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DIRECTED BY EZRA HURWITZ NARRATED BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER MUSIC BY SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS OUR INSPIRATION DIR. EZRA HURWITZ TO CREATE IN AN EFFORT TO PROCESS OUR GRIEF, AS MEANS OF HUMAN CONNECTION, AND AND CONNECTION, HUMAN OF MEANS AS GRIEF, OUR PROCESS TO EFFORT AN IN CREATE TO INSPIRED WERE WE ISOLATION, IN ANSWERS. AND CONTROL OF ABSENCE THE IN PERVADES FEAR PLANS. AS POSTPONED AND SILENCE BLURS STABILITYBENEATHENDLESS FADEAND STRUCTURE TIME ALONE. UTTERLY AND TRULY BEEN HAVE US OF MILLIONS QUARANTINE, IN HS IM NORGS S O OE USLE - MRC OR NENL STRUGGLES, INTERNAL OUR EMBRACE WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL CHALLENGES AROUND US. - OURSELVES LOVE TO US ENCOURAGES FILM THIS THESE STAGE - AND TO DURING HEALTH MENTAL CENTER ON YOURSELF PUTNEW, TO SOMETHING LEARN TO ACHANCE SILVERFOUND. BE TO LINING A WITH THERE’S HOMES, OUR STRUGGLING IN TRAPPED FEEL MAY OTHERS WE WHILE TIMES. FOR UNPRECEDENTED VOICE A PROVIDE TO

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INSIDE & & INSIDE OUTWARDS ABOUT THE FILM

“INSIDE & OUTWARDS” IS NARRATED BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER, WITH MUSIC BY SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS, AND CHOREOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN PECK. CELEBRATING A POIGNANTLY DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF EXPERIENCE, THE FILM FEATURES 10 ACCLAIMED ARTISTS

FROM FILM, TELEVISION, BROADWAY AND BALLET, IN AN INSIDE & ANTHEMIC STORY OF PERSONAL TRIUMPH IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY. OUTWARDS

EZRA HURWITZ EZRA THE PANDEMIC HAS TESTED OUR STRENGTH, AND

DIR. RECOVERY IS STILL IN MOTION.. WE SEE THE FILM AS A LOVE LETTER TO THE INDIVIDUAL - BOTH IN AMERICA’S MOST POPULOUS CITY, AND AROUND THE GLOBE - INSPIRING EACH OF US TO BE OUR OWN HEROES, AND TAKE COMFORT AND PRIDE IN OUR RESILIENCE. WE MAY ALL BE IN THIS TOGETHER, BUT THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THIS ALONE IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED.

4 THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY DIR. EZRA HURWITZ BEHIND THESCENES JOURNEYS INSPIRED AND INFORMEDOURFILM. THEIR HOW ILLUSTRATE TO OF” “MAKING THE THROUGH WOVEN ARE EXPERIENCES QUARANTINE PERSONAL THEIR REVEALING TESTIMONIALS, CAST INTIMATE CREATIVE REMOTE COLLABORATIONS. TO MEASURES DISTANCING SOCIAL AND PROTOCOLS SAFETY RIGID NEW FROM EVERYTHING UTILIZED WE INGENUITY, UNPRECEDENTED WITH COVID-19PRODUCTION. POST IN FILMING OF NORMAL” “NEW THE DEMONSTRATES THAT SHORT SCENES THE BEHIND IN ADDITION TO PRIMARYTHE HAVEWE FILM, PRODUCED A

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INSIDE & & INSIDE OUTWARDS COVID PRODUCTION EXECUTION

IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, PRODUCTION COMPANIES HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING AND ELEVATING THE INTEGRITY OF THE CREATIVE VISION WHILE ALSO BEING VIGILANT ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THOSE PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN ON SET PRODUCTION. HUNTERPARK STAYED WELL AHEAD OF ALL HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES, NOT JUST FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STATE AND INSIDE & LOCAL OFFICIALS BUT OPTIMIZING ON SET PROCEDURES. OUTWARDS PIVOTING FROM TRADITIONAL PREP WE RELIED ON VIRTUAL MEETINGS TO

EZRA HURWITZ EZRA GUIDE THE PROCESS. FROM CHOREOGRAPHY AND REHEARSALS BETWEEN

DIR. JUSTIN PECK, EZRA AND THE ACTORS TO FITTINGS AND SAFETY MEETINGS WITH CREW WE ADAPTED.

HAVING STARTED THE PROCESS IN EARLY APRIL WE PREPARED ALL THE TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS OF PRODUCTION WHILE NAVIGATING ALL OF THE VARIABLES FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE CAST AND CREW. READY TO GO AT A MOMENTS NOTICE ONCE WE HAD THE GREEN LIGHT FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO WE MOVED FORWARD INTO PRODUCTION.

