Collaborators

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

What we did for this project: Two members of The Umbrella Brigade, David Dyster and Derek Johnson, collaborated to create a music video/short film for the Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy. Derek, in all his writing ingenuity, created a beautiful story and David took that story to the place he knows best-behind the lens of a camera. Juan-Carlos Gomez, half comedian-half Columbian, has an amazing eye and donated portions of it towards the cinematagraphy.
 
The Umbrella Brigade is a collaboration of artists in Denver working together towards a greater goal: to inspire, to create, to change mindsets. In the words of one of our own: "The secret has been established. It will feed thousands. It will change perspectives. The limp will learn to walk, the hungry will eat, the blind will see. The deaf will hear."

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Andrea made a super cool short film inspired by the song Same Scar.

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

I am the father of two and a recovering corporate citizen who is trying to make films.

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Torrie Hansen began her production career at age 8 by recording and manipulating sounds on her parents old tape recorder. She founded a film club at her high school, became obsessed with music videos on MTV, and wrote/directed her own episode of “Tales From the Darkside”. She’s had several miserable attempts at having a “real” job, and finally decided to follow her bliss as a filmmaker. For the last decade Torrie has focused on short form documentary than intertwines beautiful images with stunning sounds. Her biggest passion is still the art form of music video.

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Patrick Mann has been performing on stage and film in Denver since 2006.  He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, where he frequently performed in main stage productions and summer stock shows with Little Theatre of the Rockies.  Denver acting credits include Henry in Great Gain (Perception Films), Tom in Skeletons (Paper Cat Films), and Tuc in Mother Hicks (Firehouse Theatre Company).  Patrick is also co producer for Paper Cat Films (www.papercatfilms.com), a Denver based film company.

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

Kristine Hipps is a filmmaker, writer, director, and founding co-producer of Papercat Films in Denver, CO. She worked for five years as a creative director, performer, and writer at The Second City in Chicago, and has an extensive resume of film, stage, commercial and voicover work. Her original stage play "Land of the Babydolls" was produced in New York City in 2008 by the Zenbaby Theater company, and she wrote, directed, and co-produced "The Monument", an indie horror film which took the award for first place feature at the Hauntcon Film Festival in 2006.