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Strawberry Asphalt, 16mm (2018)
A divorced father attempts to lie to his young son to keep his affections, but learns that a hard truth can be better than an easy lie. Official Selection at Flickfair, SHORT to the Point, and Global Indie Film Fest. |
Directors: Elena Schwam and Ori Manahan
Cinematographer: Danielle Stolz FAMU, CIEE Film Studies 2018 Fictional short IMDb |
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Popular Belief (2018) Billionaires and Bar Mitzvah kids alike trusted Rabbi Youlus to find lost Torah scrolls in concentration camps, monasteries, and museums around Europe. When his operations are exposed as a fraud, the community must grapple with moral ambiguity and the stories we choose to believe. |
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Heinrich and Friedrich's Great Adventure (2018) Animators: Elena Schwam, Emma Carey, Curtis Chase, Eddie de Jesus, Danielle Stolz |
Hafan Animation Studios Animated short FAMU, CIEE Film Studies 2018 |
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Chateau Cheddar (2018)
Animated Lab Project Workship at Film School Zlin, CZ with FAMU |
Want to Fly? (2018)
Animated Lab Project Workship at Film School Zlin, CZ with FAMU |
The Last Best Night (2017)
On the night before graduation, a senior realizes the people she thought were above her could have been her friends all along.
Writer: Elena Schwam
Director: Elena Schwam
Producer: Julia Sienkiewicz
Fictional short
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Reimagined: A Scene from Her (2016) A reinterpretation of a scene from Spike Jonze's Her, 2013—Theodore goes on an awkward date. |
Director: Elena Schwam Lab in Fiction Filmmaking, Columbia University Live action short |
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A Night with Figure Drawing Models (2015) Students discuss what it’s like to stand naked in front a crowd of artists as life models in this piece for the Columbia Daily Spectator. |
Director: Elena Schwam Columbia Daily Spectator Documentary short |
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You Can Pregame That! (2015) Pregame everything at school, even your laundry. |
Directors: Elena Schwam and Cory Schoonover SPECTRUM at Columbia Daily Spectator Comedy short |
Additional Work:
Production Assistant, NextDoor commercial (post-prod)
DP & Cinematographer, Fall Apart (post-prod) dir. Noah Harouche
Producer, "Spring Broke" sketch, CU Tonight S1E2 (2019) dir. Dylan Dameron
Production Staff and PA, The Audacity of Suzanne Heintz (2019) dir. Karen Whitehead
Grip, Legato (2019) dir. Hangcheng Xu
Gaffer, Kulofobie (2018) dir. Edwin de Jesus
Editor, https://twitter.com/senatedems/status/874394244466839557?lang=en
Director, Crunch Time (2016)
Member, Tryka Film Coalition (2014-2016)
Film Internships
The Colony (NYC) Fall 2019
Marc Platt Productions (LA) Summer 2018
Senate Democratic Media Committee / Sen. Schumer (DC) Summer 2017
International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences / Emmys (NYC) Spring 2017
Fur Face Films (DC) Summers 2014-2016
Contact me for information on cameras, equipment, software, and coursework.
