Director/Editor: Tess Lafia
DP: Noah Deats
Producer: Frederick Balian
MV Commissioner: Steve Gottlieb
Production Manager: Dona Spangler
Production Coordinator: Taylor Fitzgerald
Steadicam: Tim Yoder
1st AC ‘A’ Cam: JT Sumner
1st AC ‘B’ Cam: Tracy Facelli
2nd AC: Elysia Perez
Drone Op: Paul Cain
Gaffer: Barrett Depies
Best Electric: Skyler Simms
Key Grip: Daryl Wilson
Best Grip: William Hall
Set Dresser: Carey Kotsionis
Set Dresser: Matt Lindahl
PA: Alun Rees
PA: Jordan Hubbard
Process Trailer Driver: Kevin Hanson
Produced by SURA Productions in August of 2023.
Shot in Dickson, Tennessee & at Blackstone Ranch
Producer: Frederick Balian
Photographer: Ethan Gulley
Production Design: Eve Axness
Production and Casting By SURA Productions
Production Coordinator: Vladen Ponomar
1st Camera Assist: Jared Bedrejo
2nd Camera Assist: Jeremy Aquino
2nd Camera Assist: Irene Tang
DIT: Basil Vargas
Wardrobe Stylist: Alexandria Venegas
Wardrobe Assist: Hilary Ortiz
HMU Stylist: Jen Fiamengo
HMU Assist: Catalina Cacho
Lead Man & Driver: Sam Cooper
Set Dresser/Shopper: Alex Dixon
Set Dresser/Shopper: Nick Lugovina
1st AD: Salvador Falcon
2nd AD: Marley Freygang
PA Driver: Aaron Brumback
PA Driver: Sage Barrier
Set PA: Fransisco Lopez
Set PA: Andrew Premimesberger
Set PA: Edward Balian
Director: Otis Dominique
Director of Photography: John Rosario
Producer (Kode UK): Danielle Wright
EP: Brand Birtwistle
Producer: Frederick Balian
Production Manager: Jason Quan
Photographer: Lucas Garrido
Stylist: Victoria Mesenbrink
Creative Director: Lauren Kusmierczak
ACD: Tynessa Jue
Art Director: Josiel Correa
Producer: Frederick Balian
Production Manager: Tina Chuldzhyan
Photographer: Lauren Kim
Creative Director: Liz Khan
ACD Writer: Brooke Estelle
Art Director: Jesus Acosta
Producer: Frederick Balian
Director of Photography Neema Sadeghi
Executive Producer Brent Assayag
Producer Fred Balian
Production Manager Donald Nguyen
1st AD Daniel Bennaiem
Photographer: Lucas Garrido
Stylist: Victoria Mesenbrink
Creative Director: Lauren Kusmierczak
ACD: Tynessa Jue
Art Director: Josiel Correa
Producer: Frederick Balian
Production Manager: Tina Chuldzhyan
Director Richard Downie
Director of Photography Matthew Chavez
Producer Frederick Balian
Creative Direction: Liz Kahn
Producer: Frederick Balian
Production Manager: Veronica Kim
Photographer: Tyler Kohlhoff
Styling: Lana Lackey
Production Design: Gabriela Cobar
Jack In The Box x Conscious Minds Studios
Jack hits the streets of San Diego to meet some of their biggest fans.
EP: Rogers Marques
Creative Director: Chris Kithara
ACD: Danny Colon
Producer: Frederick Balian
Director: Darren Hummel
DP: Rick Lawrence
In the Sports Lab, if you’re moving, you’re an athlete!
Nike x Conscious Minds Studios
Director of Production | Executive Producer: Autumn Hymes
Director - Isaac Rentz
Director of Photography - Sade Ndya
Supervising Producer - Fred Balian
Production Supervisor - Michele Hill
Production Supervisor - Salvador Falcon
Production Coordinator- Cody Wagner
Production Coordinator - Alissa Milano
1st AD - Ev Salomon
Production Designer: Brielle Hubert
Gaffer: Kay Zhou
Key Grip: Bevis Tran
Stylist: Ann Marie Hoang
HMU: Golden Sun Shyne
A woman's evening turns upside down when she sees a reminder on her boyfriend's phone to breakup.
PRESS:
Retrospective of Jupiter: retrospectiveofjupiter.com/films/remind-me-in-an-hour/
Indie Shorts Mag: indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2022/03/remind-me-in-an-hour-the-mechanics-of-comfortable-relationships/
Think Shorts: thinkshorts.com/76590/remind-me-in-an-hour
Directed By Raphael Gonzalez
Woman: Alexandrea Meyer
Man: Bobby Slaski
Postmates Driver: Oliver Fredin
Producer: Frederick Balian
Director of Photography: Emily Tapanes
Editor: Liam Molina
Music: Alex Twomey
Production Sound: Donavyn Suffel
1st Assistant Camera: Alia Becker
Production Assistant: Aedan Molina
Jack’s Spice Squad
Conscious Minds Studios x Jack In The Box
Dir: Carlyn Hudson
DP: Cooper James
EP: Rogers Marques
Producer: Frederick Balian
A love letter to basketball and Los Angeles.
