Join us on our mission to make a cinematic doc that weaves together the human stories of falconers as they immerse in untamed landscapes on 4 continents, in 4K. Help us create an epic, intimate and textured movie about an ancient tradition and a rare partnership with the wild. Tax-Deductible.
Join us on our mission to make a cinematic doc that weaves together the human stories of falconers as they immerse in untamed landscapes on 4 continents, in 4K. Help us create an epic, intimate and textured movie about an ancient tradition and a rare partnership with the wild. Tax-Deductible.
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About The Project
Below are glimpses of the American Story and the UAE Story...
Whether speeding across the desert in a fleet of Land Rovers, thundering down a mountain on horseback, stalking prey in a misty forest, breeding hybrids, training falcons with drones, or having long fireside discussions over tea, today’s falconer is a complex archetype. At once poet, philosopher, hunter, conservationist, warrior, engineer, naturalist ‐ he is always adapting to protect his ancient practice.
Once upon a time someone, somewhere saw a falcon and thought, “I will trap that bird and train it to hunt for me.” The falcon is the fastest creature on earth; it pulses with a primal instinct to attack, and has zero‐tolerance for human ill will. As a result, the successful falconer is unwavering, calm, and sensitive. He relies on a tradition of cultural exchange and roughly 6000 years of trial and error by his predecessors.
OVERLAND explores this ancient art as it has been handed from father to son by Bedouin tribes, ancient armies, merchants, diplomats, and royals. With a cast of strong characters, the story spans the Silk Road from Mongolia to the Persian Gulf, across the Mediterranean from Sicily to Scotland. In the modern era of soaring cities and dwindling wilderness, falconry is one of the last great animal‐human partnerships. The falconer approaches the puzzles of nature with innovation and humility. Our character-driven story delves into the practice of this fragile tradition via the dramatic passions of a dynamic cast falconers embedded in enchanting landscapes around the world, and the curious chain that connects them. The audience is transported on an epic, intimate and textured journey using falconry to explore and connect guarded societies, foreign landscapes and ancient souls.
Falconry is creeping into the popular cultural zeitgeist and the time is right for OVERLAND to capture the hearts of audiences around the world. They will be surprised by what they learn – not only about this mysterious and revered ancient art form, but about our interconnectedness and humanity.
So far we have garnered the institutional support of the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures through Film program with a generous development grant and the North Carolina Arts Council.
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The style of our production, the value we place on groundbreaking imagery and navigating difficult terrain and access, our far-flung locations and the incredible creative team that we have assembled to tell this story add up to a signfinicant budget.
We know our characters. We know where we need to film, and when. We have a plan and a vision. And, we hope that you will get involved with our project to support us as we shake-up documentary filmmaking to create an immersive and unforgettable experience.
REVERE LA NOUE AND ELISABETH HAVILAND JAMES WITH EAGLE HUNTERS LAUREN MCGOUGH AND CHASE DELLES IN KANSAS
Incentives
$5
I'm A Fan! I Wanna see this!
We *think* we have a committed, diverse and engaged potential audience - help us prove it with this small vote of confidence. Your contribution makes you an official OVERLAND fan and gets you advance access to trailers, glimpses, news and screening announcements!
$10
Shout it Out Loud
Your generosity will be acknowledged immediately with shout outs on social media letting the world know just how awesome you are. Because, really, you are!
Claimed: 7 of 10000
$20
A Postcard from The Edge
Check your mailbox - the filmmakers will send you a postcard from one of our faraway locations!
Claimed: 8 of 100
$25
The Sunday Edition
Sunday evenings during production we will "open the travel trunk" with access to behind the scenes peeks of our days in the wild and our very best stories, trivia and jokes as they unfold. In the movie credits, when we say “THANK YOU TO OUR SEED & SPARK SUPPORTERS!” we mean YOU!
Claimed: 19 of 10000
$50
The Original Soundrack Download
With original contributions and recordings from musicians from the Central Asian steppe to the Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean to Scotland, the United States and beyond, our original film score will transport you to magical places...
Claimed: 12 of 25
$50
Talon-proof* Mobile Phone Case
Keep your phone sytlish and safe! Designed by filmmaker and artist Revere La Noue, and based on his painting inspired by the falcon races in Dubai, which debuted at Art Basel Miami this year.
