Our Films

Misery Loves Comedy

Director: Kevin Pollak
Writers: Kevin Pollak and John Vorhaus
Producers: Becky Newhall, Burton Ritchie
Featuring: Tom Hanks, Judd Apatow, Amy Schumer
Logline: A documentary exploring the tragic lives and sacrifices of stand-up comics.
Status: Premiered at Sundance 2015. Theatrical release April 2015.

Low Down

Writer/Director: Jeff Preiss
Producers: Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain), Mindy Goldberg (Junebug), Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage, Flea, Caleb Landry Jones, Taryn Manning
Logline: A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1960s and ’70s jazz scene.
Awards: Sundance Competition 2014, Winner Best Cinematography.
Status: Distribution through Universal Pictures (worldwide) and Oscilloscope (domestic). October 2014 release.

Big Significant Things

Writer/Director: Bryan Reisberg (The Walker with Carey Mulligan)
Producer: Andrew D. Corkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Alejandro De Leon (Electrick Children), Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Attached Cast: Harry Lloyd, Krista Kosonen
Logline: With growing concerns about his dependency on his long-term girlfriend, Craig Harrison creates a lie in order to embark on an unaccompanied road trip in search of adventures of his own.
Status: Premiered at SXSW 2014, Winner Best Poster Design.

Welcome to Me

Director: Shira Piven
Writer: Eliot Laurence
Producers: Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, Aaron L. Gilbert , Marina Grasic, Adam McKay, Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Saturday Night Live), James Marsden (X-Men: The Last Stand, X2, Enchanted)
Logline: A woman with borderline personality disorder wins the lottery and decides to spend the cash on her own cable access talk show, where her larger-than-life personality and obsession with being famous begins to alienate her friends and family.
Status: Premiered 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Copenhagen

Writer/Director: Mark Raso (Student Academy Award Winner, Best Drama 2012)
Producer: Fidelio Films – Mauro Mueller Student Academy Award Winner Best Drama 2013, Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones), Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Tamzin Merchant
Logline: When the girl of your dreams is half your age, it’s time to grow up.
Status: Premiered at Slamdance 2014, winner of the Audience Award. Theatrical release September 2014.

Eating Animals

Writer/Director: Christopher Quinn (God Grew Tired of Us, West of Memphis)
Producer: Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Yi Jian, Jim Kee
Logline: An examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies. Based on Jonathan Safran Foer's memoir.
Status: Premiered September 2, 2017 (Telluride Film Festival)

 
All Nighter

Writer/Director: Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By (2011)), Seth W. Owe...
Producer: Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: Lio Tipton, Emile Hirsch, J.K. Simmons
Logline: A workaholic father who attempts to visit his daughter during a layover in LA, only to discover that she's disappeared, is forced to team up with her awkward ex-boyfriend to find her over the course of one transformative night.
Status: Premiered March 8, 2017 (Gasparilla International Film Festival)

 
Apple of My Eye

Writer/Director: Castille Landon
Producer: Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer)
Cast: Charlie Barnett, Amy Smart, Burt Reynolds
Logline: A young girl struggles after a traumatic horse riding accident causes her to lose her eyesight. Charles, the head trainer of Southeastern Guide Dogs, trains Apple, a miniature horse, to be her companion and surrogate eyes.
Status: Premiered January 10, 2017

The Late Bloomer

Writer/Director: Kevin Pollak, Ken Baker, Joe Nussbaum, Mark Torgove
Producer: Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer) 
Cast: Charlotte McKinney, Johnny Simmons, Blake Cooper
Logline: The story of an adult male who, after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland, experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.
Status: Premiered September 30, 2016 (San Diego Film Festival)

Pump

Writer/Director: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Johnny O'Hara
Producer: Burton Ritchie (Executive Producer) 
Cast: Adhemar Altieri, Greg Anderson, Edwin Black
Logline: A documentary that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it.
Status: Premiered September 12, 2014

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