Sarah Jessica Parker Music by Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams Our Inspiration Dir
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presents INSIDE & OUTWARDS DIRECTED BY EZRA HURWITZ NARRATED BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER MUSIC BY SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS OUR INSPIRATION IN QUARANTINE, MILLIONS OF US HAVE BEEN TRULY AND UTTERLY ALONE. TIME BLURS AS STRUCTURE AND STABILITY FADE BENEATH ENDLESS SILENCE AND POSTPONED PLANS. FEAR PERVADES IN THE ABSENCE OF CONTROL AND ANSWERS. IN ISOLATION, WE WERE INSPIRED TO CREATE IN AN EFFORT TO PROCESS OUR GRIEF, AS MEANS OF HUMAN CONNECTION, AND INSIDE & TO PROVIDE A VOICE FOR OTHERS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. WHILE WE MAY FEEL TRAPPED IN OUR HOMES, THERE’S A SILVER OUTWARDS EZRA HURWITZ EZRA LINING TO BE FOUND. A CHANCE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW, TO PUT YOURSELF ON CENTER DIR. STAGE - AND TO FIND TRUE COMFORT IN YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND YOURSELF. THIS FILM ENCOURAGES US TO LOVE OURSELVES - EMBRACE OUR INTERNAL STRUGGLES, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL CHALLENGES AROUND US. 3 hunterp rk 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 BEHIND THE SCENES IN ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY FILM, WE HAVE PRODUCED A BEHIND THE SCENES SHORT THAT DEMONSTRATES THE “NEW NORMAL” OF FILMING IN POST COVID-19 PRODUCTION. INSIDE & WITH UNPRECEDENTED INGENUITY, WE UTILIZED EVERYTHING FROM NEW RIGID SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND OUTWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES TO REMOTE CREATIVE EZRA HURWITZ EZRA COLLABORATIONS. DIR. INTIMATE CAST TESTIMONIALS, REVEALING THEIR PERSONAL QUARANTINE EXPERIENCES ARE WOVEN THROUGH THE “MAKING OF” TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THEIR JOURNEYS INSPIRED AND INFORMED OUR FILM. 6 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 NEW YORK CITY 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 THE TEAM EZRA HURWITZ BETHANIE SCHWARTZ & LAUREN TUTTMAN DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS I HUNTERPARK PRODUCTIONS HURWITZ IS AN AMERICAN FILMMAKER AND FORMER PROFESSIONAL BALLET DANCER. THEIR PRODUCING PARTNERSHIP HAS YIELDED MULTIPLE CANNES LIONS, INCLUDING HE’S DIRECTED SUCH ACCLAIMED ACTORS AS JULIA ROBERTS, EMMA STONE, ETHAN RON HOWARD’S ACCLAIMED PROJECT IMAGINATION, THE FIRST CAMPAIGN EVER TO BE HAWK, GLENN CLOSE, LAVERN COX, AND OLIVIA COLMAN; AND HAS CREATED FILMS FOR SHORT LISTED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD. THEIR SUCCESS TOGETHER DURING AGENCY BRANDS LIKE SMIRNOFF, ALDO,, CITIBANK, EQUINOX, TIFFANY & CO, AND THE NY TIMES. LIFE EVENTUALLY LED THEM TO LAUNCH HUNTERPARK IN 2018. THE COMPANY AIM IS HE’S DIRECTED WORK FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE GUGGENHEIM TO CREATE AND PRODUCE A DIVERSITY COMPELLING AND IMPACTFUL ORIGINAL MUSEUM, THE KENNEDY CENTER, AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE AND EVERYTOWN FOR CONTENT IN ADDITIONAL TO TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS. GUN SAFETY, AND BROADWAY SHOWS LIKE MOULIN ROUGE AND CHICAGO. INSIDE & MARISSA VELEZ SARAH JESSICA PARKER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OUTWARDS NARRATOR EZRA HURWITZ EZRA MARISSA VELEZ IS THE CEO/CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCER AND FILM MAKER AT PARKER IS AN AMERICAN ACTRESS, PRODUCER, AND DESIGNER, WELL KNOWN FOR HER DIR. MYTHOLOGIE PICTURES, A CREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED LEADING ROLE ON THE HBO SERIES SEX AND THE CITY FOR WHICH RECEIVED 2 EMMY IN NY AND LA. HER CAREER BEGAN AS A CREATIVE EXECUTIVE