*Case is only resistant to baby kestrel talons
Claimed: 5 of 50
$60
Falcon Don't Give a S%#T T-Shirt
Apparently falcons care even less than honeybadgers. Your support gets you a super cool, funny thank you T-shirt that people will try to buy off your back. It's printed on the nice stuff, too. (Unisex S,M,L,XL)
Claimed: 7 of 100
$75
Early Access to the BluRay
Be amongst the first to get the BluRay of OVERLAND! As soon as it is legal, we will send you a DVD so that you can watch it over, and over, and over again, and share it with your friends, too. Sorry, this offer is only for our fans in the United States!
Claimed: 7 of 100
$75
The OVERLAND Tote
The OVERLAND tote will be so much way cooler than you think a tote bag can be. All of your friends will be asking for it. Designed by filmmaker and artist Revere La Noue, and based on his painting inspired by the falcon races in Dubai, which debuted at Art Basel Miami this year.
Claimed: 7 of 50
$100
Falcon Hood
Ever been hoodwinked? We hope not, but did you know that the term it originated in falconry? Show off your trivia chops when people ask you about the real falconry hood sitting on your desk. Handmade and haunting.
Claimed: 5 of 25
$100
Overland Conservators
At the end of the campaign, we will present a gift on behalf of our supporters of half of the funds raised by the Overland Conservators incentive to the Peregrine Fund, whose work is critical to the conervation of birds of prey all over the world.
Forty years ago, The Peregrine Fund began its work with a simple mission to save the Peregrine Falcon from extinction, and was founded by falconer Tom Cade. Today, they work around the world, conserving birds of prey faced with habitat loss, poisoning, and other challenges.
Claimed: 7 of 100
$108
Limited Edition Gyrfalcon mobile case by Revere La Noue
One of 8 limited edition mobile cases designed by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. If you dont want to talk about OVERLAND keep this thing out of sight...but, by all means, take this to all of your red carpet events, happy hours, book clubs, poker nights, midnight expeditions and secret garden parties and talk up the new project you are helping produce. The image is created with a macro lens, a mirror, and an equally gorgeous and patient gyrfalcon. Choose from any of the following: iPhone 6s case, iPhone 6s Plus case, iPhone 6 Case, iPhone 6 Plus case, iPhone 5 / 5s case, iPhone 5c case, iPhone 4/4s case, Galaxy S4 case, Galaxy S5 case, Galaxy S6 case. Thanks for calling!
Claimed: 3 of 8
$250
Limited Edition OVERLAND Poster
The filmmakers will sign a beautiful, limited edition Overland poster that can hang proudly on your wall!
Claimed: 3 of 20
$500
Eagle, Falcon or Hawk Signed Photograph
Falconer and photographer Jeff Fincher will sign a special print, mounted on metal and ready to hang, of one of his amazing falconry photographs for you! You can choose from Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons or Redtailed Hawks in amazing acts of acrobatics in the wild as they partner with their falconer.
Claimed: 2 of 25
$508
"Gyrfalcon no. 8" Limited Edition Fine Art Print
This is one of 8 limited edition prints, signed, dated, and numbered by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. Printed on archival metallic photography paper to create a vivid image that is both a complex natural pattern from afar and an unbelievably detailed photograph of gyrfalcon feathers upon closer look. The image is made using a macro lens, a mirror, and a gyrfalcon lit by the sun. A proud emblem of your "patron of the cinematic arts" status that hangs well in the study nook, the stainless steel kitchen, the map room, the minimalist office, the ski chalet or the beach hut. The approximate size is 24 by 24in.
Claimed: 0 of 8
$1,000
"Tapestry of Sunlit Golden Eagle Feathers " Limited Edition Fine Art Print by Revere La Noue
This is one of 8 limited edition prints, signed, dated, and numbered by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. Vibrant archival inks are used on heavy museum-quality etching paper to create a vivid image that is both a complex natural pattern from afar and an unbelievably detailed photograph of eagle feathers upon closer look. The image is made using a macro lens, a mirror, and a dusty-feathered Golden Eagle fresh from a hunt and lit by the sun. If you have a piano, fireplace, vintage motorcycle, or worn leather couch, fly this thing above it as a banner that says I MAKE FILMS HAPPEN...in a subtle way. The approximate size is 31 by 36in.
Claimed: 0 of 8
$1,500
OVERLAND Patron
Make a significant difference in the making of this documentary and see your name in a special Overland Patron section of the credits. Plus, if you live in New York, Dubai, Durham, Grand Rapids, Baltimore/Washington DC (or if you would like to travel there), you will be invited to attend an exclusive screening and reception for our patrons and supporters.