7 PRODUCTION DESIGN PRODUCTION DESIGN

PRODUCTION DESIGN WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEGENDARY MARY HOWARD, WHO GENEROUSLY FABRICATED A STRIKING MENAGERIE OF SPACES FROM WITHIN HER OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MATERIALS. INSIDE &

THE ROOMS WERE EACH STYLED TO BE A VISUAL

MANIFESTATION OF OUR CHARACTER’S UNIQUE OUTWARDS PERSONALITIES AND QUARANTINE EXPERIENCES. WE EZRA HURWITZ EZRA TURNED LIVING SPACES INSIDE OUT, CREATING A STUNNING DIR. VISUAL JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN INTIMATE PERSONAL INTERIORS AND A LIBERATING EXTERIOR CONTEXT. THE ABSENCE OF WALLS GRANTS US AN INTIMATE AND UNOBSTRUCTED PERSPECTIVE, WHILE ALLOWING OUR ON SCREEN CHARACTERS TO EMOTIONALLY TRANSCEND THE CONFINES OF THEIR LIVING SPACES.

9 THE CAST THE CAST

SARA MEARNS @saramearns ROBERT FAIRCHILD @robbiefairchild MEARNS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CLASSICAL BALLERINA, FAIRCHILD IS A TONY AWARD NOMINATED ACTOR AND DANCER, AND FORMER AND PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE BALLET PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE NYC BALLET. HE STARRED IN AMERICAN IN PARIS ON BROADWAY, AND PLAYED THE ROLE OF MUNKUSTRAP IN THE 2019 FILM CATS

DHARON JONES @dharonejones BRIANNA LANCE @breeze_lance JONES IS AN AMERICAN ACTOR, RECENTLY ORIGINATING THE ROLE OF RIFF LANCE IS CREATIVE DIRECTOR, VISUAL ARTIST AND INFLUENCER.

IN THE CURRENT 2020 BROADWAY REVIVAL OF WEST SIDE SIDE STORY INSIDE & OUTWARDS EMMA PORTNER @emmaportner JASMINE RICE @jasminericenyc

EZRA HURWITZ EZRA PORTNER IS A DANCER, ACCLAIMED CHOREOGRAPHER, AND LGBTQ ACTIVIST. JASMINE RICE IS A KOREAN AMERICAN DRAQ QUEEN, AND MEMBER OF THE

DIR. SHE IS MARRIED TO ACTRESS ELLEN PAIGE. VOGUE HOUSE OF LABEIJA

CARLOS GONZALEZ @cgonzalezcuba GONZALEZ IS A CUBAN AMERICAN ACTOR. HE’LL BE STARRING IN STEVEN EHLIE LUNA @ehlieluna SPIELBERG’S 2021 REMAKE OF WEST SIDE STORY. HE HAS APPEARED ON LUNA IS AN MAKEUP ARTIST, MUSICIAN, AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER BROADWAY IN IN THE HEIGHTS, ON YOUR FEET, AND CURRENTLY IN THE 2020 BROADWAY REVIVAL OF WEST SIDE STORY MAIRA BARRIGA @mairabarriga BARRIGA IS A COLUMBIAN JAPANESE PAINTER, AND A MODEL WITH WILHELMINA GABRIEL KANE DAY-LEWIS @gabrielkane MODELS. SHE IS ALSO A FORMER PROFESSIONAL BALLERINA WITH THE MIAMI DAY-LEWIS IS A AMERICAN MODEL AND SINGER SONGWRITER. HE IS THE SON OF ACTOR DANIEL DAY LEWIS CITY BALLET.

11 THE TEAM DIR. EZRA HURWITZ EE SL SUI ABM AD UTPE COLLABORATIVE MULTIPLE AND ALBUMS STUDIO SINGER RECORDS WITH MAJORRECORDING ARTISTS. NOMINATED SOLO AWARD SEVEN GRAMMY WITH AND SONGWRITER AWARD ACADEMY AN IS STEVENS COMPOSER SUFJAN STEVENS CONTINUES TO PRODUCERCONTENT FORHBO AND OTHERPLATFORMS. MATCHES,PRETTY WHICH HAS FOUNDED SHE 2005 IN SERIES. EPISODIC PRODUCTIONS AND SHE BROADWAY AS WELL AWARDS. AS PICTURES, GUILD MOTION MAJOR DOZEN ACTORS HER A OVER SCREEN IN FOR STARRED 3 ALSO AND KNOWN AWARDS WELL GLOBE GOLDEN 4 DESIGNER, AWARDS, AND EMMY 2 RECEIVED WHICH FOR CITY PRODUCER, THE AND SEX SERIES HBO THE ON ROLE LEADING ACTRESS, AMERICAN AN IS PARKER NARRATOR SARAH JESSICA PARKER FOR GUN SAFETY, EVERYTOWNAND BROADWAY GUGGENHEIM SHOWSLIKEMOULINROUGE AND AND CHICAGO. THEATRE THE BALLET AMERICAN INCLUDING CENTER, KENNEDY INSTITUTIONS THE MUSEUM, CULTURAL FOR WORK DIRECTED HE’S SMIRNOFF,LIKE BRANDS TIFFANYEQUINOX, CO, CITIBANK, NYTIMES. & ALDO,, THE AND ETHAN STONE, HAWK,LAVERN EMMACLOSE, GLENN COX, OLIVIAAND COLMAN; CREATEDHAS AND FOR ROBERTS,FILMS JULIA AS ACTORS ACCLAIMED SUCH DIRECTED HE’S DANCER. BALLET PROFESSIONAL FORMER AND FILMMAKER AMERICAN AN IS HURWITZ DIRECTOR EZRA HURWITZ THE TEAM 13

