New Reel for 2011

Updated with some new works. Hope you dig.

DANNY LEE REEL from Danny Lee on Vimeo.

Hulu

This morning had breakfast with Alex Kruglov in Content Acquisition & International at Hulu. If there have been any forces that have truly transformed the media landscape in the last couple years, it has got to be Hulu. Their aggressive content gathering has essentially made the ad rev-share business model commonplace. PS - the avocado and cheddar cheese breakfast burrito at Lemon Moon is pretty good! There's Alex..



While on the topic of Hulu, my first film "Rock Fresh" is being featured on the site - in fact Alex told me it beat out many of the big shows and studio movies last week. According to him, it tallied the 3rd highest number of views for the day it was featured on the front page. It's weird to see your first baby still walking. Made "Rock Fresh" back in '03, here's the embed..



You can also buy the discounted DVD direct from us - $15 and comes with a free movie poster.

Brave New Media

Yesterday, I took a trip out west to have a round table lunch at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Waiting for me were a few colleagues who know their s**t when it comes to the brave new frontier of new media. There's Doug Dicconson, VP of Biz Dev at Babelgum..



If you don't know, Babelgum is funded by an Italian billionaire and one of the few online channels who actually still buy content, instead of pitching you some half-ass, rev share pipe dream. There's one of my close collaborators Raymond Roker of URB.



Like most other ill-fated print mags in 2009 (i.e. Vibe, King, etc), it's no surprise that URB's printing press went dark too. But Raymond's a smart guy - together we're figuring out a way to push the brand into it's next life. There's Josh Glazer, URB's long-time editor..



And myself, anxious to eat my Mediterranean lamb wrap.



More later.

Castings

One of our talent, series TBD..

Imajimation

Yesterday, Bee and I visited Imajimation Studios, where the artists designing the characters for our new animation show, work by day. They call themselves the Mad Twiinz. There's Mark explaining the process of animation..





There's Mike..



The Twiinz created the online toon "Blokhedz", which lives on Gatorade's content microsite..



A newer character..



Panels..



Vinyl Blokhedz..



Imajimation was started by Michael Schultz and his son Brandon. Michael directed a broad range of movies from "The Last Dragon" to "Krush Groove". There's his gold record for "Car Wash"..



The Twiinz created a comic with the RZA..



A vinyl Flavor Flav..



1 of 2 workstations..



Here's an episode of their online animation series "The Blokhedz"..



Talented brothers. Stay tuned for the animation collaboration :)

Brother Joe

My buddy and overall talented comedic actor Joe Hursley stopped by yesterday to build..



If you don't recognize him in everyday clothes, Joe's been in some interesting films including "Accepted", "Resident Evil: Extinction", and the upcoming "Fast and Furious 4".



He also happens to be the main character in my series "The Clinic". Took a drive to discuss a feature idea that's quiet as kept..



Stay tuned.

Franki Chan vs. Steve Aoki??

The latest vimby video I shot about Franki Chan (iheartcomix). In it, he talks about his once formidable partnership with Steve Aoki, which ultimately dissolved in classic (hipster) Hollywood drama. Watch for yourself..

VIMBY - Franki Chan

Five Four in the Wall Street Journal

My good friends and fashion brand Five Four just had a very enlightening article in WSJ, about how they've strategized to brave the economic storm, particularly in an industry that's very recession-vulnerable. Read the guys' thoughts here. There's Andres, Dee and myself the other week..

"Rock Fresh" is Fully Digital!

As seen in the news section, we are pleased to announce that foreign digital rights for ROCK FRESH are being represented exclusively by Cinetic Rights Management. For more information about CRM, please contact Cineticcrm@cineticmedia.com. Domestic is represented by Music Video Distributors. This means for your iPhones, iPods, iBooks, everything! For posterity, here's the web-only scene from the film, Studio 9!

Grams of Friends and Fams

The day brought floods..



The night brought Friends & Family. The Grammy party took place at Paramount.



There's Thuy of GreenGrownandSexy.com..



There's Robbie Melnik and Betty Lee of Lionsgate..



There's Daniel Sakai of CBS Mobile..



There's Jordan and the co-host with the co-most, Mr. Roker..



There's Dario and Young Dre..



There's Brandon and Sunspot..



Good night.

D.C. Recap!

A very early morning flight..



Few hours later..



The Manifest Hope party..





Santogold..



Plug One..



Chomp chomp.



Next day, barricades everywhere..



Crowds everywhere..



Cold everywhere..



Patient crowds, almost too patient..



Trash everywhere..



Slid to the Youth Ball. A sea of jackets..



Soon as Obama took stage, so did the DC Fire Dept..



Back to the Manifest Hope Gallery in Georgetown for the Jeffrey Wright hosted event.





Next day, stopped by DC's historic Ben's Chili Bowl..



Civil War Museum on U St..



Kid's hair popping out of the telly!



Next morning, back to Cali :)



More to come.