Los Angeles, CA, USA
$5000 - $13000 / Day
MICHAEL PARKS RANDA IS A FILM DIRECTOR AND DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE BASED IN LOS ANGELES. RAISED ON A FARM WHERE HIS PARENTS RAN A SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RANDA GREW UP WITH A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION. COMBINING A DECADE OF DIRECTING MUSIC VIDEOS AND COMMERCIALS WITH HIS UNIQUE UPBRINGING, RANDA’S GROUNDBREAKING FEATURE DEBUT ‘BEST SUMMER EVER‘ ARRIVED IN 2021, FEATURING A MAJORITY CAST AND CREW OF DISABLED TALENT. THE INCLUSIVE FILM WON THE 2020 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE FOR SCREENWRITING AND BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS PICK. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, TED DANSON, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, MARY STEENBURGEN, PETER SARSGAARD AND AMY BRENNEMAN. RANDA RETURNED TO SXSW IN 2022 WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘WHAT’S DONE IS DONE’, AN INCLUSIVE MUSIC VIDEO FOR DELTA SPIRIT. STARRING ZACK GOTTSAGEN (‘THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON’) AND JAMIE BREWER (‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’), TWO ACCLAIMED ACTORS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, THE VIDEO WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. RANDA IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT ON THE UPCOMING BIOPIC ‘THE DIGNITY OF RESISTANCE.’
Produced for XTR
A docu-branded story about Randy Lewis, a fifth generation dairy farmer from Alamance County, North Carolina and his struggles to keep a dying, independent dream alive.
Produced for New West Records
STARRING ZACK GOTTSAGEN (THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON) AND JAMIE BREWER (AMERICAN HORROR STORY), TWO ACCLAIMED ACTORS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, 'WHAT'S DONE IS DONE' WAS CREATED TO CHAMPION AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. 2022 SXSW - MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR - SHORTLIST 2022 BAMVF - IMPACTO SOCIAL - WINNER 2022 BAMVF - BEST NARRATIVE - SHORTLIST 2022 BERLIN - BEST PERFORMANCE - SHORTLIST 2022 NBFF - OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 DENVER - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Produced for The Positivity Project
THE POSITIVITY PROJECT HELPS SCHOOLS DEVELOP SELF-AWARE, EMPATHETIC STUDENTS BY CREATING A COMMON VOCABULARY. FILMED WITH REAL STUDENTS IN POTSDAM, NY AND WESTON, FL
VIMEO STAFF PICK A DARK, ORWELLIAN TWIST ON THE ADVENTURES OF MARTY MCFLY IN A COMING TOGETHER OF 'BACK TO THE FUTURE' AND '1984'.
Produced for New West Records
A MOSAIC OF AMERICANS IN ISOLATION. MAY 2020. REMOTELY DIRECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH 30 CINEMATOGRAPHERS AROUND THE NATION WHILE QUARANTINED IN LOS ANGELES. 'HOW BOUT IT' IS A CELEBRATION OF THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT OF FILMMAKING AND AN EXPERIMENT IN SAFELY NAVIGATING PRODUCTION DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 2021 Shots Creative Nominee: Music Video of the Year 2021 AMVF: Best Cinematography Nominee
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