REMAKE OFWEST SIDESTORY. THE FOR AWARD TONY 2018 A RECEIVED BROADWAYREVIVAL HE CAROUSEL, OF BALLET.PARTNEREDAND FOR SPIELBERG STEVEN WITH 2021 THE CITY NY THE OF CHOREOGRAPHER RESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER, WINNING AWARD TONY A IS PECK NEW BONE CHOREOGRAPHER & RAG AT JUSTIN PECK WORK HER FOR KNOWN BEST IS SHE YORK AND RAG&BONEFILMS.MARISSA LIVES AND WORKSIN THE NEW YORK CITY WHERE THE IN SPACE BRANDS FOR EXECUTIVE CREATIVEFASHION A AS BEGAN CAREER HER LA. AT AND NY MAKER IN FILM BASED COMPANY AND PRODUCTION ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER CREATIVE A PICTURES, CEO/CO-FOUNDER, MYTHOLOGIE THE IS VELEZ MARISSA EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARISSA VELEZ CONTENT IN ADDITIONAL TO TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS. ORIGINAL IMPACTFUL AND COMPELLING ADIVERSITY PRODUCE CREATE AND TO LIFE EVENTUALLY LED THEM TO LAUNCHHUNTERPARK IN2018. THE COMPANY AIM IS SHORT LISTEDFOR AN ACADEMY AWARD. THEIR SUCCESS TOGETHER DURING AGENCY RON HOWARD’S ACCLAIMED PROJECT IMAGINATION, THE FIRST CAMPAIGN EVER TO BE THEIR PRODUCINGPARTNERSHIP HAS YIELDED MULTIPLE CANNESLIONS,INCLUDING EXECUTIVE PRODUCERSIHUNTERPARK PRODUCTIONS BETHANIE SCHWARTZ &LAURENTUTTMAN

INSIDE & & INSIDE OUTWARDS DIR. EZRA HURWITZ PORAT IS AN AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK FOR JOHNNIE FOR WORK HIS PORATFOR CINEMATOGRAPHERIS AN KNOWN AMERICAN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER GAUL PORAT R, A TE UEM F OEN R, Y GGEHI MSU, Y TT GALLERY, TATE NY; MUSEUM, GUGGENHEIM NY; ART, LONDON, AMONG OTHERS. MODERN OF MUSEUM THE LA; ART, HONG AND CONTEMPORARY OF MUSEUM THE INCLUDING NYC, COLLECTIONS MUSEUM IN IS PARIS,WORK HIS KONG. MUNICH, LONDON, SOLO IN HELD INCLUDING INTERNATIONALLY, HE’S GALLERY. EXHIBITIONS ZWIRNER DAVID BY REPRESENTED ARTIST VISUAL A IS DZAMA CONTRIBUTING FINE ARTIST MARCEL DZAMA PARIS, NIGHT LIVE. FROM ORIGINALLY MIXER AND DESIGNER FILM, IN WORKS ADVERTISINGHE FRANCE. AND TV,MOSTNOTABLY SATURDAY SOUND NBC’S ON NYC-BASED A IS RAPHAËL AUDIO ENGINEER RAPHAËL AJUELOS 2020’. BEAUTY AND FASHION : EDITING ‘BEST THE INCLUDING AWARDS IS AND POST GUCCI, AICP AWARDS,AND D&AD AWARDS,WEBBY AND AWARDS,MUSIC ARMANI, VIDEO MTV GIORGIO OF RECIPIENT KLEIN, CALVIN GLOBAL LIKE SHAPED HE’S BRANDS POST. FOR MODERN CAMPAIGNS OF FOUNDER AND EDITOR FILM ACCLAIMED IS TOWN EDITOR WILL TOWN CARTIER. AND GOOGLE FACE, NORTH THE WALKER,

