I had the pleasure of making this for The Lunachick’s Gina Volpe. Please watch, don’t touch your face and SHARE!
Directed by: Leah Shore
Animation by: Leah Shore and Rob Yulfo
Music by: Gina Volpe
Produced by: Cyndy Villano
Associate Producer: Lola RocknRolla
Watch my preshow before you watch the movie, heck have you and your pals watch it before you Netflix Party hard to this classic beaut! There’s a ton of fun easter eggs and info about the Chiodo Bros, the film and inspo in it. ENJOY!
Proud to have hosted a 35MM screening at the Alamo Drafthouse of one of my favorite films, Killer Klowns from Outerspace. It’s Directed, Written, Klown Acted by the Chiodo Brothers and I even edited together the 30 minute preshow- watch it here.
I dressed up like sweet cotton candy not to be mistaken for sperm at the event and I think it went very well, almost as if I was in the movie???
“To be awarded to one or more Rooftop Films alumni filmmakers to help them to complete a short film that communicates the power of hope, collaboration and togetherness to make positive change. ” -Rooftop Films
Wow. Welp. I just got awarded a grant from the wonderful Rooftop Films, thank you! I will be making a short doc about my mother, Susan Frost and what she does for a living. She’s an ocularist, she makes artificial eyes, meaning she hand sculpts, paints and molds the eye for her patients. It’s intimate. It’s emotional and she literally changes the patients life. I cannot wait to make this film and am thankful my mom is down to make it as well! Thank goodness for artists as parents! YAY!
Variety post:
Rooftop post:
https://www.rooftopfilms.com/filmmakers-fund-grantees/
Well. This happened. It’s been like a surreal dream…
The film I produced with an amazing team in 2012 narrated by the one and only, recently passed, Charles Manson, OLD MAN will be distributed by the infamous Criterion Channel’s FilmStruck. It will play before Dennis Hopper’s feature debut, Easy Rider. It is a rather perfect pairing.
1969 saw the release of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider and the media circus ignited by the Manson murders, two seismic cultural events that cast a shadow on the freewheeling good vibes of the hippie era. This program brings together two films that capture the spirit of that chaotic year. In the 2012 experimental documentary Old Man, Brooklyn-based artist Leah Shore combines eye-popping animation with never-before-heard phone calls that Charles Manson made from jail to the infamous cult leader and Canadian author Marlin Marlin M. Marynick. In his directorial debut, Hopper created one of the great American road movies, a counterculture sensation that mixed New Wave-inspired aesthetics, a bold rock soundtrack, and star-making performances by Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.
*Premiering on the Chanel this month *make sure to watch out for a lil interview by yours truly!
Thank you to my crew: Jonathan Seligson Marlin M. Marynick Michaela OlsenLiesje KraaiMel Loyola AgostoIsam S. PradoAlec Henninger and to The Criterion Collection crew, Penelope Rose Bartlett and the FilmStruck!! THANK YOU! OH also, Dennis Hopper RIP and Charles Manson, thank you for your voice and making this film possible.
For more information contact:
REP:
Eva Dickerman at Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment eva@op-ent.com
or
PERSONAL:
leah@leahshore.com
THANK YOU!
Hey! I did the 2D animation in the Netflix Doc Take Your Pills. Go watch it! It is really good. It is on Netflix and if you don’t have it go ask your mom or a friend for a pw. Kay, bye.
I was interviewed on a podcast! I talk about everything from boobs, my new film Funeral to my mom! YAY! Thanks Tin Can for the interview!
http://www.tincan.media/kof/2018/02/18/leah-shore-talks-about-animating-the-world-around-her/
We produced my favorite episode this week of How It Went Down featuring Sam Smith. The animation reflects the background and what he is talking about: breakups, heartbreak, choirs, music and flowers! I absolutely loved working on this and want to explore more visual pieces like this. If you didn’t know, we produce an episode a WEEK! YES, a week! I know, we are fab. It could not be done without the fabulously talented Billboard crew, THANK YOU!
I had the pleasure of Directing Bella Thorne and Prince Fox for Billboard and then animating on top of the edited piece. Assisting animation by Peter Gulsvig and produced by Jessica Rovniak for the series How It Went Down. I have been working on the entire series by the way, so you should probably watch all the episodes*
Billboard: Bella Thorne and Prince Fox
Proud to say that I have been involved in two pilots at Tribeca. It is the first year that they have pilots and they chose three! :O
The EYESLICER…I directed the bumpers and a short (Cookies (unsure if it is actually in the episode that plays at Tribeca, but it is in fact in the show))
and
Onur Turkels
Black Magic for White Boys where I act in it. I play Leah the intern.
I had the pleasure of writing (and singing like a little girl) a HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR song for Sesame Street/ music video directed by Lizzi Akana, Music Composed by the amazing Fritz Mysers! Hire us.
