Lost & Found Films

27/03/2020

We made In Transit avail to stream for free! The feature doc we made with great friends Lynn True, Nelson Walker, and the great Al Maysles, features the stories of the people on board Amtrak’s Empire Builder, running from Chicago to the Pacific NW. It’s a film about how people can connect with one another, and given our present troubles, we hope it can serve as a reminder that we’re all in this together. Link in bio!

14/01/2020

Hey all - please check our new digital series, American Nomads, that we produced with ITVS, exploring the growing world of van dwelling across the United States.
https://www.facebook.com/independentlens/

as well as Youtube: https://youtu.be/BPDPSL9PlDU

and more info about the series can be seen here:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/american-nomads/

04/02/2019

04/02/2019

Hey friends - we just finished a new short doc we're excited about - Scooter Tramp Scotty is a portrait of Scotty Kerekes, a 50-something biker whose home has been his bike for the last 23 years. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

Hope you check it out!

Scooter Tramp Scotty is a portrait of Scotty Kerekes, a 50-something biker/writer who's been on the road for 23 years, moving from place to place, sleeping…

19/09/2018

Shootn’ stuff

28/07/2018

On location in Montserrat, a total gem of a place. Proudest moment- receiving multiple compliments on our wrong-side of the road driving skills. @ Montserrat

06/08/2017

Georgian Fam

01/07/2017

On location with the one and only Scooter Tramp Scotty, for an upcoming project

29/06/2017

Here's hoping the House of Thani are regular NPR listeners.

23/06/2017

NYTimes critic's pick this week. "there are shades of Jack Kerouac and Studs Terkel in its chronicler’s ambitions, and echoes of John Ford in its portrayal of how Americans form communities."

15/06/2017

In Transit will be screening all week at the Metrograph. June 23rd-29th. 13 Ludlow Street. New York, NY

09/06/2017

Come check out our feature doc In Transit on the big screen in NYC (June 23rd-29th). We'll have a week-long run at the newly renovated Maysles Cinema, in Harlem and another screening downtown at the Metrograph (June 23rd). Link in bio.

11/10/2016

Hey! We're excited to be working on a documentary series with The Atlantic, called Saturday Night in America. Here's the first one, on Austin, Texas. Check it out if you can!

The Atlantic’s video series “Saturday Night in America” is about uncovering pockets of nightlife across the nation. This episode takes place in…

12/11/2015

Cool news on the In Transit front - we've been nominated for Outstanding Direction for the 2016 Cinema Eye Honors awards.

"In the Outstanding Direction category, Maysles, True, Walker, Usui and Wu are joined by Cartel Land’s Heineman, The Look of Silence’s Oppenheimer as well as Laurie Anderson (Heart of a Dog), Kim Longinotto (Dreamcatcher) and Frederick Wiseman (In Jackson Heights)." Great stuff!

Thirty-eight feature films and five shorts will vie for this year’s Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking as nominees were announced this evening at a reception at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, Denmark. Winners will be announced at the 9th Annual Honors Ceremony on January 13, 2016 at the Mus…

04/03/2015

IN TRANSIT takes viewers aboard America’s busiest long-distance train route – and into the hearts and minds of everyday people.

04/03/2015

Check out our the page for our new doc! Like it, and pass it on!

IN TRANSIT takes viewers aboard America’s busiest long-distance train route – and into the hearts and minds of everyday people.

04/03/2015

Want to let everyone know our new documentary film, In Transit, will be having its world premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. David and I were co-directors, along with the legendary Al Maysles, my creative partner David Usui, and our friends True/Walker Productions(and our incredible producer Martha Wollner). Our film will be playing several great time slots at Tribeca, so keep your eyes peeled for when tix go on sale, and please come and support us! It’s going to be great!

http://tribecafilm.com/…/tribeca-film-festival-2015-world-d…

These 12 non-fiction stories from across the globe include timely exposés, compelling character studies, and true-life tales of passion in all its forms.

