developing copy, and determining collaborative partnerships with like-minded filmmakers. Regan first began working with Life Is My Movie Entertainment on the development of several films, including marketing and distribution of American Made Movie. His directorial debut, Incarcerating US, analyzes the country’s current criminal justice system and explores the factors that have created the largest prison population in the world.
Regan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Delaware. His desire to make compelling films that entertain, inspire change, and shed light on social issues neatly align with the mission of Life Is My Movie Entertainment. He resides in Los Angeles, California and spends his free time on a beach, a trail, or inside of a good book.
Since 2006, twin brother writing and directing duo Matthew and Jared Young have been producing memorable content. Beginning in the faith based world they created the children’s television show The Fantastic World, as well as several Feature films for Phil Vischer’s, (The creator of VeggieTales) Jelly Telly Network. The brothers’ success in the family film world has not prevented them from venturing into the mainstream. The twins have directed Tom Sizemore, in the sci-fi thriller Remnants. They also had a hand in producing two more features, one starring the legendary Burt Reynolds (Hamlet and Hutch) and the other, Oscar winning actress Monique Hicks (Blackbird). Untapped Together is the brothers first feature length documentary.
Eric Jaffe was born in Miami Beach, FL, to a man and a woman. As a toddler, he didn't know what he wanted to be. "These were wasted years," he recalled in a since-deleted blog post. Fortunately, at the age of nine, Eric stumbled across some ambition and decided to go where no Jewish boy had gone before: into the film industry. After making some terrible films in high school, Eric talked his way into the prestigious Florida State University's Film School to make more terrible films and earn a degree. He graduated in early 2014. Since then, Eric moved out to Los Angeles and stumbled his way into creating digital content for NBCUniversal, FBE, New Form Entertainment and Omaze. His work has been viewed over 500 million times and reached the YouTube trending list on 16 separate occasions. He attributes his success to dumb luck and a way with word. "Record Safari" is his first feature-length documentary project.
Partner at Life Is My Movie Entertainment, Jeremy has a background in broadcast, narrative production, entrepreneurship and web development, which makes him well-equipped to wear the many hats that need to be worn on a daily basis.
By drawing from his broad range of career experiences, Jeremy is able to “connect the dots” to keep the company’s various projects engaging to fans and readily accessible through innovative distribution methods and technologies.
Jeremy’s love of documentary filmmaking served as the catalyst for his career. As a labor of love he shot, directed, and edited a film about a remote medical mission in Haiti. After the film was seen by a senior editor at Turner Studios, Jeremy became the second youngest hire, brought on first as a tape operator and quickly finding himself as an assistant editor. From there Jeremy went on to work in various freelance capacities and eventually started and successfully ran an award-winning documentary-based wedding film company: 3Ring Weddings, which garnered the industry-coveted Hall of Fame Award from The Knot Magazine.
A combined love of storytelling, art, science, history, and technology makes his role at Life Is My Movie Entertainment the perfect fit for his various passions. He currently resides in Snellville, Georgia with his wife Suzanne and four children.
The True Cost is a documentary film that asks us each to consider, who pays the price for our clothing?
Warehoused examines the plight of long-term refugees trapped in border camps for ten years or more.
Unforgotten 24 tells the stories of forgotten heroes who later awarded the Medal of Honor.
Record Safari is a feature length documentary exploring the restored love, appreciation and consumer demand for vinyl records in the age of the digital revolution.
The New Breed is a cinematic feature film documenting the rise of a new type of businessperson — The Social Entrepreneur.
Incarcerating US explores the purpose of prison and the criminal justice system in the U.S.
American Made Movie is a feature-length documentary that explores the decline in America’s manufacturing workforce.
Every individual has a unique role in a much bigger story and should feel connected to the topics we bring to life through the stories we tell. Life Is My Movie marries image and reality by bringing content into the visual realm for widespread discussion. The majority of our work emphasizes nonfiction cinema, and our mission is to focus on finding “the story” within any topic.