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“Are the Parasitic Class Who Kidnap and Assault Children Evil?” AKA “The Ethics of Billionaires” #ktl45t

Big thanks to
@jochenrick as Albert and Executive Producing
@themichaelmau as John
@nicohfilms as The Victim/The Revolution
@cherrywhitemuse for DPing
@letlovegrowatl for Executive Producing
@a001_c001_noah.mov for editing and
@notparmajean for Sound Design

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2025 - if I were to sum up this year, it was the all consuming @kick.the.ladder
This year I started and finishing making the website I’ve had stuck in my head for 5+ years. Quoted $70k by website developers, so I hunkered down and figured it out. 1,000+ films added to the site by the first week of launch.

Kick The Ladder was also featured at the @atlantafilmfestival and @peaberryfest
And I was invited to bring KTL to my hometown in Syracuse, New York and made some films with friends I made stuff with when I was 14.

I also acted in VBS which premiered at the ATLFF (directed by @milliewitherow ) and @lambofgodfilm a film I shot premiered at @thetaraatlanta (directed by @audreydeitz )
I’ve directed over 20+ different films premiere in front of a live audience this year.

Now that the bulk of the work of @kick.the.ladder is stable, I’m looking forward to getting back to directed music videos and working on other projects.

If you’ve been wanting to work with me on a film, hit me up, I’m hoping to make a lot of music videos this year.

Thanks for being a part of my life and supporting me even from a distance.

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And now for a new kind of haunt: MEMORIES — a lyrical, gothic tale by veteran collaborator @izvoodoo and directed by returning powerhouse @khaliahofficial and featuring incredible cast of ATL Original Works virgins: @muelpack1, @dami_adeyina and @jochenrick.

A traveling father with a sword, an old wizard whose lost his memory, a woman who becomes many people in a single breath. Vengeance, forgiveness, and a spell-like intimacy that lingers - we can't wait to share this piece with you next Saturday at PushPush Arts!

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Trailer for Blue Sunday: A new killer finds themselves on a razors edge when they bite off more than can chew with their first victim.

Audrey Buffington as Ariadne 🩸
Ryan Perich as Kodak 🔪
Executive Producer: Jeff Rick 🕴️
Associate Producer: Christina Harshbarger 🧠
Set Decorators: Allie Odom, Sydnie McFall, Susan Young 🎨
Gaffer: Tommy McTague, Diego Mallens 💡
Director of Photography: Ryan Bommarito 🎥
Art Director: Mary Tyler Lillich 👩‍🎨
Writer/Director: Me 🤓

#ReelHorror #ReelsOfInstagram #InstaFilm #WatchThisNow #ViralReels #ComingSoon #ReelShorts #NewHorror #ExplorePage #DiscoverIndieFilm #ShortFilm #IndieFilm #FilmmakerLife #FilmDirector #SetLife #BehindTheScenes #FilmProduction #DirectorOnSet #Cinematography #SupportIndieFilm #HorrorAddict #HorrorGram #HorrorLover #HorrorFam #ScaryMovies #CreepItReal #ILoveHorror #HorrorReels #HorrorFansUnite #IndieHorrorScene

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Behind the scenes of last 3 months with my friends, making a fAke24 trailer called, “FLORA”.
I Edited, as well as Co-Directed, with @lilianasteeg. The final color grade was done by @kellzx01.

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We hope to captive you for 90 seconds tomorrow!!!!
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#indiefilm #filmmaking #atlantafilm #acting #community #outsoon

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Shoutout to all of these incredibly talented people who are helping bring my little passion project to life!
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#film #indiefilm #cinema #acting #moviemagic #movietrailer #thriller #atlantafilm #atlantaactor #community

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💬 Conversations, connections, and creativity were in full flow at the ATL Filmmaker Meetup! 🙌🏾 It’s all about building with like-minded storytellers and leveling up together. This community keeps growing stronger, and I’m loving every minute of it! 🎥🔥

📸 @od1shots 📸
Location - @parkstudios101
Food by @iwantchefqutie 🍽️🤤
#FilmmakerMeetup #ATLFilmmakers #LucidMedia #LightsCameraAction

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Cheese'in with this crew is 👍👍.
Something spooky coming soon! 🎃

Thanks @lilianasteeg for bringing me on 🎥
and thanks to @davidvelick and @jochenrick for stepping in last min!! More to come!! 🙂
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#filmmaking #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #friends #directorofphotography

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On Feb 10, 2020, I went to my first Kick The Ladder. It was inspiring and exciting and supportive as it has been since. And that most likely would have been enough for me to make it about as big a part of my life as I have.

But! Boy oh boy am I motivated by the gamification of things! Especially when it's hard!

As soon as I learned about the Auteur frame on that first day, that's all I wanted to earn from the game that is KTL. I suppose it didn't hurt that 'auteur' is a label given to all the great filmmakers that I emulate and wished to claim that title for myself, even if just as a token earned thru gaming.

Fast forward 4 years, 2 months, and 1 day later, after working on 110 movies within 32 different weeks, I earned the first ever Auteur frame in KTL history.

I didn't originally intend to be the first! But last year I saw that I had a chance and that just motivated me further. I don't think I'll be the only Auteur for very long!

As far as carrots and sticks go, this has probably been the greatest carrot dangling from the greatest stick in my life. Thanks to my deep involvement with KTL, I have found a tribe that feels like home, something I had been looking for nearly a decade. I have made my best work, again, and again, and again. And I finally feel like an artist and a filmmaker.

Thank you to everyone for the mutual trust, support, and love.

Slide 1 is a KTL by Jeff, part of his docu-series of KTLs where he interviews people who earned their S1 (another KTL achievement, and something I earned concurrently with the Auteur frame). The rules that week were 5 props and all shots must be locked down. For one of the props, he made me a giant Auteur frame. It was an honor to be his subject and it was an honor to be gifted that amazing giant frame.

When one of us Ladder Kickers earn specific achievements, it's tradition to have someone put together a hype reel of your work that earned you said achievement. I asked my dear friend and tremendous artist Audrey to do that for me and I love what she made so, SO much. That's slides 2-4.

@kick.the.ladder

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Truly thankful for the S3 Hype Reel from @jochenrick This season of #kicktheladder has been an emotional journey for me and helped me realize how much both the community means to me and how much I mean to them. Looking forward to next season, y’all!

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“what time is it?”
“summertime”
-high school musical 2 (2007)

(I can’t believe may is over??)

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