Four Eyed Monsters Screening – Q+A with Co-Director Arin Crumley

Meet the Filmmaker, learn about the film, and what’s happening now. Produced by Gallery Gachet, sponsored by Cineworks Independent Filmmakers’ Society and Fearless Media. Join us for some bevvies food and conversation after the screening.

Awards & Achievements:
-Created film in 14 months using credit cards.
-World Premiered @ Slamdance 2005
-Attended 20 film festivals in first 9 months.
-Special Audience Award @ SXSW 2005
-Best New Directors Brooklyn International
-Launched video podcast the day
the video iPod was announced.
-Video Podcast promoted by MySpace & iTunes.
-In 1 year of posting episodes 1 to 8 over 1 million views garnered.
-Theatrical self release to 6 major markets using Google Map have fans sign up and pull film to their city.
-2 Spirit Award Nominations n 2006.
-Won Undiscovered Gems Showcase Sundance Channel Audience Award in 2006
-First feature film event in Second Life
-First Feature Film Uploaded to YouTube

Arin Crumley, Co-Director:
At the age of 16, long before digital was a viable means of filmmaking, Arin Crumley began messing around with his first low-res digital video equipment. Now, Wallstreet Journal lists Arin among the top 20 new media moguls. Not only is he shooting all his work in digital, but he has become his own distributor, and launched an online media channel, featuring his video podcast.

In 2003, Arin and his longtime co-director/collaborator, Susan Buice, began their multi-media project: Four Eyed Monsters (their feature film, video podcast, and all their other work is associates with this title). Since then, the film has become a cult phenomenon. It played in over 20 film festivals, was nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards, screened theatrically in major cities across the nation, and garnered critical acclaim across the board – all the while, managed and distributed by its own creators.

Meanwhile, the whole concept of video podcasts and online media was just coming of age. Arin saw the potential and produced his own Four Eyed Monsters episodic series. At this point, in 2005, high-end filmmaking online was relatively unheard of. On its release, everyone from New York Times to Myspace lauded its innovation and noted its success with online audiences. Despite its technological novelty, the podcast stands alone as a uncommon cinematic achievement of sophistication and insight. To date, the podcast has generated a following of roughly 2 million views. At age 26, Arin Crumley travels often, giving speeches on the changing media landscape.

Co-sponsored with Cineworks