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a marine story
A Marine Story
Director: Ned Farr
Starring : Dreya Weber, Paris Pickard
A decorated Marine officer unexpectedly returns home from the war and is quickly recruited to help a troubled teen prepare for boot camp, but when the true reasons for her return become known it threatens the future for both of them.
A MARINE STORY highlights the absurdity of the military ban on gays through the personal story of one courageous woman.
Stephen Holden, New York Times:
“Weber anchors the movie with a gritty, honest performance that has the same to-the-bone quality as Melissa Leo’s in “Frozen River.” There’s not a false note or inflection… the film is as trusty and upstanding as its protagonist.”
Kevin Thomas, Los Angles Times:
“Dreya Weber is compelling and utterly convincing in writer-director Ned Farr’s “A Marine Story. The film is powerful…A worthy endeavor.”
San Francisco Chronicle:
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” is all over Frameline this year, and “Marine Story” is one of the winners, regardless of what happens with the official U.S. policy toward gays in the military. Dreya Weber plays Alex, a Marine major who’s been discharged for receiving suspect e-mails and returns to her hometown, where she struggles with coming out while being asked to help a rebellious teen named Saffron (Paris Pickard) to keep the girl out of jail. This film does not go where you might think it will go because it’s so credibly written, acted and directed. “Don’t ask, don’t tell”? How about “don’t miss this film.”
Variety:
A strong, character-driven riposte to “Don’t ask, don’t tell” that never descends into polemicism, shipshape indie drama “A Marine Story” finds a longtime servicewoman returned to home-front life against her will. There she finds several souls battling their own demons, which don’t make hers any easier to deal with — at first. This is an impartial look at U.S. military service that movingly commands respect for the personnel while requiring neither support nor assigning blame for the politics behind unpopular war efforts. Fall self-distribution is planned.
LA Weekly:
For their first film since winning the 2006 Outfest Audience Award for The Gymnast, writer-director Ned Farr and his wife, actress Dreya Weber, have made a huge artistic leap forward. Weber plays Alexandra, a Marine major who leaves the military and returns to her Mojave Desert hometown. She’s soon involved in the lives of the locals, none of whom know the real reason Alexandra left the Marines. While her secret doesn’t surprise, what is revelatory is the mature intelligence of Farr’s screenplay, and the fascinating, subtle beauty of Weber’s portrayal of a woman who’s been holding herself within for so long that she can barely breathe.
2010 Colorado Film Festival:
Grand Jury Prize: “A Marine Story”
Outfest:
Grand Jury Award for US Narrative Feature:
“A Marine Story”, Ned Farr
Grand Jury Award for Actress in a Feature Film:
Dreya Weber, “A Marine Story”
Audience Award for Narrative Feature:
“A Marine Story”, Ned Farr
2012
Cinematography
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saving lincoln
number 2
2012
Film, Cinematography
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president's song by adam arcuragi
Adam Arcuragi and the Lupine Chorale Society
By Honey&Mac
director: Kristian Hansen
director of photography: Alexandre Naufel
colorist: Faust Pierfederici
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Musicians and Chorus
Adam Arcuragi
Nick Tipp
Kathleen Rude
Megan Curran
Etan Rosenbloom
Grant Pardee
Matt Ingebretson
Megan Ritchie
Rafael Bustamante
Jared Varava
Polly Barrowman
Brienne Rose
Shaun Fleming
Alyssa Littman
Bryce Johnson
Laura Biel
Smokey the cat
Thanks
Adam Viera
Scott Allen Perry
2012
Film, Songwriting
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mcdonald’s "spare change"
McDonald’s I Spare Change
Junk Brothers
dir. Jason Moore
Shot on 35mm in Bulgaria
2012
Advertising, Cinematography
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white camelias
regrets of white camellias
2012
Film, Cinematography
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h.u.d. "fair lending"
H.U.D. I Fair Lending
dir. Steve Conner
Fluid Content
2012
Advertising, Film
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operation usa "haiti"
In October of 2010, I went to Haiti to gather images for Operation USA, an international relief agency that is rebuilding a school in Jacmel.
You can learn more here:
Operation USA
2012
Photography
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naughtigirl "OhMiBod"
Written + Directed + Edited by Jeff Consiglio
Director of Photography Alexandre E. Naufel
Starring Zoli
2012
Advertising
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mosaic opening "caveman"
Mosaic LA
Caveman
Agency Hein Mevissen
Writer Matt Riley, David Householter
Director Hein Mevissen
Production company John Doe Amsterdam, Bonkers
Producer Diederiekje Bok, Jan Jinek, Saskia Kok / Line Producer: Nicholas Simon, Leonardo Veras
Cinematographer Alexandre E Naufel
VisualFX Hectic Electric Amsterdam (Grading, VFX)
Sound Sven Budding / Studio L2
New movie logo for Mosaic.
Actor James Kirkland
2012
Cinematography
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tracey ullman's state of the union
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
director: Ian Karr
IKA COLLECTIVE / Showtime
2012
Advertising
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the music box: a shantytown sound library
The New Orleans Airlift presents The Music Box: A Shantytown Sound Library.
Short teaser edit of the opening night performance, October 22, 2011.
Filmed and Edited by TungstenMonkey
Director - Kristian P. Hansen
Producer - Bryan Bailey
Director of Photography - Alex Naufel
2012
Documentary, Film, Street Art
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a morning with gold in its mouth
When Meriem, a young Moroccan woman, receives a visa to study photography in the U.S., she feels her future opening up. Despite her savings, she needs help from her family to make the trip. Her mother’s small savings, however, have been promised to Meriem’s grandmother for a religious pilgrimage to Mecca. Meriem’s good news raises questions among three generations of women who must try to balance a respect for tradition with a hope for the future.
Director: Samuel Dowe-Sandes
Producer: Omar Darouiche
Cast: Maria Lalouaz, Salma el Wouihrani, Fadila Benmoussa
Editor: Morgan R. Stiff
Original Music: César Benito
2012
Film
