Don’t let this trailer fool you; there’s a lot more to this film then I could fit into a couple of minutes. This one’s a doozy. THE GREEN SHEIK was the first film I made after graduating from CALARTS. Somehow I thought it would be a good idea to shoot my first ‘serious’ short on 35mm. In the end it was a good idea, and I learned so much on this project - but it was a little insane, not to mention time consuming. It’s the simple story of Lawrence (played to perfection by close friend and fellow film maker JOAHNNES GAMBLE) a down and out junk shop worker living in a surreal skid-row. An old broken down motor-scooter shows up at his work one day, inspiring him to dream of a better life in the form of a Technicolor day dream, away from his over bearing boss, annoying co-worker, and his impossibly depressing matchbox of an apartment. THE GREEN SHEIK
 
 
 
 
THE GREEN SHEIK 35mm KODAK 28 minutes stereo sound Music by: NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Photography: PAUL STEC Editor/Effects: JOHANNES GAMBLE Additional Music by: HOWIE SEGURSON Art Direction: SEAN GILLERAN Costume Designer BECKY GESSERT
 
 
 
with: JOHANNES GAMBLE as LAWRENCE DARRICK BACHMAN as Dave CONRAD MUNATONES as Sal SYDNEY DEVER as The Girl CHAMNESS as City Worker #1 MARCUS SMITH as City Worker #2 {TRAILER} THE GREEN SHEIK went on to play at over 17 film festivals from 2003-2006, including: BEST SHORT @ SLAMDUNK at the Sundance Festival, Park City Utah 2003 AUDIENCE FAVORITE @ The Corvallis Davinci Days Film Festival, Corvallis Oregon 2003 GOLDEN GATE AWARD @ The San Francisco International Film Festival 2003 MOST INNOVATIVE @ The Ohio International Film Festival 2004 The Austin Film Festival, The Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival (also at Sundance), The New Orleans Film and Video Festival, The Florida Film Festival, The Jackson Mississippi Film Festival and many more... If you would like a DVD of THE GREEN SHEIK, email me your street address: