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