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NEE. E S H CETR F H NW OK AE SRE AT PROJECT, ART STREET BASED YORK NEW THE OF LOS IN CREATOR BASED CURRENTLY THE @ONTHISCORNER. HE WORKS AS A AND COPYWRITER FORRPA ADVERTISING. IS JERSEY NEW HE FROM MUSICIAN ANGELES. AND WRITER A IS KYLE WRITER FOR MARCH KYLE HARRISON VIB, BON VERIZON, LIKE BRANDS FOR WORKED HAS OUR LIVES,MASTERCARD, AND UNITED AIRLINES, AMONG OTHERS HE AS SUCH DIRECTOR. AGENCIES ART SR. FOR A WORKED HAS AND NY,MCCANN NY,MOTHER NY,FCB @PRIDETRAIN CURRENTLY IS HE MCGARRYBOWENWHERE DENTSU AND COLLECTIVE A ART PURSUE STREET TO 2013 NON-PROFIT IN THE OF FOUNDERS THE NYC OF ONE IS TO HE DESIGN. AND ADVERTISING IN MOVED CAREER EZEQUIEL ARGENTINA, AIRES, BUENOS IN BORN CREATIVE DIRECTOR EZEQUIEL CONSOLI SURREAL GOTHIC, BY CHARACTERED IS PERFORMER STYLE AND MANIFESTS INBALANCEOFWORLDBUILDING, DESIGNER ATMOSPHERE AND CHARACTEREXPLORATION. PRODUCTION VISUAL A AS HIS BACKGROUND HIS QUALITIES. CONTENT. DREAMLIKE AND VIDEO MUSIC IN SPECIALIZING AND DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER FASHION PRODUCTION BASED CITY YORK NEW A IS GRIFFIN PRODUCTION DESIGNER GRIFFIN STODDARD SCENIC TIME LONG THE IS SHE STEVEN KLEIN,MARIO TESTINO VOGUE). AND BRUCEWEBER AMONG OTHERS. DEMARCHELIER, PATRICK LEIBOVITZ, (AMERICAN MEISEL, STEVEN YEARS” PHOTOGRAPHERS 20 FOR DESIGNER LAST THE SHAPING OVER DESIGNER SET IMAGES INFLUENTIAL AND FASHION PROLIFIC MOST “THE CALLED BEEN HAS HOWARD ART DIRECTOR MARY HOWARD

INSIDE & & INSIDE OUTWARDS DIR. EZRA HURWITZ LAYOUT TITLEAND DESIGN - BRETT WARKENTIEN PR CONSULTANT - KIRSTEN SCHUBERT STRATEGY CONSULTANT - BRIDGETTE NIELSON VFX ARTIST - SEMERAD JOHNNIE COLORIST - SOFIE BORUP ASSISTANT EDITOR FRIEDMAN - LAUREN CASSELL POST- SARAH PRODUCER LIFT OPERATOR - BRAULIO MOZ PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - KARA MICHELIN PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - IAN MICHELIN COVID SPECIALIST I MEDIC - LEO VANEGAS SET ASSISTANT - GIORGI MIAVANDADZE SET- EMMETDRESSER PAGE SET- MICHELLEDRESSER JOHNSON SET- MEGAN NISHIYAMADRESSER WARDROBE STYLIST - REBECCA DENNETT GAFFER - ROMMEL GENCIANA 1ST - CHANG AC JASMINE OPERATORSTEADICAM - CALVIN FALK PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - LIAM CHRISTOFFERS - LINEOLIVIA PRODUCER KAVANAUGH SUPERVISING - MIKE MICHELINPRODUCER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORNAMI-NYC - MATT KUDISH THE TEAM ICREW 15 A SPECIAL THANK YOU YOU THANK SPECIAL A OKD O RN TI FL T LF WHILE NEED LIFE IN TO THOSE TO RESOURCES FILM SUPPORT PROVIDING THIS BRING TO WORKED NAMI-NYC SCHEIMPFLUG MODERN POST US AT THEIR PICTURESQUEROOFTOP LOCATION HOSTING TO ADDITION IN PROPS. ARTAND WITH STUDIOS HOOK OUTWARDS. & INSIDE TO ANDPASSION TIME THEIR DONATING GENEROUSLY FOR CREW CAST AND ENTIRE THE STEVENS AND CREW & CAST U AAIG ATES WHO PARTNERS AMAZING OUR INCREDIBLEEDITORIAL TEAM FOR CAMERA RENTAL EQUIPMENT SARAH JESSICA PARKER, SUFJAN PARKER,JESSICA SARAH

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INSIDE & & INSIDE OUTWARDS WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE FILM AND ARE INSPIRED TO PARTNER WITH US AND HELP TELL OUR STORY.

FOR ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] 516 241 0763.

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