Tag: lgbtq
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2024: “Show Up”
Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC approached me to make a video in support of Joe Biden for the 2024 cycle. They had a specific reference, participants and messaging in mind. I took all those elements, added a section to talk about Biden’s accomplishments in office, which I felt would be important for the audience,…
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“See Each Other. Save Trans Lives.”
I created a 0:30 second PSA to air on Warner Media properties—HBO, CNN, TBS, HBO, Cartoon Network, POGO, Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, TNT, Cinemax, HLN, Adult and Swim—on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign. The creative brief called for a concept that would hep cisgender people connect to transgender folk as people. I not…
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“The Human Rights Campaign Endorses Joe Biden for President 2020”
I was asked to discreetly make an endorsement video that centered on Joe Biden’s speeches at HRC dinners and events. It was the earliest days of of the pandemic and creative approaches were limited. I watched the many HRC speeches, pulled out the best recurring themes and then cut them into a mashup of Biden’s…
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2020: “Unite for Equality”
I spearheaded production of dozens of Human Rights Campaign films in important swing states like Arizona around specific LGBTQ+ campaign themes for the 2020 presidential election. Partnering with a stellar outside vendor, I supervised production of the creative from conception to delivery. One of my favorites is below: Client: Human Rights Campaign Role: Supervising Producer…
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The Pandemic, Livestreams and 2020 Election
Once the pandemic hit in 2020, we resorted to remote production for a large part of the cycle at the Human Rights Campaign. Instead of livestreaming in-person events, we pivoted to programmatic livestreams with hosts, guests and themes. I helped worked on finding the technology, deploying the solution and training staff, while supervising all the…
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“We’re All In This Together”
I supervised creation of a 0:30 PSA to air on Warner Media properties—HBO, CNN, TBS, HBO, Cartoon Network, POGO, Warner Bros, New Line Cinema, TNT, Cinemax, HLN, Adult and Swim—on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The Foundation wrote a script that would uplift and support LGBTQ+ folks of color during minority mental health…
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Global: “How One Gay Man Escaped Anti-LGBTQ Violence in Chechnya”
As part of our HRC Foundation Global program, we brought awareness to international stories of LGBTQ+ discrimination and perseverance. An awesome Foundation producer I had hired, Laura Franco Velasco, produced, filmed and edited the piece while I supervised the production start-to-finish as director of video for HRC. Client: Human Rights Campaign Role: Executive Producer Run…
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Shorty Award: “No Trolls”
I overheard an HRC colleague telling an amazing story about how one mom took an incredible leap of kindness to support another family in her small town, without the two ever having met. I knew immediately it would make a great social video, and I put it into production after pitching it up. I had…
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“Meet the Human Rights Campaign\’s New President Alphonso David”
Client: Human Rights Campaign Role: Producer, Editor Run Time: 5:54
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Guerilla Marketing & Projections
As part of a small team, I traveled to Helsinki, Finland, for the infamous Trump-Putin presidential summit where along with some expert projectionists we guerilla broadcast LGBTQ+ messaging and HRC branding onto the presidential palace. Our director of comms had picked an amazing spot in view of all the live TV networks, and I livestreamed…