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Society of American Magicians – 100th Salute to Magic
May 18, 2009
The 100th Salute to Magic
Surreel filmed with six cameras the 100th Salute to Magic for the Society of American Magicians at the Manhattan Center. Using iChat we were able to provide a live projected feed for the audience from David Copperfield in Las Vegas. The Salute to Magic is the longest running annual show in U.S. history! The performers inlcuded David Ben, Mike Caveney, Paul Daniels, The Pendragons, The Amazing Randi, Margaret Steele, Johnny and Pam Thompson.
Congratulations to Metallica!
April 6, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lars Ulrich enjoying a delivery at the House of Blues after Metallica’s induction into the Hall of Fame this Saturday Night. Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers gave a moving induction speech honoring the band. Metallica tore up the stage joined by bassist Jason Newstead.
SURREEL & Megaphone-Media Win Telly Award for NCMEC
March 27, 2009
Surreel along with our client Megaphone-Media win a 30th Annual Telly Award for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children public service announcement.
Flav Celebrates 50th Birthday
March 15, 2009Surreel was at BB Kings in New York to film Flavor Flav performing with Public Enemy as he celebrated his 50th birthday at the stroke of midnight. Ice-T , Grand Master Melle Mel and boxing trainer/commentator Emmanuelle Stewart were also on stage to celebrate. As a special request, Ice-T performed “Six In The Morning” as Flavor Flav played the drums.
Director David Hausen along with cameraman Justin Stanley filmed the show as well as behind-the-scenes footage for Surreel’s on-going Flavor Flav documentary which has been in production for over five years.
Surreel’s Haring Doc Receives IDA Fiscal Sponsorship
December 20, 2008
Surreel’s Keith Haring: Untitled Documentary has just been awarded a fiscal sponsorship by the International Documentary Association (IDA). IDA is a well-respected documentary film organization based in Los Angeles, California. The IDA allows film makers to be associated with a non-profit organization through fiscal sponsorship this means that we will be able to accept tax deductible donations to our film through IDA. It also will give the project more exposure through IDA’s sponsored projects webpage.
PSA for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
December 4, 2008
Surreel along with our client Megaphone Media recently produced a new PSA for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Directed by David Hausen the spot features Auston Harris, a seventeen year old race car driver.
Obama Wins!
November 4, 2008
Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice-President-Elect Joseph Biden. Thank you for running a smart and decent campaign.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary Rocks “The Other Venice Film Festival”
October 12, 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary screened to a full house at this years festival. “The Other Venice Film Festival” is the only Solar Powered film festival on the planet, the founding venue at The Electric Lodge is a solar powered theater.
HATCHfest – Bozeman, Montana
October 4, 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary was part of HATCHfest 2008. Director David Hausen participated as a mentor and panelist.
HATCH is a year round non-profit organization, designed to develop and foster the growth of creative minds in various industries through mentorship, exposure, and networking. We highly recommend HATCHfest as a rare opportunity to be part of a festival that has a mission of giving back. This is a fantastic festival with great organizers in a fun town.
Surreel and Springboard Win Two 2008 Telly Awards
July 15, 2008
Surreel along with our client Springboard have won Telly Awards in two categories, Cinematography and Political for our production “Why I’m a Democrat” produced for The Campaign for California’s Future.
Doc’n'Roll presented by HBO
June 10, 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary screens in Transylvania as part of Doc’n'Roll presented by HBO. Other films included in the section are Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light, Julian Schnabel’s Lou Reed: Berlin and Julien Temple’s Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. http://www.tiff.ro/ro/node/1245
Matthew Modine’s “Cowboy”
May 30, 2008
Recently in Surreel’s Hollywood office Giacomo Ambrosini edited for actor/writer/director Matthew Modine the short film “Cowboy”, which debuted at CineVegas and was sold to Viacom’s Atom Films.
Surreel and Springboard win 2008 Summit Creative Award
May 1, 2008
We are proud to announce that our work with client Springboard on “The Courage Campaign” part of The Campaign for California’s future has won a Silver Summit Creative Award. Surreel produced “Why I’m a Democrat” a gorgeous black and white video feature on the main page in which average people – not celebrities – talk to the camera close-up about their beliefs and values.
A&E network and Palm Beach International Film Festival
April 11, 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary was shown in competition at the 2008 PBIFF. Director David Hausen spoke as a panelist on digital film production. Additionally, A&E network has selected Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary as one of only a few films for an exciting new program called the A&E IndieFilms Spotlight. Spotlight is part of a national sponsored partnership between A&E and L’Oreal which will focus on four film festivals. As part of this campaign, one film from the Palm Beach International Film Festival will be featured nationally on the A&E network and in a :30 televised spotlight.