WATCH IT. SHARE IT. EAT DUMPLINGS, ORANGES, OODLES OF NOODLES…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2weW4Py1slM
I am posting my test for the new Powerpuff Girls TV show. This was the first storyboard I have ever done. I had so much fun coming up with this and really hope to get more work like this. I absolutely love to write and draw annnnd make punny jokes. ❤
I love you CN, keep making amazing content.
XO
For a pdf. or any inquiries please email me leah@leahshore.com
Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me.
Thank you to my mini crew of talented animators: Sarah Miskoff, Jonathan Seligson and Brit Baumstein!
SHE STILL LIVES! My film, OLD MAN has been posted on the Film Shortage site!
Thanks, Film Shortage peeps!
I was interviewed by PBS about filmmaking and more! Featuring my films HALLWAY and I Love You So Much . Film date…December??
So proud to be back, Rhode Island!
I had the pleasure of directing PEACHES’ story with the terrific team at Titmouse! Produced by JASH and Titmouse, animated by James Sugrue, boarded by yours truly!
MORE TO COME. Thanks Peaches! Thank you everyone else I forgot to mention!!! XOXO
I animated the episode of JD SAMSON’s BIG DAY OUT for the show PARTY STORY on VICELAND. CHECK SOME OF THE ANIMATION OUT BELOW…they even made gifs! WHAT A GIFT! SHARE IT.
THEY MADE GIFS of it! SHARE THEM.
I am proud to be directing a few things for Titmouse in the next few months. Keep an eye out, it should probably be sick or rad or badass or something something awesome awesome.
#badass #yaaas #titmouse #directing #animation #sick
Yup! You heard it! The famous COOKIES will screen at the famous Rooftop Films this summer July 7th a part of the Dark Toons screening. This is possibly one of my favorite NYC film festivals in that it is independent, non-profit and it screens on rooftops all summer! They are also incredibly supportive of filmmakers and I am very thankful for that. Thank you Rooftop Films! Thanks to my crew, Sarah Miskoff, Fritz Myers and Jonathan Seligson. See you soon!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rooftop-films-dark-toons-tickets-25235936365
I had the pleasure once again creating this bit for Comedy Central! !THANK YOU COMEDY CENTRAL! YOU GUYS. People. Let me make you weird awesome songs. I love it. ❤ Thank you Fritz Myers for your brilliant Composing!
I had the pleasure of directing another spot for CNBC’s Money Lab. Thank you CNBC, the wonderful team, my producers and really just everyone, especially Anne Wojcicki. 23 and me!
Yes. You heard it straight. The coolest NYC PORN FILM FESTIVAL EVER is playing my aged breast film, BOOBatary. Come to the screening! It is free! Saturday June 4th at 9:30am because everyone who watches porn watches it at 9:30am!
http://Why Stevie Wonder had to meet this inventor
(just in case the link does not work above)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/21/stevie-wonders-keyboard-uses-artificial-intelligence.html
Pretty proud to have directed this short for CNBC’s mini digital series ‘Money Lab’
Watch it! It is informative and awesome to watch and it could not have been done without an amazing team, Producer Brandon Ancil, Producer/Animator/Extrodinare Stephanie Swart, Fabricator Hillary Barton and a bijillon other talented DP’s, gaffers, fabricators and compositors! XO CNBC
I am super proud to announce that I am a judge in the short animated block at the SXSW Film Festival 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been screening my films in the experimental, narrative and animated shorts categories at SXSW since my 2009 undergrad RISD thesis film MEATWAFFLE, so I am totally up for this challenge!! TO AUSTIN I GO!!
Honored to be a part of this! Thank you Sight & Sound and Chris Robinson. Shout out to my crew!
It has been a wonderful magical year filled with wonderful magical things.
After four long years, my experimental Charles Manson film, OLD MAN has been released online! Covered by big media names like VICE, The Atlantic, my blog and Filmmaker Magazine, OLD MAN has been featured at over 100 film festivals and continues to play today! Go watch it again and make it even more controversial because it is not enough already.
HALLWAY has been released online, too! You should watch it, again, too. And then share it. Again. She is drenched and waiting for your eyes to get even more drenched.
Most recently I was honored when asked by Starburns Industries to produce, animate and direct a segment for VICELAND TV’s New Series Party Legends. It will air on the network in February.
I am producing more films both live action, animated, everything in between and more…
and hey, I figured, psh, I have enough time, let me produce a quick short!!! And hey, I am just gonna post it online.
ENJOY.
I love you all.
EAT COOKIES.
with spices.
XOXOX
Leah Shore
**THIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY GENIUS ANIMATION GODDESS SARAH MISKOFF. HIRE HER FOR EVERYTHING.
