Christopher Messina

Фильмы

Stressed Out
Colorist
Short social directed, written, edited, and shot by John Paul Lopez-Ali
Editing
Cinematography
A woman is confronted by a stranger, who believes she’s been edited out of their story.
Pigface
Director of Photography
Short film written and directed by John Paul Lopez
Golden Arm
Cinematography
A tough lady trucker trains her girly best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.
Foreign Powers
Director of Photography
A nameless young woman recounts a peculiar dream, set in a mysterious fictional city and populated by her real-world friends and acquaintances, in Bingham Bryant’s vivid, precisely conceived exploration into the uncanny logic and banal strangeness of our subconscious wanderings.
Caterina
Cinematography
Caterina was born in South America but lives in New York. Her willingness to make close emotional connections to others is as much of a burden as it is a gift.
Четырнадцать
Director of Photography
На протяжении десятилетия состояние юной Джо ухудшается из-за нераспознанного психического заболевания или употребления наркотиков. Ее подруга пытается помочь ей, но иногда отстраняется ради собственного благополучия.
East of the River
Cinematography
When Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school, she encounters a girl from her past who takes her on an adventure through the city.
Alt-Right: Age of Rage
Director of Photography
In the first year of Trump’s Presidency, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, an Antifa activist, combats the rise of the Alt-Right movement, while Richard Spencer, an Alt-Right leader, fights to gain ground, culminating in a tragic showdown in Charlottesville.
Хорошее время
Camera Operator
После неудачного ограбления банка младший брат Константина Никаса попадает в тюрьму. Конни отправляется в причудливую одиссею, полную насилия и хаоса; у него есть одна ночь, чтобы попробовать обогнать время и спасти брата, а заодно и себя, оказавшегося на грани гибели.
The New Radical
Director of Photography
Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.
Dear Renzo
Director of Photography
Two young Argentines, brought together by chance, wander the streets of New York City, increasingly lost in a maze of currency exchange, translation problems, religious vocation and nocturnal flirtation.
Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident
Director of Photography
Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bourbon and scotch, setting off a years-long rivalry that climaxed in a stare-down during a tense Jets vs. Browns game and a couple well-placed stomach punches. In this short, Toback recounts the tale of his of his encounters with one of America's all-time great writers.
Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story
Camera Operator
The story of a man that earned his place as an innovator, motivator and legend in skateboarding that now creates inspiration and opportunity for a new generation. Cole's progression from humble neighborhood beginnings to the world of elite street skateboarding is revealed through recently discovered archival footage, presenting a skater that went on to achieve the highest amount of skate contest wins, a list of defining video parts, being twice selected as Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year, back-to-back X-Games gold medals, and becoming the 2013 Street League Super Crown World Champion
Бог знает что
Camera Operator
Почти документальная биографическая зарисовка жизни 21-летней Ариэль Холмс, молодой наркоманки, которая нашла безумную любовь на улицах Нью-Йорка.
The Day The Series Stopped
Additional Camera
On Oct. 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the ground began to shake beneath Candlestick Park. Even before that moment, this had promised to be a memorable matchup: the first in 33 years between teams from the same metropolitan area, a battle featuring larger-than-life characters and equally colorful fan bases. But after the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake rolled through, bringing death and destruction, the Bay Area pulled together, and baseball took a backseat.
For the Plasma
Director of Photography
For the Plasma begins in a remote house on the coast of Maine, where a young woman named Helen has found work as a forest-fire lookout responsible for monitoring the nearby woodland. While analyzing CCTV footage of the surrounding forest, she discovers she can reconfigure her perception to predict shifts in global financial markets. But when her inquisitive and demanding friend Charlie arrives at the house, Helen finds herself challenged and unsettled by her new colleague, and the two girls’ relationship begins to unravel. From this cryptic premise grows a lo-fi mind-bender of intimate scale and startling relevance that flirts with sci-fi and horror conventions, even as it subverts them. To the strains of an electronic score, For the Plasma juxtaposes pastoral imagery with surveillance technology, every shade and shadow captured in gorgeous 16mm.
Плыви, рыбка, плыви
Camera Operator
Ливорд пишет музыку для необычных музыкальных инструментов — игрушек своей маленькой дочурки. Лила занимается созданием клипов, но никак не может пробиться наверх и вынуждена скитаться по всевозможным мероприятиям в поисках спонсора. Встреча этих двух творческих людей поможет им реализовать все свои амбиции.