Department of Motion Pictures

Department of Motion Pictures The company had three films premiere at Sundance in 2020: FAREWELL AMOR in U.S. Dramatic Competition, BLOODY NOSE EMPTY POCKETS in U.S.

The Department of Motion Pictures produces narrative and documentary features and series, such as BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, PATTI CAKE$, PHILLY DA & 32 SOUNDS The Department of Motion Pictures produces narrative and documentary features as well as a variety of short-form work, with with a focus on ambitious, cinematic, and emotionally resonant storytelling. Over the years, members of the Depart

ment of Motion Pictures have produced BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, PATTI CAKE$, Laurie Anderson's film HEART OF A DOG, MONSTERS & MEN, the Sundance and SXSW award-winning documentary WESTERN, the Vimeo season of HIGH MAINTENANCE, and projects in collaboration with ESPN, Time Magazine, and David Byrne. Documentary Competition, and WENDY in Premieres. At the festival in 2021, the DMP premiered both USERS in U.S. Documentary Competition (which won the Directors Award), and the first two episodes of its critically acclaimed Independent Lens and Topic series, PHILLY D.A. Though the Department of Motion Pictures was officially established in 2015, its founding members have a history that involves digital, media and grassroots work on the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns and running the Court 13 collective, making movies together since 2007. Members of The Department of Motion Pictures include:

Michael Gottwald – Producer/Founder
Josh Penn – Producer/Founder
Claire Skowronek Haley - Head of Production
Emily Jampel – Development Executive


FILMS
Users - 2021
Wendy - 2020
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets - 2020
Farewell Amor - 2020
So Late, So Soon - 2020
A Thousand Thoughts - 2018
Monsters & Men - 2018
Patti Cake$ - 2017
Brimstone and Glory - 2017
Contemporary Color - 2016
Kerri Walsh Jennings: Gold Within - 2016
Follow My Lead: The Story of the 2016 NBA Finals - 2016
Approaching the Unknown - 2016
30 for 30: Hit it Hard - 2016
Heart of a Dog - 2015
Western - 2015
Mediterranea - 2015
30 for 30: Every Day - 2015
New Orleans, Here & Now - 2014
The Great Invisible - 2014
Ping Pong Summer - 2014
The Last Season - 2014
Tchoupitoulas - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild - 2012
A Chjàna - 2012
Glory at Sea - 2008
Death to the Tinman - 2006
Kinetoscope - 2005
Egg - 2004

SERIES
Philly D.A. - 2021
High Maintenance - 2014

PODCASTS
Operator - 2021

Just over a year ago GASOLINE RAINBOW premiered at Venice and now it’s available to rent or buy on Amazon and AppleTV
09/12/2024

Just over a year ago GASOLINE RAINBOW premiered at Venice and now it’s available to rent or buy on Amazon and AppleTV

09/12/2024
Thank you RogerEbert.com’s Robert Daniels on the great write up for THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT! “Fascinatingly, the way Cohe...
09/11/2024

Thank you RogerEbert.com’s Robert Daniels on the great write up for THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT!

“Fascinatingly, the way Cohen, Kos and Shenk fast forward and rewind through administrations propels the film's yearning to reach back into time, shake the politicians and industrialists, and maybe change the course of our present. The closeness of these events, whose repercussions we are living (and will continue to live) through, makes THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT an infuriating portrait of how inaction has potentially doomed humanity.”



https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/telluride-film-festival-2024-memoir-of-a-snail-better-man-the-white-house-effect

At Telluride this weekend? Come see the world premiere of THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tomorrow or on Sunday!Saturday, August ...
08/30/2024

At Telluride this weekend? Come see the world premiere of THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tomorrow or on Sunday!

Saturday, August 31st, 9am at Mason Hall Cinema
Sunday, September 1st, 5pm at La Pierre



https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/

Beyond excited to share that The DMP's newest film THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT is having its world premiere at the Telluride ...
08/29/2024

Beyond excited to share that The DMP's newest film THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT is having its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend!!

Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tells the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

!!!

https://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/

Happy Birthday to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD’s breakout star Quvenzhané Wallis! We can’t believe Hushpuppy is now 21 ye...
08/28/2024

Happy Birthday to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD’s breakout star Quvenzhané Wallis! We can’t believe Hushpuppy is now 21 years old!

08/23/2024
A lot of love for GASOLINE RAINBOW on Letterboxd!!! Now streaming exclusively and internationally on MUBI
08/14/2024

A lot of love for GASOLINE RAINBOW on Letterboxd!!! Now streaming exclusively and internationally on MUBI

If you've seen GASOLINE RAINBOW, here's a short film Bill & Turner Ross made about making it... a swirling stream of sub...
07/29/2024

If you've seen GASOLINE RAINBOW, here's a short film Bill & Turner Ross made about making it... a swirling stream of subconsciousness openhearted autobiographical making of essay collage home movie

This is "Rose City Hurricane" by rossbros on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The New York Times says 32 SOUNDS is “the sort of movie that can change the way you live, and that’s what the best films...
07/23/2024

The New York Times says 32 SOUNDS is “the sort of movie that can change the way you live, and that’s what the best films do.” If you live near the Hamptons now is your chance as 32 SOUNDS will be performed Live at Guild Hall of East Hampton featuring live narration from director Sam Green and music by JD Samson, Thursday, August 1st, 7pm.

https://www.guildhall.org/events/sam-greens-32-sounds/

The Binaural Headphones Experience can now be experienced at Home! In fact, did you know that there are 2 different ve...
07/17/2024

The Binaural Headphones Experience can now be experienced at Home!

In fact, did you know that there are 2 different versions of 32 SOUNDS available to watch from the comfort of your own home when you rent or buy it? So if you prefer to watch it on your home speakers, we have a version specifically designed for that too!

