He graduated from Wesleyan University, where he received honors for his film thesis, Universal Traveler. After graduation, he worked at Postworks, New York City's largest post house, as a Post Production Engineer, but left to focus on indepdent production. He's currently producing and directing two feature length documentaries, one about comics writer Grant Morrison and one focusing on the history of X-Men. Concurrent with that, he's writing/directing the web serial The Third Age, and producing/editing commercials and other projects for Trendfund.com. He also works as shooter/editor on the weekly ESPN webseries, The NFL Writers Room. |
He graduated from Syracuse University, where he wrote and DPed the award winning thesis film, Dirty Pool, and has since worked on such varied projects as Tru TV's The Principal's Office and CBS's As the World Turns. More recently he has served as DP on the Grant Morrison documentary and The Third Age. |
Other Respect! Films associates include... Amber Yoder is a producer/writer of innovative film and new media content. An honors graduate from Denison University (2007) with a B.A. in Media, Technology and the Arts, Amber has worked most recently as Associate Producer on the BBC funded documentary BLAST! with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Devlin. A co-organizer for the NYC Film Collective, Amber has been instrumental in organizing and structuring this production oriented community film group. Amber has produced several shorts with the NYCFC including One Dollar, Thieves, and Super Action News: Zombie Apocalypse. Amber's current projects include The Third Age, The Last Ride of John Doe, and pre-production on the feature length film The Boyz of Summer. For Respect Films, Amber has worked as a producer on The Third Age, the Grant Morrison documentary, and has also been an integral crew member on The Third Age and various commercial shoots. E-mail her at amber@respectfilms.com
Raul Coto-Batres regularly works on set as lighting designer He has worked with Respect Films on The Third Age and other projects. He also works as a fashion photographer for Seth Sabal Studios. Check out his photography at www.raulcotobatres.com. Steve Deluca has worked with Respect Films since the beginning. As an actor, he's headlined Tabula Rasa and plays a key role in The Third Age. He's also composed music for The Third Age, and worked as a production assistant on many shoots. Ben Sortino, a field sound mixer who has worked on The Third Age and other shoots. He also works for Left Field Pictures. |
