Gonzalo Ramirez is one of the only barbacoyeros in the U.S. who raises and butchers his own lambs. He cooks the barbacoa in a pit, during a process that takes 24 hours. Ramirez sells his traditional Hidalgo-style barbacoa, moronga (blood sausage), consomé, and more on the corner of Canterbury Ave. and Hoyt Street off Van Nuys Blvd. in Arleta, California.
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Credits:
Producers: Connor Reid, Julia Hess
Director: Connor Reid
Camera: Connor Reid, Jimmie Armentrout III
Editors: Connor Reid, Lucy Morales Carlisle
Translator/Fixer: Bill Esparza
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: Ian Stroud
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Audience Development: Terri Ciccone, Frances Dumlao, Avery Dalal
Cookout rules explained in a nutshell.
CAST
LEILA HENRY as Kali
AAHNIYAH J. THOMAS as Bo
JURNEE WOO as Quinn
JOI PIERRE as Ivy
CREW
Created by LOREN MAXINE
Written by MELANIE OJWANG
Directed by JULIA HESS
Executive Producers LOREN MAXINE, JOI PIERRE, and JURNEE WOO
Produced by CAMILLE CHAMBERS
Story Editor DARNELLE CASIMIR
Script Supervisor OASIS ENRIQUEZ
Director of Photography SYDNEY YOCKY
1st AC CHLOE LEVY
Gaffer JOSEPH MUELLER
Grip CHLOE LEVY
Sound/Boom SHORIF SUHEL
1st AD ALEX TAI
Set PA MIKA LESHĀ
Edited by MELANIE OJWANG
Sound Designer RAPHAEL GUNDERSEN
DIT by CASS BOX
Colorist ZACHARY CHEN
Casting Director JANAE CAMPBELL
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
A Loren Maxine Production
Joi’s World Productions
Scira Studios
Based on a true story, Nia reads aloud a letter from the heart that details her true feelings when it comes to battling her mental health.
Director: Julia Hess
Starring: Leila Henry
Writers: Loren Maxine & Cambria Maey
Producers: Loren Maxine & Jurnee Woo
DP: Justin "Whiplash" Wilson
Production Designers: Diana Bros & Duncan Maxwell
1st AC: Richie Trueman
2nd AC: Alex Aralcon
Gaffer: Donald Nam
Grip: James Cho
Grip: Patrick Krum
Audio Mixer: Morgan Chan
Editor: Jonny Arruda
Sound Designer: Raphael Gundersen
Colorist: Erik Werlin
Composer: Ethan Lawrence
Companies: A Loren Maxine Production x Scira Studios
Featured at American Cinematheque (2023)
Official Selection and Screened at the following film festivals:
California Women’s Film Festival (2023)
Marina del Rey Film Festival (2023)
Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival (2023)
Silicon Beach Film Festival (2023)
Afrikana Independent Film Festival (2023)
Music Performance - MADSN
Director - Grace McCarthy
Director of Photography - Julia Hess
Colorist - Levi Jawara
Production Assistant - Austin Powell
Music Production - Andrew Stephenson
Lyrics - MADSN
Title Design - MADSN
STARRING:
MADSN
Leah Santiago
Emily Morales
Natalia Aristides
Darcy Kerrigan
Piper Barber
Dasha Gorodenska
When both Bridget and Luke are double booked to babysit Emmy, they arrive to a crying girl and her dead hamster. Bridget and Luke attempt to console Emmy but disagree in how to teach her about the circle of life. They argue as they try to find a middle ground between Bridget’s blunt and direct approach and Luke’s idealistic and spiritual one.
Starring Allison O'Brien, Michael Valladeres, and Sophia Negron.
Written by Meredith Brown
Produced by Mirit Ackermann
Directed by Julia Hess
Cinematography by Rachel Dougherty
Production Design by Sophia Ricciardi
Editing by Jonny Arruda
In this comedic short film, three friends decide to go camping and find themselves in a spooky situation. Scira Studios and Generation Networks Inc. present: "LET'S GO CAMPING!"
DIRECTED BY
Julia Hess
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Justin 'Whiplash' Wilson
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY
Diana Bros and Duncan Maxwell
SOUND DESIGN BY
Raphael Gundersen
STARRING
Leila Henry
Brian Jimenez
Jurnee Woo
Joe Leonard
On this episode of ‘Dan Does’, host Daniel Geneen visits Alaska-based Kyle Lee, the founder of Alaskan Salmon Co., to join him as they go out fishing for the day to catch salmon. After their time on the boat, Dan joins Kyle as the fish they caught is packaged and sent off.
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Credits:
Host/Producer: Daniel Geneen
Director: Richard Cooper
Camera: Richard Cooper, Hannah Pratt
Editor: Howie Burbidge
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producers: Ian Stroud, McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
When 77-year-old Siu Chen got bored during the pandemic, she decided to start a restaurant cooking the Indonesian food she was making at home. Among her most popular dishes are her fried chicken, lontong sayur, rendang, yellow rice, and more. Read more about Medan Kitchen here: https://trib.al/Qi2ufTC
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Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Director: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Editor: Mike Imhoff
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Associate Director of Audience: Terri Ciccone
At Honey’s Kettle in LA, chef Vincent Williams has been perfecting the art of making crispy fried chicken over the last 40 years. Inspired by colonial-style frying, his restaurant serves 50,000 pieces of fresh fried chicken per week.
Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Directors: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Editor: Christian Moreno
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Development: Avery Dalal, Frances Dumlao, Terri Ciccone
Brothers Ronny and Willy Ng opened Koi Palace in Daly City, CA in 1996, and have since opened 11 restaurants with six more on the way this year. With dishes like espresso coffee ribs, a whole roast suckling pig, and eight different king crab dishes, it has become a landmark of Cantonese cuisine.
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
More Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Directors: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Editor: Lucy Morales
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: Ian Stroud
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Development: Terri Ciccone, Frances Dumlao, Avery Dalal
At Flannery Beef, father-daughter duo Bryan and Katie Flannery specialize in dry-aging beef from Holstein dairy cows. Their Bay Area facility processes up to 12,000 steaks each week, shipping out to restaurants and consumers across the U.S.
Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Directors: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Editor: Christian Moreno
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: Ian Stroud
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Development: Terri Ciccone, Frances Dumlao, Avery Dalal
Created at Boston University, a part of the Social Activism Documentary Class
Directed by Julia Hess, Sofia Koyama, Emily Pintor, Yiqian Zhang
Directing and Cinematography by Tareq Alkhudari
Camera Operated by Julia Hess
Final Scene for the short film, WMD.
Created in Boston University's Directing Class Spring 2018
Directed by Julia Hess
A short film commenting on how we spend our time in modern day.
Starring Dana DePirri
A Film by Julia Hess
Small by Livvie Forbes
All copy rights reserved
Directed by Julia Hess and Paula Miller
Cinematography by Julia Hess
Produced by Bruna Giampietro
Animations created by Nik Delgado and Emily Fromhage
Crew: Dahye Yoon
Starring Bruna Giampietro
Received 3rd Place in the 2016 Greenfield Youth Film Festival in the Music Video category.
March 2016