Thank you to my GENIUS COMPOSER, SOUND, GINGERBREAD MAN, FRITZ MYERS.
THANK YOU to my GENIUS ANIMATOR JONATHAN SELIGSON.
I have a website and I bet you could not guess its address www.leahshore.com
With just a week being online, there have been amazing articles written about my short film, OLD MAN. Thank you world for appreciating this film.
OLD MAN LINK:
VICE Article about Old Man:
Short Of The Week:
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/09/29/old-man/
Filmmaker Magazine:
Cartoon Brew Pick Of The Day!:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/old-man-by-leah-shore-120146.html
We Are Indie Horror:
http://www.weareindiehorror.com/site-news/leah-shores-old-man-meet-charles-manson/
I was fortunate to get hired by Above Average to animate a small series for Someecards. You should watch it. It is from the brilliant mind of Anna Rubanova. She is the hilarious.
I hope to work more in comedy. It is mostly funny. I hope to make it funnier. FINGERS CROSSED.
Enjoy and share this with everyone especially people in your workplace.
http://www.someecards.com/videos/comedy/hr-violations-someecards-above-average-comedy-videos/
What do I do when I get an awkward interview for 45 minutes and am not asked anything really? I eat an entire rotisserie chicken without acknowledging the fact that I have a rotisserie chicken and am eating it on stage during a q & a and while talking about working with Vice WHILE cracking a Khan joke.
Basically. It was the most fun I have ever had…ever.
Thank you Ottawa International Animation Film Festival for allowing me to eat chicken on stage and jury the most beautiful films! It was an honor.
Till next year!
XOXOX
Ps. TAMMY LIVES
I am shooting my next live action film, WHALE LOOPS, in October, so I figured that in the meantime, I should make an animated short film. In a month (or two).
So I will be animating a short film this month (July).
Wish me luck.
I will be hand drawing it. With my hands. On real paper.
I just finished producing, animating and directing a segment for EW digital for the show Justified. It was really fun to make! I wish I had more time to finesse things, luckily I had the talented Chrissy Fellmeth to help animate for me and make this piece even more badass within the tight turn around. Thanks Chrissy! YOU ROCK.
I particularly enjoyed making the watercolor background and wish I had more time to make everything watercolor but that would have taken another few weeks to complete!
Made in 3 weeks.
Enjoy!
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/08/scene-unseen-justified-graham-yost-alive-day-shootout
I ain’t no fool! I am going to this and so should you!
http://www.flavorus.com/event/Animation-Block-April-Fools-at-Brooklyn-Brewery/284641
My film I LOVE YOU SO MUCH and the MTV viral hit, Happy Birthday Katy Perry will be playing! PLUS BONUS SPECIAL GUESTS!!!!!!! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ! !
YAY! Animation! Yay! I Love You So Much! YAAAY KATY PERRRrrrry!!!!
HALLWAY has a trailer/teaser! WATCH IT. YOUR BRAIN WILL LOVE IT.
SXSW is the coolest and they just Instagrammed HALLWAY’S still to promote it!! SO COOL!
SXSW also put up the trailer and announced HALLWAYS screening dates, so come on by if you are in Austin in March and watch some crazy stuff!!
HAPPY. HOLIDAYS.
https://vimeo.com/114818699
MUSIC BY:
HOLIDAY PARTY and Fritz Myers featuring Gus the lounge singer
with the Gingerbread Man and Lil’ Fruitcake
Produced by Platitude Music
https://holidayparty.bandcamp.com/track/jingle-bells
Animation: Sarah Miskoff
Intern: Charlie Curley
I am honored to have the prestigious Filmmaker Magazine premiere my previous film, I Love You So Much online for me!! Please watch, laugh, watch again, show it to someone and watch a billion more times! THANKS! This could not be possible without the small crew who helped produce it: Fritz Myers, Dorian Tocker, Jarret Kerr, Ken Barbera, Crystal Pei!!!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH:
I was hired by Above Average to animate this craaazy piece. Watch it! It will make you want to shove a bald eagle up yer arse! Produced by Anna Rubanova and Made in 3 days!
Love, Leah
Monica’s been on my mind recently.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY GAGA!!! I made this rad thang for Mother Monster in about 4 days. ENJOY!
http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2014/03/28/lady-gaga-birthday-video/
I was recently apart of a panel at SVA called Animation Domination. My pals Lizzi Akana, Alan Foreman and Michelle Higa were also apart of it. It was fun and informative and we talked a lot about animation and Ke$ha and more…
http://www.cencom.org/ecom-prodshow/Animation-Domination-How-to-Make-It.html
SIDE NOTE.
this is a still of my face talking at the Q n A at Town – freakin- Hall NYC…**note the lens flare
Leah Shore's Blarg 