Film
Silent Disco Club Music Video (2025)
August of 2025, we met with the amazing Bellingham band Silent Disco Club to begin putting together the pieces of what would become a music video for their song 'Ya Like Jazz?'. Now, in the midst of September, we are half way through filming and having an absolute blast! Working with these guys has been an incredible experience, not only as my first crack at writing a music video, but SDC is so creative and talented. Their music is incredible! And I know what you're thinking, 'yeah sure Gabe, you're just saying that because you're working with them'. But you're wrong! I've been jamming their tunes since they dropped them and I geek out every time they play on set. It's hard being professional when they nonchalantly drop a banger like it's nothing. It's like I get a free show every time we shoot! SO COOL!
Anyways, rant over. Please go listen! You'll like it, I promise.
The Wisp (2024)
Our most audacious project to date, The Wisp was unlike anything I had ever written before. Beginning as simple entry into a cryptid themed film festival, this project quickly evolved into something much more serious and complex. And after nearly nine months from conception to premier, it truly showed our team how tedious the movie-making process can be. Yet, we persevered through snow days, Covid outbreaks, and scheduling conflicts. After all was said and done, I am incredibly proud of the project we put together. While I've grown as a writer (and person) since The Wisp, it stands alone as my greatest writing achievement in film so far.
Breath in the Clouds. (2024)
During the hectic, nine-month period we were creating The Wisp, I had a chance to make something more lowkey, focusing on my writing. During a trip to Illinois in 2024, I collected shots that captured my perspective of this place. It was a trip I took with my partner and her family, as they were all born and raised there. The feeling in the air was complicated, wrought with conflicting emotions. While the trip was incredible, this vibe injected a darker tone into the trip. On the plane ride back, I wrote the script for this film. The resulting film embodied my struggles through that time period and beyond. Breath in the Clouds never fails to remind me to breathe.
Past Film Work (2019-2023)
This period in my writing and film career is important to me, yet fails to show my capabilities in either medium. I was in high school when my best friend, Tavis, invited me to star in a goofy film project about a drunk gorilla. About a year later, Gorilla Gabe premiered at our local theater for a school film festival. It was a hit and we started down a path shooting whatever made us laugh or took minimal effort. However, as I began writing my first novel, A Drop in a Tin Cup, in 2020, a shift in perspective had begun within me. I wanted to create pieces people could connect with, that could pull emotions out of people through a page or screen. I wanted to create art. And so, my scripts and projects began reflecting this perspective. The films listed above and the novels showcase this inner desire to connect with my audience through my work. Yet, this point in my writing career wouldn't be possible without my past. So I thank Gorilla Gabe and Phil & Gabe: Movie Night for refining my love of creating to what it is today.