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Nathaniel Hansen
The Elders highlighted in “Best of Boston’s IFFB” lineup
THE ELDERS Why hasn’t Hollywood realized that old people are a gold mine of story material? Though Nathan Hansen’s documentary opens with a quote from Simone de Beauvoir about how a society should be judged by the way it treats the elderly, his film is more about what old people can offer than what they [...]
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Kupuna: An Interactive Documentary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Michelle Larson Email: info@kupunainteractive.com December 2012 Independent Filmmaker Returns to Kickstarter to Fund Interactive Documentary Featuring Indigenous, Elderly Hawaiians Boston, MA – When independent filmmaker and producer Nathaniel Hansen first found the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com in 2009, he said he “instinctively knew it would change the lives of artists around [...]
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Dreamin’ Up Work: What would you get if you combined Kickstarter + The Elders + Hawaii + Interactive Documentary storytelling?
What would you get if you combined Kickstarter + The Elders + Hawaii + Interactive Documentary storytelling? You’d get Kūpuna, that’s what, but first things first: I’m a dreamin’ man, yes that’s my problem. Not only does that phrase start one of my favorite Neil Young songs, but it also sums up how I feel as [...]
MicroDry Shoot NYC
I had the privilege recently of being asked to DP and co-direct a commercial for Microdry with my friends over at studioCase. Microdry create innovative items for the home such as stress mats for the kitchen and floor mats for the bath (among other things). This 1 minute video is currently on loop at Bed [...]
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Everybody Is A Story: Exploring the Role Story and Narrative Play in Real Life
Everybody Is a Story: Exploring the Role Story and Narrative Play in Real Life Life is a series of moments strung together over time. A scientist might call these moments a “cognitive event.” I call them stories. We compress thousands of stories/moments/events into a meta narrative that defines who we are. The most meaningful, memorable [...]
Manhattan Prep School Promo Documentary
We filmed and edited this piece over the last two weeks for Leman Manhattan Preparatory school in NYC. Very cool school, and we were thrilled to take on the challenge of “telling their story” to a broader audience of prospective parents and students. We filmed on location, in the school’s art room, on the 22nd [...]
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Brazil – Short Documentary for Row6.com
Matthew Hashiguchi and I spent 6 weeks on the road through June and July, traveling to a variety of places around the world filming for The Joseph Campbell Foundation and the UN Global Partnership Forum. This is our film from Brazil. Be sure to turn on CC. Please Share and Enjoy:
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The Elders: It’s starting to happen!
While I was gone filming for the last 6 weeks, something pretty awesome happened for my first feature-length film The Elders: Kickstarter selected it to be shown in their 2nd annual film festival! Check out the poster: They showed a short segment from the film along with 11 other projects that were successfully funded during [...]
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Storytelling Around the World
Everyone has a story – and it doesn’t matter where on this planet you reside! I recently returned from a 6.5 week round the world shooting project that still has my head spinning and has left my heart racing. It’s impossible for me to recount what I’ve experienced in that time while visiting Venezuela, Brazil, [...]
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The Elders Reviewed by Boston Globe Critic Peter Keough