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Have your story told by multi-faceted artists coming from years of experience...
Behind-the-scenes photo of Nadia Ibrahim, Cody Hilliard, Sam Casey, and Josh Leftwich after the set of "Jeppson's Malort: FTBM (For Those Bitter Moments)." Sam holds a glass of Malort, Cody holds the Arri 16mm SRII film camera, they all sit next to a record player
Chris Higgins smiling while recording voice over into a Shure SM7B in front of a Budweiser beer in the podcast room of The Laugh Factory for "The Laugh Factory Prayer" in the "Laughing Since '79" commercial advertisement, preshow presentation, and parody of the AMC Theaters Nicole Kidman "We Make Movies Better" Advertisement for The Laugh Factory by Carpe Noctem Films
Sam Casey holding a peace sign with a handlebar mustache and 90s patterned jacket behind Buddy Love, wearing a red shirt with a hand over his chest, both acting on a dark set for the band Sex Tape's music video "Long Drag"
Ryder Sutton, Thomas Blanks, and a bearded Sam Casey with a farmer's tan and a muscle shirt, holding an Arri 16mm SRII film camera in front of an actor wearing motorcycle gear and a helmet on the set of "Forgive Me Father" with clear skies in Denton, Texas
Still of Greg Kennedy laughing on the alley way set in the "Laughing Since '79" commercial advertisement, preshow presentation, and parody of the AMC Theaters Nicole Kidman "We Make Movies Better" advertisement for The Laugh Factory by Carpe Noctem Films
Sam Casey hunched in front of a fogged lighting setup in a car garage and holding up rock signs on the set of "All the Same"
Claire Sundbye smiling and covered in fake blood in the alley way on the set of the "Laughing Since '79" commercial advertisement, preshow presentation, and parody of the AMC Theaters Nicole Kidman "We Make Movies Better" advertisement for The Laugh Factory by Carpe Noctem Films
Sam Casey smiling in the middle of a derelict abandoned hotel hallway at sunset, filming for The Baker Hotel's renovation process in 2019 in Mineral Wells, Texas. The light casting becomes very contrasted in the hotel at times of dawn and dusk.
Sam Casey submerged in a pool along with a GH4 on a tripod in front of him with only the tripod submerged while filming the movie "Mile High" in 2017. There is a rock facade in the background.
Sam Casey wearing a turquoise and purple jacket and wearing a white and red trucker cap in front of a green screen, with his arms over another board of green screen, holding his hands up in an "I don't know" position, filming an application for The Harold Ramis Film School (Now The Second City Film School) at Santa Fe University of Art and Design in New Mexico in 2016
Jeffrey Jay, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Sam Casey posing for a picture on the Zanies Chicago stage after filming her standup special
Sam Casey wearing a COVID mask holding a Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K on a DJI Ronin-S stabilizer in a UV blacklight lit arcadeon the set of "Menticide"
Sam Casey filming on a Panasonic EVA-1 on a tripod for The Baker Hotel's renovation process in 2018 in Mineral Wells, Texas
A Canon 814XL-S Super 8mm camera on a tripod with Ernest Kabashi in the background in 2023 on a rooftop an untitled upcoming project
...or let them help you tell your story, on your set.
Services offered include producing; directing; cinematography; film composition, music production, live and post-music mixing; visual effects (VFX); color correction and grading; film editing; assembling teams for on-set camera, lighting, and sound departments; script writing and analysis; casting; acting; spatial audio and design; graphics; subtitling; and titling.
Thomas Blanks hunched over an Arri 16SRII 16mm film camera and a bearded Sam Casey behind him on the set of "Forgive Me Father" in Denton, Texas
With Mark Rawlings and other renovation inspectors in the bell tower of The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas
Casey with Cassidy Nicole Wiedman, Madison Avery Pine, and Seth Aaron Barton acting on a dinner set for "The Gift"
Sam Casey holding a camera out of a window with wind blowing through his long hair, on the set of "Knife Fight" in Chicago in 2018
Casey holding tape measure for measuring distance from the film plane indicator to the subject while a shirtless man kicks a man dressed in black full motorcycle gear and helmet on the set of "Forgive Me Father" in Denton, Texas
Marshall Leming, Shawn Khounphithack, Sam Casey, and Tom Johnson on The Clean Boys. Sam holds up a goat head for rack focus from the object to his face.
Mikala Scheel and Cody Hilliard on a diner set in "What Could Be" in Chicago
Filming the restoration process for The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas on a Panasonic EVA-1
Check out some of our works from the past!
Many of our films are in the festival and pre-distribution process,
but can be requested for narrative inquiries.
Menticide - 2020
Anterograde - 2017
What Could Be - 2019
Poster for Anterograde
Poster for Menticide
Poster for The Gift
Poster for Progressor
From left to right: Madison Pine, Zach Moore, and Sam Casey promoting Menticide at The Longhorn Film Festival in Texas
Buddy Love and Sam Casey with an award shaped like a film reel for Best Cinematography at the Reel East Texas Film Festival for their work on "Kingdom Come."
Garrett Avey and Buddy Love, photo by Sam Casey on the set of "Kingdom Come" in the kitchen of The Casey Ranch at night, with film lights illuminating them.
Sam Casey lit by flashlight in The Baker Hotel at night before the renovation process, 2016
Sam Casey on the balcony of The Cloud Room of The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas 2019
Sam Casey holding a Panasonic EVA-1 in the Main Lobby of The Baker Hotel, 2019 with a potato-quality selfie
Sam Casey with a handlebar mustache, a cowboy hat, and an orange-and-red plaid button-down shirt, petting a blind white horse with black speckles and no eyes, with Jozey Jezek on the set of "The GIft," 2022
