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Half Cut Tea
Half Cut Tea is a web-series dedicated to the understanding and exploration of artists through short documentary videos. The series is produced by a two-person team (Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass) that travels the country looking for artists and telling their stories through short documentary films. Episodes from the series have been licensed to several programs across the world including KCET's Artbound and Belgium's Lust For Life. History The first season was released in early 2013. It consisted of 8 episodes featuring a wide variety of artists from performance artists to a puppeteer working at a burlesque night club in Los Angeles. For Season Two, Half Cut Tea raised money through Kickstarter where in exchange, donators received DVD copies of Season One and CDs of the soundtrack. Season Two of Half Cut Tea began in July 2013. The first episode got the attention of several press outlets including MSNBC and Yahoo who described it by saying: "... the glass cabin and the video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Glass
Matt Glass is an American composer and Emmy-winning filmmaker known for his work on ''12 Hour Shift'', '' The Party's Just Beginning'' and 2022's ''Ghosts of the Ozarks''. He received his Masters of Fine Art degree from the Cranbrook Academy Of Art. Film Early short films Early in his career, Glass created a handful of strange short films.. In 2012, Glass released ''Citadel'', a monochromatic puppet-filled short film inspired by cerebral horror films of the 1970s. In late 2014, Glass wrote and directed Good Morning, a musical, short film featuring singing puppets and a brutal crime. In 2017, Rain, a film written and directed by Glass was released. It was an official selection in the Atlanta Film Festival and the National Puppetry Festival. Feature films In 2018, Glass wrote and co-directed a feature film titled ''Squirrel''. It is described as: A couple lost in the woods stumbles across a mysterious cult who once harvested a strange, crimson, maple syrup with healing properties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCET
KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV (channel 50). The two stations share studios at The Pointe (on West Alameda Avenue and Bob Hope Drive, between The Burbank Studios and Walt Disney Studios complexes) in Burbank; KCET's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains (north of Sierra Madre). History Background of educational television in Southern California KCET was the second attempt at establishing an educational station in the Los Angeles area: KTHE, operated by the University of Southern California, had previously broadcast on channel 28, beginning on September 22, 1953. It was the second educational television station in the United States, signing on six months and four days after KUHT in Houston, but ceased broadcasting after only nine month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, Kickstarter has received $6.6 billion in pledges from 21 million backers to fund 222,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's NEA". ''Time'' named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011". Kickstarter repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Parikh
Sandeep Parikh (; born July 23, 1980) is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy. He is best known for his co-starring role as Zaboo on the award-winning web series '' The Guild''. He is the founder of Effin Funny Productions, a content company focusing on alternative stand-up comedy and the creation of original web series ''The Legend of Neil'' (for Comedy Central and AtomFilms), available online. Background Parikh was born to Indian immigrants in Goffstown, New Hampshire, and raised there by his parents, and with two older brothers, Rajiv and Sanjiv. He was a gymnast since the age of 4 and competed nationally in all six male events until 18. Parikh went to Goffstown High School in New Hampshire and then went to Brown University where he received an A.B. in Computer Science with Honors in Creative Writing. Career Parikh began improvising and writing sketches for the short-lived comedy troupe The Village Idiots at Brown University. In 2001 he wrote and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for its innovations in the field of puppetry, particularly through the creation of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets characters. Brian Henson serves as chairman, while Lisa Henson serves as CEO. Since 2000, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered at the Jim Henson Company Lot, the historic former Charlie Chaplin Studios, in Hollywood. The company was established in November 1958 by puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson, and is currently independently owned and operated by their children. Henson has produced many successful television series, including ''The Muppet Show'' (1976–1981), ''Fraggle Rock'' (1983–1987), and ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' (1997–2006); as well, the company designed the Muppet characters for ''Sesame Street'' (1969– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Outlaw
Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary * Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk * Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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