DOCUMENTARIES, FILM & TV
ONE NETFLIX SERIES. ONE FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FOR APPLE. SHORT DOCS FOR BET AND RED BULL. TOO MANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO COUNT… BUT WHO’S COUNTING?
‘RAPTURE’ (NETFLIX)
THIS WAS A FUN PROJECT.
RELEASED IN 2018, THIS EIGHT-PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES PREMIERED AT SXSW AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP.
I WAS THE CONSULTING PRODUCER ON THE SERIES AND HELPED WITH EVERYTHING FROM BOOKING TALENT TO IDENTIFYING AND OUTLINING STORY ARCS TO PREPPING INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, DIRECTORS AND CREWS.
I WAS ALSO A PRODUCER ON TWO OF THE EPISODES AND WORKED DIRECTLY WITH TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMERA IN THE FIELD, AS WELL AS WITH EDITORS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVES IN POST.
‘THE WIZRD’ (APPLE)
THIS PROJECT WAS AN ADVENTURE.
IN EARLY 2016, I TEAMED UP WITH MASS APPEAL TO INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCE A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ON THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, FUTURE.
THIS WAS A LEAN PRODUCTION—ESSENTIALLY FOUR (SOMETIMES FIVE) GUYS IN A VAN—AND I MANAGED EVERYTHING FROM BOOKING CREWS AND GEAR TO SECURING TALENT AND LOCATIONS, HANDLING TRAVEL, MEALS AND APPEARANCE RELEASES AND MAINTAINING AND RECONCILING THE BUDGET AFTER WRAP. I ALSO DROVE THE VAN.
IN 2018, APPLE ACQUIRED THE FILM, AND IT PREMIERED IN NEW YORK CITY IN JANUARY 2019 AT AN EVENT THAT COINCIDED WITH THE RELEASE OF FUTURE’S SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM, ALSO ENTITLED THE WIZRD.
‘THE NOTE: ZAYTOVEN’ (RED BULL)
THIS WAS A SPECIAL STORY TO TELL.
RELEASED IN 2018, THIS DOCUMENTARY SHORT SHINES A LIGHT ON ATLANTA SUPERPRODUCER, ZAYTOVEN, AND HIS UNIQUE PATH FROM CHURCH ORGANIST AND BAND LEADER TO TRAP MUSIC PIONEER.
WORKING WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS, MOTION FAMILY, WE PITCHED AND SOLD THIS PROJECT TO RED BULL MUSIC IN 2017 AS AN INSTALLMENT IN THEIR PRESTIGIOUS VIDEO SERIES, ‘THE NOTE.’ I PRODUCED THE PIECE, INTERVIEWED TALENT AND HELPED SHAPE THE OVERALL STORY, WHICH EXPLORES THEMES OF CREATIVITY, FELLOWSHIP, FAMILY AND FAITH.
THE FILM PREMIERED AT AN INVITE-ONLY EVENT IN LOS ANGELES HOSTED BY RED BULL, WHICH FEATURED A LIVE Q&A WITH ZAYTOVEN CONDUCTED BY ME.
‘BORN HUSTLER’ (BET)
THIS PROJECT WAS A HOMECOMING.
IN 2016, I TEAMED UP WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS ELLIOTT WILSON AND DANYEL SMITH TO HELP DELIVER THIS SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON MEMPHIS RAP SUPERSTAR, YO GOTTI, FOR EPIC RECORDS AND BET.
I WAS A CONSULTANT ON THIS PIECE, HELPING WITH EVERYTHING FROM SCOUTING LOCATIONS TO CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH TALENT.
THE DOCUMENTARY PREMIERED ON BET AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF YO GOTTI’S EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE ART OF THE HUSTLE.