Finalist

HBO Project Greenlight

Winner

Condé Nast Traveler

Official Selection

Catalina Island Film Festival

Official Selection

Hawaii International Film Festival

Official Selection

Riverside International Film Festival

Official Selection

New Filmmakers Los Angeles

Finalist

HBO Project Greenlight

Winner

Condé Nast Traveler

Official Selection

Catalina Island Film Festival

Official Selection

Hawaii International Film Festival

Official Selection

Riverside International Film Festival

Official Selection

New Filmmakers Los Angeles

Long Story Short

ABOUT US

Yes, we’ve won some awards, but it’s about the rewards of working together.

Though we come from all walks of life and all sorts of different backgrounds, we’re united not only by our love of film, but the art of making it as well. To us, there is nothing else we’d rather do and we take special pride in being foremost experts about directing, producing, film production, post-production, and distribution; basically every aspect of the pre-production, production and post-production pipeline that make a  production company succeed.

We’re the sum total of our expertise, experience, and passion in creating content and always strive to make every single project we direct and produce truly unforgettable.

Our Crew

Brian L. Tan

Director
Brian L. Tan “BLT” started off working on Tron, X-Men, and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo before pursuing directing. He was a Top 20 finalist on HBO's Project Greenlight, and won Best Travel Video with Conde Nast Traveler. His directing has taken him to 110+ countries and ensures he has a constant stream of unique experiences to stay inspired.

Emily Oller

Creative Producer
Emily is a creative producer, with a background in documentary filmmaking in New York City. She moved to Los Angeles to expand her Producing portfolio in 2013 and in 2018 moved to London to pursue a corporate film career. She is an in-house producer for a fin-tech company and has produced more than 30 pieces of digital content.

Nick Fullen-Collins

Producer
Nick Fullen-Collins has spent the bulk of his career working for HBO in the Talent Development department where he helped bring the Emmy award winning film Bessy to life. On top of working with talent such as Martin Lawrence, Queen Latifah and Will Smith, Nick also runs his own company - Artistic Vision Entertainment.

Trevor Hollander

Director of Photography
Trevor Hollander is a Los Angeles based DP specializing in narrative, commercial, and car cinematography. He's worked with established brands like Audi, Mitsubishi, Nasty Gal, and 7Fam.

Mike Pagan

Creative Director
Mike Pagan is a filmmaker and creative director with 10+ years of experience, working with Red Bull, Fender, Adidas, TSN, and Nestle. Pagan began his career in the surf industry at a young age, spending 3 years traveling the world, leading film productions and creating videos for Stab Magazine with the top surfers in the world.

Paul DeNigris

vfx supervisor
Paul DeNigris is an award-winning visual effects artist and filmmaker with over two decades of experience. Paul has worked as a compositor on shows such as Revenge, Castle, Wicked City, Scorpion, NCIS, Hawaii Five-O, Extant and Veep before starting his own VFX company: Foxtrot Xray.

Andrea Pasquettin

Producer
Andrea is a Producer born and raised in Italy before moving to Los Angeles where he began working on projects of all sizes. He is a jack of all trades and does everything from paperwork to assisting directors with creative input; all while cooking meals for the crew, because, as a true Italian, he knows that a well fed crew is a happy crew.

Jeremy Max

writer
Jeremy Max is a writer and filmmaker from Long Island, NY and a recent graduate of New York University's Film & Television program at Tisch School of The Arts. He has been selected into several festivals including: New Filmmakers New York, Independent Cinema Showcase, First Time Filmmaker Sessions, & was a finalist of New York Screenplay Contest.

Jonathan Hirsch

Writer
Jonathan Hirsch is an award-winning writer from New Jersey. After being a dishwasher and board game designer, he took the leap to California. After his MBA and MFA at Chapman University, Jonathan worked at major Hollywood studios, agencies, and management companies. He is currently at New Line Cinema and teaches scriptwriting at Chapman University.

Shane Sackett

Director of Photography
Shane Sackett is a freelance Director of Photography based in Los Angeles, CA. His body of work spans across the commercial, music video, broadcast TV, and narrative production industries. Originally born in Florida, he has spent his life searching coast to coast for exciting opportunities and new challenges in the filmmaking world.

Timothy Schmalz

Composer
Timothy Schmalz is a composer for visual media based in Los Angeles, CA. He has scored projects across all different mediums and genres, including network TV, short, commercials, and video games, and has also worked on feature film projects like Playmobil, Smallfoot. Outside of music, Tim loves to watch movies, play video games, and walk his dogs.

Gabriel A. Montoya

Editor
Gabriel A. Montoya is a Los Angeles based Editor who loves cutting together compelling narratives in addition to a love of the horror genre and everything in-between. He’s worked as a full-time, in-house editor for multiple production companies and studios including CryptTV, AwesomenessTV, and Fuhu, among others.

Email

hi@longstory.io

Phone

310.944.2777

Address

8800 Venice Blvd, Suite 303,
Los Angeles 90034

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