Jordan x Follow Through Studios x Conscious Minds Studios
Director: CJ Toledano
Creative Director: Chris Kitahara
EP: Angana Barthur
Producer: Frederick Balian
Production Manager: Donald Nguyen
DP: Neema Sadeghi
1st AD: Mel Anderson
Featuring:
Gustavo Zermeño Jr, Jordan Liggons, Marquise Miller, Chris Gibbs, Beffy Gibbs, Bephie Gibbs, Frank Nitty, Chris Young, Tenesha Ware Daniels
Meet Playlist, a YouTube series that’s filled with creative activities for kids to do at home or outside. Random creative games? Yup! LOL challenges and awesome athlete interviews? Yup again. Explore the activities below and try the activities whenever and wherever!
Role: Production Manager / Technical Producer
Airshop is a new initiative by Nike to feature and celebrate all of its Air products in one place. Showcasing some of “Air’s” biggest fans.
Role: Production Manager
A relationship is tested when one friend, Ezra, asks the other, Gavin, to help him commit his suicide.
Crew
Director: Raphael Frost Gonzalez
Executive Producer: Frederick Balian
Director of Photography: Emily Tapanes
Editor: Liam Molina
Sound Mixing: Donavyn Suffel
1st AD: Alex Adams
Music: Alex Twomey
Colorist: Hayley Stablow
Sound Designer: Liam Molina
Featured in:
https://directorsnotes.com/2021/03/11/raphael-gonzalez-the-living/
Selected X is a Nike editorial franchise featuring real style stories, told by real people, made to inspire everyone to create and express their own style with Nike gear. Over a 5 week period, 5 unique stories and content were pitched, captured and produced, coming to life online and within the Nike App.
Role: Production Manager / Producer
Artist: Galdive
Song: Fond Adieu
Label: Sony Music Australia
Producer: Frederick Balian
Director: Raphael Frost Gonzalez
Airshop is a new initiative by Nike to feature and celebrate all of its Air products in one place. Showcasing some of “Air’s” biggest fans.
Role: Production Manager
Smokey Bear; kind, wise... Ferocious? Spec PSA created for The National Forest Service, National Association of Foresters and The National Parks Service.
Shot and Edited by Frederick H. Balian
Based on the original concept by Frederick Balian and Raphael Gonzalez.
Say goodbye to all the unnecessary extras. And hello to exactly what you want – unlimited premium coffee for $8.99 a month.
Featuring Wells Adams
Client: Panera
Agency: Conscious Minds
Role: Production Manager
What do you cook for the worlds greatest athletes? Chef Kia Damon walks through the steps to make meals specifically designed to fuel your athletic potential.
A total of 8 episodes in 8 different cities shot entirely remotely using remote capture software and proprietary shooting rigs. We worked with field producers and private chefs in each city to ensure the look of the show was consistent no matter where we were shooting. Here are two of my favorite recipes from the show.
Role: Production Manager
Nike FlyEase creates shoes that are quick and easy to get into, and more hands-free. The easy-entry designs expand access and unlock benefits for all athletes*. From pinnacle FlyEase innovations to the wide selection of easy on/off footwear, you can do more of what matters most — play.
https://www.nike.com/flyease
This production was one of the first filming permits issued durning the COVID-19 pandemic. As production manager, I played a key role in researching and implementing health and safety protocols on set and in preproduction.
Client: Nike
Role: Production Manager
What It Took is an episodic series and in app experience for Nike. Each episode follows a different athlete explaining various aspects of their journey and “What It Took” for them to reach the pro’s.
Created during early summer months of 2020, this was an entirely remote production utilizing remote iPhone capture software and proprietary shooting rigs.
Client: Nike
Role: Production Manager / Technical Producer
In Good Company: Naiomi Osaka
Client: Nike
Role: Production Manager
On a crisp winter morning in Vasquez Rocks, California, a white SUV pulls up. The passenger, Alyssa Carson, would prefer to be landing on a planet 33.9 million miles away. Thanks to the unwavering support of her father, Bert, Alyssa has been preparing to be one of the first people to travel to Mars since the age of seven. Now a 19-year-old college freshman, her dream feels more tangible than ever.
https://www.nike.com/alyssa-carson-space-to-dream
Role: 2nd Unit Producer / Production Manager
Our team was tasked with creating a global network of photographers to highlight different experiences around the world. With Experiences hosts across the globe, we selected 25 cities and produced fun, quirky and uniquely global photoshoots entirely remotely. And with no on set supervision.
Photographers were tasked as a one man band to execute a lot. Airbnb walked away with over 50 international photographers that met the brand standards, understood the brief and are now waiting for the next call to action.
Client: Airbnb Experiences
Agency: Conscious Minds
Role: Producer / Production Manager
Muhammad Fadli (Bali), Jackie Russo (Mexico City), Cecy Young (Paris), Caroline Tompkins (New York) and others across Europe and Asia.
“The Performance” (2019)
Actor Marvin Bigsby has a nervous breakdown while at his little brother's middle school career day.
Produced By Frederick Balian
Written and Directed By Raphael Frost Gonzalez
Director of Photography: Noah Deats
Featured in: https://tmff.net/reviews/the-performance/