Go to Apple, Google Play etc to watch either or both versions!

The DofMP’s newest director collaborator Jane Casey Modderno has just recently been announced as one of Sundance’s 2024 ...
07/15/2024

The DofMP’s newest director collaborator Jane Casey Modderno has just recently been announced as one of Sundance’s 2024 Women to Watch x Adobe Fellow! Congratulations to her and all the other amazing women selected this year! And get ready for Casey’s debut feature HERE FOR THE WEEKEND which we are producing!

Year-round Program Offers Pivotal Support to Women Filmmakers PARK CITY, UTAH, July 10, 2024 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the eight women participating in the 2024 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellowship, a yearlong support program designed to further support and sustain t...

07/15/2024

🍿 Member Monday free organic popcorn for tonight’s showing of Gasoline Rainbow. See you all tonight at 7:30pm!

07/12/2024
Collider.com picks BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD for their list of “The 10 Best Best Directorial Debuts of the 2010s, Rank...
07/11/2024

Collider.com picks BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD for their list of “The 10 Best Best Directorial Debuts of the 2010s, Ranked”!

From Eighth Grade to Get Out, these acclaimed fan-favorites were the most impressive directorial debuts of the 2010s.

07/10/2024
“It’s the sort of movie that can change the way you live, and that’s what the best films do, isn’t it?” - Alissa Wilkins...
07/08/2024

“It’s the sort of movie that can change the way you live, and that’s what the best films do, isn’t it?” - Alissa Wilkinson for The New York Times

The streaming version of 32 SOUNDS is one of The New York Times best documentaries of 2024, so far! Go stream it now on The Criterion Channel!!! Or Rent it at Apple, Google Play etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/movies/best-documentaries-2024.html

07/06/2024

Mark Mangini tells IndieWire about sound designing the 'In the Air Tonight' spectacle from '32 Sounds.'

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And here it is!!! The trailer for Bill and Turner Ross’s GASOLINE RAINBOW. In theaters May 10 and streaming globally May 31 on MUBI.

GASOLINE RAINBOW from “the form-breaking geniuses known as the Ross brothers” – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

Five small-town teenagers find freedom on a trip into the unknown in GASOLINE RAINBOW, from the Ross bros. Screening tonight at SXSW. In theaters May 10 and streaming May 31. A MUBI Release

https://cphdox.dk/film/gasoline-rainbow/

32 SOUNDS won The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in a Documentary Motion Picture!!! Congratulations to Sound Designer Mark Mangini, Production Mixer Laura Cunningham, Scoring Mixer Ben Greenberg, ADR Mixer Bobby Johanson, Foley Mixer Blake Collins and the entire 32 SOUNDS team.

Congratulations to Director Sam Green, sound designer Mark Mangini and the entire 32 SOUNDS team for winning Best Documentary Feature at the Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards! Find a screening near you at 32sounds.com

DoMPer Olivia West Lloyd’s SOMEWHERE QUIET releases this Friday! See it in theaters or rent on Amazon and iTunes this Friday, February 2nd. Written and Directed by Olivia West Lloyd Starring Jennifer Kim, Marin Ireland and Kentucker Audley

Check out this brand new short trailer for 32 Sounds! Experience “the greatest documentary you’ve ever heard,” from Academy Award nominated Director Sam Green and Academy Award winning Producer Josh Penn and Producer Tommy Kriegsmann, with music by JD Samson and Sound Design by Academy Award Winner Mark Mangini.

Just heading to Austin for SXSW. See you there!

Experience the magic of spatial sound. #32SOUNDS Don’t miss upcoming Headphone Experience Screenings in LA and NYC!!! LA, Jan 3, 7:30pm @vidiots, featuring a Q&A with Sound Designer Mark Mangini and Producer Josh Penn Buy tickets: https://vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/32-sounds/ NY, Jan 8, 7pm @wythehotel, featuring a Q&A with Director Sam Green Buy Tickets: https://resy.com/cities/ny/venues/barblondeau/events/32-sounds-documentary-screening-2024-01-08?date=2023-12-28&seats=2 Find other screenings near you: https://32sounds.com/shows/

Check out this video of foley artist Joanna Fang along with sound designer Mark Mangini and director Sam Green in conversation with moderator Anne Thompson at the screening of 32 SOUNDS at Vidiots this past Sunday. Find a screening near you at 32sounds.com to experience the “greatest documentary you’ve ever heard”

GASOLINE RAINBOW #Venezia80

Roger Ebert Review
Roger Ebert Review

USERS is playing in Los Angeles and Seattle this weekend! Make plans to attend a special in-person Q&A screening. Details here: https://icarusfilms.com/other/playdate Icarus Films

USERS trailer
USERS trailer

Critics call it, “elegant,” “unnervingly beautiful,” and “immersive and mesmeric.” Make plans to see the Sundance Award-winning documentary USERS when it comes to select theaters this month. Details: http://bit.ly/IcarusFilms

In select theaters this month. http://bit.ly/IcarusFilms #UsersDoc

Did you hear the news? 🎧#32Sounds is coming to movie theaters starting next week! Experience in new ways the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives in this immersive documentary from Academy Award® -nominated filmmakers @sam_b_green and @mrjoshpenn. Its nationwide theatrical rollout will begin @filmforumnyc next week Friday on April 28th. Find a screening near you ➡️ https://32sounds.com/shows/

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THE SHORT LIST
THE SHORT LIST

New York friends! THE SHORT LIST screens TOMORROW (January 29) at 2:15 PM/EST in Metrograph in NYC. The collection of films will be available to stream on Metrograph At Home beginning February 7th. Be sure to check it out!

They're baaaaack! Stream all episodes of #PhillyDAonPBS now on the @PBS Video app with #PBSPassport.

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