25/07/2014

New video for our This Must Be The Place series: Old Town Music Hall, and its mighty Wurlitzer organ. http://bit.ly/1ke5JzL

Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui, of Lost & Found Films (lostfoundfilms.com). Old Town Music Hall has been screening both vintage silent and sound…

15/07/2014

Hey! A video we did on Linda Perhacs, the Dental Hygienist and folk musician, just went live on the MB site. Check it out - we'd love to get more people on the Linda bandwagon, she's an amazing musician and a fascinating lady

After amassing a cult following since her critically looked-over debut album in 1970, folk singer Linda Perhacs returns from the studio with “The Soul of All Natural…

13/05/2013

Hey! Just finished the latest video for our documentary series This Must Be The Place. Check it out, let us know what you think, and please forward along!

https://t.co/ynembGffXl

Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui, of Lost & Found Films (lostfoundfilms.com). Frenchie, Brooklyn, NY Frenchie has owned Frenchie's Gym, in the…

14/03/2013

Hey- we're looking for an research intern! Know anyone in NY that is looking to learn more about documentary and digital film-making, please forward along. Thanks!

More details at the link
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cwg/3676195410.html

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13/12/2012

Deskspaces for rent in Tribeca

We just got a bigger office in Tribeca, and have two deskspaces available for rent. Huge, bright, great light - really awesome space. Ideally looking for creative folk - art, design, graphics, video/film, architecture, etc. More details in link. Feel free to forward along, and thanks!


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18/05/2012

Office Space Available in Tribeca

We have a work space available in a large, open loft space. The office has nice light, hardwood floors, high ceilings. You would be sharing with 3 documentary filmmakers. Laid back environment.

The rent covers all utilities and internet. We're on the fifth floor (of a walk-up building) on Warren St and West Broadway (2 blocks from Whole Foods and City Hall park). Shared kitchen, bathroom and work table.

Within a few blocks of almost all trains (1, 2, 3, A, C, E, 4, 5, 6, J, Z and R trains).

If you're interested in the space, please email me about the work you do and when you'd like to take a look.

30/04/2012

I'll be part of a documentary panel discussion this Saturday, May 5th, at Union Docs in Williamsburg. Tequila shots on me!

Ari Kuschnir and Scott Thrift (m ss ng p ekes) in attendance with Ben Wu and David Usui (Lost & Found Films) for presentations and a discussion moderated by journalist Tom Roston (Doc Soup).

30/04/2012

If anyone in NYC is around Saturday night, May 5th, Lost & Found will be part of a panel discussion at Union Docs -

We look at where documentary, marketing, music, and interactive design can meet to produce the “bread and butter” to fuel creative practices. There is a long history of documentarians creating for clients – we will examine this and try to find that happy place between work and artistic practice.

Come by if you're free!

Ari Kuschnir and Scott Thrift (m ss ng p ekes) in attendance with Ben Wu and David Usui (Lost & Found Films) for presentations and a discussion moderated by journalist Tom Roston (Doc Soup).

08/04/2012

Roger Ebert blogged about our most recent This Must Be The Place video, on Alan Hill and his home, the old Packard Plant in Detroit. Pretty cool!
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/he-lives-in-detroit-in-the-old.html

  Part of the "This Must Be the Place" series of The Atlantic. URL leads to all entries in the series. Thanks to Jana J.Monji, who writes me: "I used to live in a loft space from a former factory but that was in Pasadena and not Detroit (and my place was a bit neater) than this."  

29/03/2012

Our new ThisMustBeThePlace video, on Allan Hill, from the great city of Detroit

Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui, of Lost & Found Films (lostfoundfilms.com). Allan Hill, Detroit, Michigan Allan is the caretaker of one of the few remaining structures that still stand at the old Packard Plant. Years of neglect...

24/02/2012

Hey! We have some deskspace available for rent at our office in Tribeca - $400/month for a great space. Ideally looking for a creative type: designer, filmmaker, animator, writer, etc.

Get in touch if interested!
[email protected]

31/01/2012

New ThisMustBeThePlace video, on Prime Burger in midtown Manhattan

Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui, of Lost & Found Films (lostfoundfilms.com). Prime Burger Restaurant, in Midtown Manhattan For many of the guys that work here, the restaurant is like a second home - some of them have been slinging burgers,...

08/09/2011

We just finished our second piece for our web video series THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, a documentary project on interesting people and places....this one's on photographer John Coffer, and his home in the woods. Check it out if you get a few minutes.

Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui, of Lost & Found Films (www.lostfoundfilms.com). THIS MUST BE THE PLACE There's no place like home. It's where we live, work and dream. It's our sanctuary and our refuge. We can love them or hate them....

15/11/2010

On the hunt for curious homes: We're looking for interesting, weird, awesome homes(and the people who live in them) for our THISMUSTBETHEPLACE.TV series...

Anything from ridiculous mansions to squatters, treehouses or tent cities, we'reinterested in all of it. The focus is on the residents, and how they feel about their home, and how it represents them. If you have any ideas, let us know!