Fried Egg Films, LLC

last update January 1, 2009

Webseries
Crewing Up
 

Films
Death Trifarious
Cup a Sugar
Lilah & the Alien
Documentaries
Human Condition Making of
Drake & the Bedtime Story
You Can see Forever
Javelina Rescue
Raven Rescue
PSA's
Kidline
Lute Olson/TWC

Crewing Up Webseries
Season One Finale is online now. You can find the entire 14 episode season here.  Looks for Season One DVD Collection on sale in the next 6 weeks. Season Two of Crewing Up will premiere Summer of 2009  

Screenings

January 16, 2009 7:30pm-  Cup a Sugar will air in the Short Film Showcase, on Bright House channel 4 at                                                 7:30pm in the Birmingham, AL area.  
Sept 29-Dec 31, 2008 - Season One of Crewing Up online
August 14, 2008 - Crewing Up our new webseries begins it's run. See episodes here.
April 2008 - Cup a Sugar is playing in the indie bundle between features at the Crossroads and Tower theaters                         throughout the month of April.
April 15, 2007 6am Kristi Tedesco at KVOA Channel 4 is doing a story on Greyhounds.  She'll be using                                    footage from Drake & the Bedtime Story.
March 24, 2007 You can See Forever Arivaca Film Festival
March 2, 2007 Cup a Sugar Peoria Film Festival
March 2, 2007 You Can See Forever Peoria Film Festival
Nov 5, 2006 Drake & the Bedtime Story 2006 Pura Inspiracion Film Festival Tucson AZ
Sept 23, 2006 Cup A Sugar  Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival  Birmingham, AL
Sept 5, 2006 You Can See Forever, The Loft Cinema, Tucson AZ
Currently Airing Kidline PSA, Tv Stations in the Southern AZ region,
Currently Airing Lute Olson/TWC PSA Tv Stations in the Southern AZ region
Sept 24, 2004 Lilah & the Alien Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival A.C.E. award Acting
June 27, 2004 Lilah & the Alien Shoestring Film Festival Capri Theater Montomgery Al

Filmography

Crewing Up
A weekly webseries. See what the critics are saying!
Sentenced to 500 hours of community service, network TV producer Addie Kemp finds herself forced to crew up in the low key offbeat world of public access. If the mood strikes, the show goes on. But no shows, forgotten shows and stupid shows may be enough to break her spirit long before the 500 hours are in the can.

Death Trifarious
In post-production. I expect it to make it's premiere sometime in the fall of 08.  Shot in Super 8 and digital.

Cup a Sugar  - 3 1/2 mins
Official Selection:
Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival
Arivaca Film Festival
Peoria Film Festival

If you lock yourself out and no one is home, does it make a sound when you bang your head against the door? A negligee clad woman finds herself in her apartment stairwell with nothing but a full cup of coffee and the morning paper. What do you do when you have nothing to wear, nowhere to go and a strong  desire for a second cup? Starring Mia Frost and Kenn Mccracken. Premiered at the sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, AL

Lilah and the Alien - 28 mins.
Official Selection:
Shoestring Film Festival
Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival

When lonely Lilah meets Jack, it's love at first sight. So what if he's an alien! But is he really an alien? The government goons chasing him seem to think so. As the goons get closer, time seems to be running out for Lilah and the Alien. Starring Mia Frost, Kevin Van Hyning and Kenn McCracken. Premiered Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ACE award for Acting. The Birmingham Weekly called Lilah & the Alien one of the top ten local films of Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival 2004. View the trailer.

Human Condition Making of - Behind the scenes documentary follows the making of the film The Human Condition. Watch it here. 7 mins.

Drake & the Bedtime Story  -  20 mins
Official Selection:
Pura Inspiracion Film Contest

Greyhound Drake is too excited to sleep so his human reads him a bedtime story about Arizona Greyhound Rescue. View 3 portions of this documentary online.
Greyhounds at the Kennel  Volunteers and A trip to the Vet

You Can See Forever - 9 min
Official Selection:
Peoria Film Festival
Behind the scenes documentary that follows the making of the film On A Clear Day by Tucson Filmmaker Alan Williams.

KidLine - Camera operator for a 30 second PSA for KidLine directed by Adam Ross. Kidline is a phone hotline for troubled and bored kids.  Aired on various stations in the Tucson Area in 2006

Javelina Rescue -  8 min From a rescue to life saving surgery, this documentary show what happens when city life collides with nature. For the Tucson Wildlife Center.

Raven Rescue - 5 min. A trapped juvenile raven puts up a struggle against his would be rescuers.

Lute Olson/TWC PSA - Public Service Announcement of Lute Olson, University of Arizona Basketball Coach and a precocious bobcat for the Tucson Wildlife Center. Thanks to Nathan Shelton for the close-up footage of the bobcat!  Aired on various stations in the Tucson area in 2006.

Melissa Banczak spent 5 years as an editor and screenplay agent at Otitis Media Literary Agency in Minneapolis. (That does not mean she wants to edit your screenplay or sell it for you. She will help you film it, contact her for more information!)

Her first short film, Lilah and the Alien won an ACE award for acting at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, AL in 2004. When not making films, she can be found out in the hills working on wildlife documentaries or at home tending to her family's collection of over 30 snakes, 3 dogs and 2 birds.

She is currently on call to the Tucson Wildlife Center to film rescues, surgeries and training videos.

Her portable studio includes a DVX100A, jib, tripod, monopod, lowel lights, boom microphone, assorted cables, switches, flashy things and warm socks. She edits in Vegas.

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