The Stage 32 Videos: Short Film

A long time ago...just off the 101

Charlie must face his son's rejection of a tradition he shared with his father. Field 4 focuses on a Father and Son who have nightly practice on the diamond. Charlie wants to pass down the one thing that has bonded him and his father. He hopes to instill baseball as a family tradition, but Thomas has grown tired of playing the game. I'm proud of our team that put this film together. We are currently in our festival run and were recently awarded 'Best Narrative Short' at the Chicago Indie Film Awards. There have been a few festivals we really wanted to be selected for, but it wasn't meant to be for this project. Thankful for the progress we've seen so far and am hard at work on my next project. I'm looking for creatives who live and work in Texas, USA. I have a coming-of-age drama feature script that is finished; the preliminary budget is written, and I'm working on financing and distribution connections. This is a slice-of-life drama set in the Rust Belt during modern times. A study on grief and the world we live in.

A supernatural comedy short film that follows Lynn as she starts her new job at a crappy scare attraction, that is actually haunted.

Trailer for "The Patchwork Girl", a short film I served as cinematographer on.

Piece made for AFTRS iPhone Content Creation course.

My film Thank You For The Ride, Aileen is currently streaming on Youtube, and will also be screened in Chicago at Facets Multi-Media in Lincoln Park, June 28th along with two other shorts of mine. Aileen has picked up several awards and nominations including Best Screenplay, and Best Thriller at several festivals. The film is currently in its final festival run for the year 2026, finishing out by the end of the year. Check the project out now on Youtube! STREAMING NOW on YOUTUBE - https://tinyurl.com/2s4maydm And find us also on Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/film/thank-you-for-the-ride-aileen/

A Chicago teacher on strike, moonlighting as a rideshare driver - has an eerie encounter with her final fare for the evening. https://tinyurl.com/2s4maydm

The Girl is trying to cope with the speed of the world around her only to realise that the "better" world might be as scary as the real one.

Short film, mystery about two friends who spent a night in a dance club and on the next morning one of them was dead.

Hatched is a (very) short film in the genre of sci-fi / horror, although it mostly makes people laugh while its open ending will leave the audience wanting more. Hatched was selected and screened by several festivals in Spain, Mexico and the United States.

“False Start” (Dutch: Valse Start) shows the letter exchange between a mother and daughter - the latter being diagnosed with FASD. Short animation made in collaboration with Het Witte Bos Foundation.

Follow https://www.instagram.com/needle.rd/ for more! @Needle.rd Written and directed by Mark Blane