A suicidal romance in which the front woman of a hardcore band attempts to end her explosive love-affair with the band’s drummer moments before they take the stage.
Pet Rituals features music and actors from the Southern California DIY punk scene.
Pet Rituals was chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week.
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2017: Raindance Film Festival, AFI Fest
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Writer: Jarret Rosenblatt
Producer: Thomas R. Burke
Cinematographer: Josh Fisher
Production Designer: Arianne Alizio
Editor: Brian Denny
A father confronts his twelve year old son upon discovering a collection of extreme BDSM pornography.
Disgrace stars Devin Druid (13 Reasons Why, Louder Than Bombs) and Steven Ogg (Walking Dead, Grand Theft Auto V).
Disgrace was chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week.
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2013: Montreal World Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Shnit International Short Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, NY Shorts Fest, Miami Short Film Festival, Richmond International Film Festival
Writer-Director: J. Casey Modderno
Producer: Benjamin Kim
Cinematographer: Oliver Anderson
Production Designer: Arianne Alizio
Editor: Stephen Cervantes
CLIENT: BEGGARS BANQUET / ROUGH TRADE
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Producer: Thomas Burke
Cinematographer: Joshua Zucker-Pluda
Production Designer: Naomi Harris
Choreographer / Movement Coach: Gabrielle Zucker
When two teen enemies learn their parents are having an affair together, they experiment with witchcraft to break them up.
Starring: Kira McLean (Permanent) and Olivia Shatsky
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Writers: Ashley Hall and Sonja Tsypin
Producer: Ashley Hall
Cinematographer: Sonja Tsypin
Production Designer: Amy Augustine
Editor: Shaun Lavery
Composer: Nick Zinner
KIYOMI - "HIGH LADDER"
CLIENT: HELIUM RECORDS
Music video in which Kiyomi finds herself shaped by restrictive beauty standards and has to break free.
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Creative Director: Charlie Le Mindu
Producer: Cemile Turam
Cinematographer: Joshua Zucker-Pluda
Production Designer: Laura Santoyo
Choreographer: Pia Vinson
VFX: Andrew Dole
After the Civil War, two con-artists profiteer by taking "spirit photos" of grieving widows posing with the ghosts of those slain in battle.
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Writer: Bernardo Viotti
Producer: Thomas R. Burke
Cinematographer: Joshua Zucker-Pluda
Production Designer: Mollie Alexander
Editor: David Scorca
At a sleep-away soccer camp, one of the players speaks out against the team's bullies, only to find the tables turned on him by the very person he was defending.
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Writers: J. Casey Modderno and Sonja Tsypin
Producers: Benjamin Pitts
Cinematographer: Sonja Tsypin
Production Designer: Toni Gallardo
Editor: Ben Tolentino
1849 - The discovery of gold in a dried-up riverbed has murderous ramifications. River Gold! is a short and sweet parable about how remaining silent about wrong-doings makes one complicit.
Director: J. Casey Modderno
Writers: J. Casey Modderno and Maria-Ines Manchego
Producers: Jenya Hamidi and Annick Jaëgy
Cinematographer: Maria-Ines Manchego
Production Designer: Gillian Chance
Editor: Brian Denny