Venice Beach

ALL ALONE IN APRIL

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I made this film entirely in quarantine with my girlfriend Seyna, whom I live with, using only the resources around us. I wrote, directed, DP-ed, produced, operated, production designed, choreographed, and starred in it…We made the entire thing remotely- all props, costumes, camera equipment bought online and delivered by Amazon. Shot on my iphone 8 plus with the 8mm app.

I wanted to keep that creative part of the brain ticking so I wrote a short story about a month ago called “All Alone in April” as a reaction to what I was seeing around the world at the time, which was just a lot of loneliness, solitude, and boredom. I made it my goal to turn it into a film- It was going to be a filmmaking experiment, an exercise of will- knowing full well of all the challenges against us with everything being shutdown and of course, no budget.

 Seyna still had her job and was working remotely in the back room throughout quarantine, so we shot over a two week period- a couple hours each day on her lunch breaks and after work. It was our way of coping with the pandemic and keeping our minds occupied as a way to distract ourselves from everything that was happening in the world around us.

 It's a 10 minute long silent film set in the not too distant future about love in the time of Quarantine about a lonely widow quarantining alone as the apocalypse occurs outside her window.  The story is set in the not too distant future, recognizable as now but not quite reality as we know it…Everything is shot in my house with a few other scenes shot in my neighborhood of Venice Beach. Overall, it was an incredibly rewarding experience which gave me meaning and purpose through these uncertain and anxious times. 

ENJOY!

ACE  

Awards!!!!!!!!!

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The creative circle celebrates 30 years of the festival: Golden Circle, with a large number of creative and innovative proposals from the national industry. Bringing together the creative publicity industry in every way. Around 1,190 creative pieces were enrolled this year within the 15 available categories. One of the greatest surprises of the night was for Wabi Productions to receive the silver award for the piece  “This is Rumba” by José Cuervo in the categories of “Best Production Design” and “Best Direction- Ace Norton”

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TRIBUTE "WITH CHARACTER"

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This film brought us around the world with some of my closest friends and collaborators- what an incredible journey….Watch our new film for Tribute Portfolio here:


AN ODE TO FEET

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Birkenstock asked me to make a film for their store opening on Abbot Kinney, so I got all the Venice locals together and shot their bare feet!  Watch “An Ode to Feet” here:


 

THIS IS RUMBA

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“This is Rumba” for Matusalem. Kudos to @BrahimRachiki for his amazing choreo and the lovely team at Wabi Productions for being so hospitable for our shoot in one of the greatest cities on the planet, Mexico City :)

LYCRA X BANDALOOP

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Proud to share our collaboration with lycra brand...Such an incredible experience dancing on the historic walls of Oakland City Hall. Thanks to everyone who made this come together so seamlessly- especially all the brave dancers and riggers at Bandaloop and the city of Oakland for being so hospitable to us :) #danceonwalls #cityofoakland #visitoakland #commondeerfilms

EMRATA

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Shooting w/ this mega boss queen @emrata #emilyratajkowski #secretproject

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FOSTER THE PEOPLE

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I hung out with my friends Foster The People for a few days, shot a little documentary for their upcoming album, "Sacred Hearts Club". Nice to be reunited with such great guys...watch the doc below: