I love mockumentaries. I couldn’t resist the chance to write, direct and act in my short: THE CROSSING GUARD, which was inspired by my 6 week stint volunteering at my kids’ school. I nearly lost my life. So, y’know, I made a movie about. 90% of what you see truly happened. And no, I didn’t name my kids after cocktails.

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MY FIRST FEATURE FILM released: FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. (Trailer below).

In 2021 my daughter and I created a short animated film called DAD STORIES. More to come!

I produced HEY DAD in partnership with our BraveMaker screenwriting workshop.

In 2020 I wrote and directed: Killer Couch.

In 2017 I released NEIGHBOR.

In 2015, my film 1440 and Counting did the festival circuit.

In 2018 I wrote/directed/produced the music video SUMMER LOVE by Becky Alex.

WATCH BEHIND THE SCENES.

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LYDIA ISNANTO VLOG EPISODE 52 NOVEMBER 2017 - REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA We have finished all the 3 hectic Days of filming #SelfieFilm ... Lots of unplanned and unexpected things happened on the set, yet all the last minute changes turned out to be the most perfect plan, more than we could imagine.

 

I wrote this live action short film specifically based on the location. It was near my house and had recently gone out of business. We shot the film in ONE day. Fun little story that I had a friend work with me on the animation for the opening and closing credits! Enjoy.

New poster for my film NEIGHBOR!

Our  1440 stars Loretta Devine and Jeremy Ray Valdez were phenomenal!

All in the family—my wife (below) got in front of the camera for a photo shoot.

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In early 2012, I acted in the short film and produced: Enemy of Mine. (TRT: 5:30)

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In a post-apocalyptic time, a husband and wife struggle to survive, as does their marriage. Written, shot and edited in 48 hours for the Producers Guild of America Weekend Shorts Contest, 2011.

Later in  2012, I produced Roman's Way, in which I also acted in and helped write. (TRT: 10:55).

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Created for the 168 Film Festival, 2012. We were given a bible verse, ten days to write the script and do all the planning, and then seven days (or 168 hours) to shoot and edit the piece. My team's bible verse was Romans 4:16. Crew- Director: Kerwin Kuniyoshi Writers: Kerwin Kuniyoshi and Tony Gapastione Director of Photography: Jerry Yoon Post Supervisor: Jeremy Milford Editor: Julien de Benedictus Composer: Dan Nachtrieb 1st AD: Ned Kopp Cast- Roman: Tony Gapastione Abel: Joshua Galloway Father: Mike Esposito Young Roman: Isaac Woldt Young Abel: Jonah Gorski

My first short film was in early 2011, called: ​Tester. I got to create the story and both serve as Actor/Producer. It was a HUGE learning experience. There are SO many things I would do different, but the most important thing is, we completed it. It’s not perfect and in fact, there are glitches I was unable to change but I consider it my film school.

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