La Finca
Coffee, family and struggle. Life on La Finca in Honduras.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
Alan T.
New York, NY, USA
$500 - $1300 / Day
About
I’m Alan Thompson and I’m an award winning filmmaker from Baltimore, MD currently living and working in New York City. After studying film at Savannah College of Art and Design, I began working on various film sets and productions in the South (most notably on The Conspirator by my idol Robert Redford). After relocating to NYC more than 14 years ago, I’ve been working in documentary for just as long. As a director, I’m fascinated with the lives of individuals who are often overlooked — along with their issues surrounding the environment, preservation and culture — and my goal is to present their stories in as authentic a manner as possible. My films have screened at various film festivals including SXSW, Big Sky Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Marfa Film Festival; my feature documentary This Land won Best Film at the Black Hills Film Festival and is currently in distribution with Seed&Spark; my feature documentary We Stand Alone was screened at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. My short film The Resettled was described as “…beautifully shot, informative, and so relevant… We are reminded that what we are witnessing is a turning point, a chance to start over, and what Lincoln himself might refer to as ‘a new birth of freedom.’ ” — Ken Burns, Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmaker. The Resettled screened globally with the UNHCR as part of their initiative to spread awareness of the plight of refugees — most notably in France, Peru and Argentina.
Top Services
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Field Producer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Top Projects
Won't Bow Down
Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees, but despite the loss of life and devastation, its people wouldn't bow down to tragedy. Meet the musicians, builders, doctors, and families that continue to inspire the nation with their resilience, and make New Orleans the unique place it is.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Documentary DP
This Land
This land is our only home, yet due to our addiction to fossil fuels, a finite, non-renewable source of energy to sustain our lifestyles, we are putting our future at risk. This Land takes us from the Texas and Mexico border, to the Dakotas, and then Northern Canada. As we profile methods of extracting fossil fuels and transporting them, we will meet native and local communities fighting against gas and oil pipelines and see what is at stake if we continue on our current path or decide to make a stand for our land, this land, our only home.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Line Producer / On-Location
The Resettled
The dramatic stories of refugees who have resettled in the USA, and the challenges they continue to face daily.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
Adobe Houses of La Junta de los Ríos
Considered one of the earliest building materials, adobe is a mixture of dirt, water and straw first used by natives of the American Southwest. But in an area of West Texas along the Mexican border, the cost of adobe is skyrocketing.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
Redwoods Rising
A program to protect redwoods forests in Northern California.
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Documentary DP
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Production Support
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
- Line Producer / On-Location
- Documentary DP
Production Support
Post Production
- Video Editor - Documentary
Post Production
Miscellaneous
- Senior Producer / Project Manager
- Series Producer / Show Runner
Miscellaneous