FOR BRANDS IN THE AWARDS, 4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS AND 3 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS. SHE HAS FASHION SPACE WHERE SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK AT RAG & BONE NEW ALSO STARRED IN OVER A DOZEN MAJOR MOTION PICTURES, AS WELL AS BROADWAY YORK AND RAG & BONE FILMS. MARISSA LIVES AND WORKS IN THE NEW YORK CITY PRODUCTIONS AND EPISODIC SERIES. IN 2005 SHE FOUNDED PRETTY MATCHES, WHICH CONTINUES TO PRODUCER CONTENT FOR HBO AND OTHER PLATFORMS. JUSTIN PECK CHOREOGRAPHER SUFJAN STEVENS PECK IS A TONY AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND RESIDENT COMPOSER CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE NY CITY BALLET. HE RECEIVED A 2018 TONY AWARD FOR THE STEVENS IS AN ACADEMY AWARD AND GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED SINGER BROADWAY REVIVAL OF CAROUSEL, AND PARTNERED WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG FOR THE 2021 SONGWRITER WITH SEVEN SOLO STUDIO ALBUMS AND MULTIPLE COLLABORATIVE REMAKE OF WEST SIDE STORY. RECORDS WITH MAJOR RECORDING ARTISTS. 13 THE TEAM GAUL PORAT MARY HOWARD CINEMATOGRAPHER ART DIRECTOR PORAT IS AN AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK FOR JOHNNIE HOWARD HAS BEEN CALLED “THE MOST PROLIFIC AND INFLUENTIAL SET DESIGNER SHAPING WALKER, THE NORTH FACE, GOOGLE AND CARTIER. FASHION IMAGES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS” (AMERICAN VOGUE). SHE IS THE LONG TIME SCENIC DESIGNER FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS STEVEN MEISEL, ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, PATRICK DEMARCHELIER, STEVEN KLEIN, MARIO TESTINO AND BRUCE WEBER AMONG OTHERS. WILL TOWN EDITOR GRIFFIN STODDARD TOWN IS ACCLAIMED FILM EDITOR AND FOUNDER OF MODERN POST. HE’S SHAPED GLOBAL PRODUCTION DESIGNER INSIDE & CAMPAIGNS FOR BRANDS LIKE CALVIN KLEIN, GIORGIO ARMANI, AND GUCCI, AND IS THE GRIFFIN IS A NEW YORK CITY BASED PRODUCTION DESIGNER AND DIRECTOR SPECIALIZING IN FASHION AND MUSIC VIDEO CONTENT. HIS VISUAL STYLE IS CHARACTERED BY GOTHIC, SURREAL RECIPIENT OF MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, WEBBY AWARDS, D&AD AWARDS, AND AICP POST AND DREAMLIKE QUALITIES. HIS BACKGROUND AS A PRODUCTION DESIGNER AND PERFORMER OUTWARDS AWARDS INCLUDING ‘BEST EDITING : FASHION AND BEAUTY 2020’. MANIFESTS IN BALANCE OF WORLD BUILDING, ATMOSPHERE AND CHARACTER EXPLORATION. EZRA HURWITZ EZRA RAPHAËL AJUELOS DIR. EZEQUIEL CONSOLI AUDIO ENGINEER CREATIVE DIRECTOR RAPHAËL IS A NYC-BASED SOUND DESIGNER AND MIXER ORIGINALLY FROM PARIS, BORN IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, EZEQUIEL MOVED TO NYC IN 2013 TO PURSUE A FRANCE. HE WORKS IN FILM, ADVERTISING AND TV, MOST NOTABLY ON NBC’S SATURDAY CAREER IN ADVERTISING AND DESIGN. HE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NON-PROFIT NIGHT LIVE. STREET ART COLLECTIVE @PRIDETRAIN AND HAS WORKED FOR AGENCIES SUCH AS MCCANN NY, MOTHER NY, FCB NY, AND DENTSU MCGARRYBOWEN WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY MARCEL DZAMA A SR. ART DIRECTOR. HE HAS WORKED FOR BRANDS LIKE VERIZON, BON VIB, MARCH FOR CONTRIBUTING FINE ARTIST OUR LIVES, MASTERCARD, AND UNITED AIRLINES, AMONG OTHERS DZAMA IS A VISUAL ARTIST REPRESENTED BY DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY. HE’S HELD SOLO KYLE HARRISON EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING IN LONDON, MUNICH, PARIS, NYC, AND HONG WRITER KONG. HIS WORK IS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY KYLE IS A WRITER AND MUSICIAN FROM NEW JERSEY AND CURRENTLY BASED IN LOS ART, LA; THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NY; GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NY; TATE GALLERY, ANGELES.