New Video: The Infected – “Old Habits (For Drug Addicts)”

Alex Kirschenbaum (Director) and Jason Chiu (DP) collaborated on this new video for punk metal act The Infected. The video is set to have its cable television debut on July 16th on JBTV.

Be sure to check out the rest of Alex and Jason’s work on their pages.

New trailer: Jac’s “Pine Ridge Project” documentary

Jac has been traveling out to South Dakota where she’s been shooting a documentary on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Take a look at the first trailer. The film premieres in June.

Co-Directors: Jac Reyno and Matt Litwiller.
DP: Travis Labella.

“Lose My Mind” and “I Gave Her My Heart…” to be in Memphis Festival

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Travis’ “Lose My Mind” video for Rotimi along with Chris’ “I Gave Her My Heart, She Gave Me A Pen” video for My Hidden Track will be a part of the 2011 Music Video Showcase at the Live from Memphis Festival in Tennessee on March 12th.

Watch the videos on their director pages.

Oh, be sure to check out the awesome screenshot on the Live from Memphis website, too.

Ryan’s “Chi City” to be shown on SXSW.com’s online video showcase

The folks at SXSW.com contacted us and wanted to have our video for “Chi City” by The Hood Internet featured in their online showcase. Obviously, we couldn’t say no. Look for it on their website in a few months.

Watch: THE HOOD INTERNET – “CHI CITY”

Travis’ “Lose My Mind” screened at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival

Travis’ “Lose My Mind” video for Rotimi just recently screened at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival.

Watch: ROTIMI – “LOSE MY MIND”

New Video: Rotimi – “Lose My Mind”

Travis LaBella steps out of his usual DP role and directs this new video for R&B artist Rotimi. The video was shot by our own Nick Perron-Siegel.

Be sure to check out the rest of Travis’ work on his page.

Jason and Travis shooting for MTV’s The Seven

MTV's The Seven

Jason and Travis have started to shoot for MTV’s The Seven, a live pop culture show that premiered this week as a replacement of sorts for the now defunct Total Request Live.

You can catch Jason and Travis’ work as they go out with host Aaron Eisenberg to capture people’s opinions on the streets of the Windy City. The Seven airs every weekday at 5 p.m. on MTV.

“Beautiful Music” video nominated for Soundcity Award


The video that I directed and Travis shot for Rotimi, “Beautiful Music”, has been nominated for Africa’s 2010 Soundcity Music Video Awards.

To vote for us, go to the Soundcity Music Video Awards page, click on “Nominees”, then “Soundcity Fresh Video”, and then click on our video.

And if you haven’t checked out “Beautiful Music” yet, here’s a link.

New video: Nick Perron-Siegel’s DP Reel

We just uploaded Nick Perron-Siegel’s cinematography reel. Take a look! Nick is a New York-based DP who is currently shooting a new documentary about the environment in Mexico.

To hire Nick, go to our contact page and request him!

“Lose My Mind” to screen at Chicago Reel Festival



Travis Labella’s new music video for Rotimi, “Lose My Mind”, is part of the official selection of films being shown at the Chicago International Reel Shorts Festival on September 19th. But if you can’t make it, don’t worry. We’ll have an online release for the video soon.

Meanwhile, Travis is gearing up to slip back into the role of DP for a new short called “Jack-O-Lanterns” that will be shot on Super 16. Look out for “Jack-O-Lanterns” in June 2011.

Copyright 2011, Lutraphobe Films and Polymathic.