Claimed: 0 of 25
$5,000
Private Screening with the Filmmakers
Elisabeth Haviland James and Revere La Noue will attend a private screening of the movie and lead a robust post-screening discussion for the guests you choose to invite. We will regale your friends with stories from the field and create an unforgettable evening full of film and friendship in your home. With enough advance warning, we may even be able to hook you up with some hawk-caught duck breasts to sear or eagle-nabbed jackrabbit to stew for your guests...
Filmmaker Travel and Accommodations not included for locations more than 100 miles from Durham, NC. Available around the world with enough advance notice.
Claimed: 0 of 5
$10,000
Join our Crew in Europe
Join our production team for 4 days in Scotland, Italy or Spain as we film with some of the worlds' best falconers. Get an insider look at documentary filmmaking, falconry and experience first-hand the breathtaking landscapes we are exploring. Enjoy access to the drama of nature that falconry permits, without having to committ to a partnership with a bird of prey.
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$10,000
Experience the Falcon Races in the UAE
Join our film crew as we follow the World's best falcon racer to the championship in Dubai in 2016. Get behind-the-scenes access, alongside the filmmakers, to the racers, the training of the falcons, and the high-stakes world of competitve falcon racing. Try your hand at releasing a racing bird in the training facility!
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$15,000
Come with us to Mongolia!
You have told us time and time again that you want to come, even if it means that you have to carry our bags... here is your chance! Join us as we film in far Western Mongolia with the Kazakh Eagle Hunters. Heck, we might even put you to work as we film the them thundering down the mountain on horseback, singing fireside or training their magestic Golden Eagles. See for yourself the inner-workings of a documentary production as you live with us and experience life on the Centrail Asian steppe.
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
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$5
I'm A Fan! I Wanna see this!
We *think* we have a committed, diverse and engaged potential audience - help us prove it with this small vote of confidence. Your contribution makes you an official OVERLAND fan and gets you advance access to trailers, glimpses, news and screening announcements!
$10
Shout it Out Loud
Your generosity will be acknowledged immediately with shout outs on social media letting the world know just how awesome you are. Because, really, you are!
Claimed: 7 of 10000
$20
A Postcard from The Edge
Check your mailbox - the filmmakers will send you a postcard from one of our faraway locations!
Claimed: 8 of 100
$25
The Sunday Edition
Sunday evenings during production we will "open the travel trunk" with access to behind the scenes peeks of our days in the wild and our very best stories, trivia and jokes as they unfold. In the movie credits, when we say “THANK YOU TO OUR SEED & SPARK SUPPORTERS!” we mean YOU!
Claimed: 19 of 10000
$50
The Original Soundrack Download
With original contributions and recordings from musicians from the Central Asian steppe to the Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean to Scotland, the United States and beyond, our original film score will transport you to magical places...
Claimed: 12 of 25
$50
Talon-proof* Mobile Phone Case
Keep your phone sytlish and safe! Designed by filmmaker and artist Revere La Noue, and based on his painting inspired by the falcon races in Dubai, which debuted at Art Basel Miami this year.
*Case is only resistant to baby kestrel talons
Claimed: 5 of 50
$60
Falcon Don't Give a S%#T T-Shirt
Apparently falcons care even less than honeybadgers. Your support gets you a super cool, funny thank you T-shirt that people will try to buy off your back. It's printed on the nice stuff, too. (Unisex S,M,L,XL)
Claimed: 7 of 100
$75
Early Access to the BluRay
Be amongst the first to get the BluRay of OVERLAND! As soon as it is legal, we will send you a DVD so that you can watch it over, and over, and over again, and share it with your friends, too. Sorry, this offer is only for our fans in the United States!
Claimed: 7 of 100
$75
The OVERLAND Tote
The OVERLAND tote will be so much way cooler than you think a tote bag can be. All of your friends will be asking for it. Designed by filmmaker and artist Revere La Noue, and based on his painting inspired by the falcon races in Dubai, which debuted at Art Basel Miami this year.
Claimed: 7 of 50
$100
Falcon Hood
Ever been hoodwinked? We hope not, but did you know that the term it originated in falconry? Show off your trivia chops when people ask you about the real falconry hood sitting on your desk. Handmade and haunting.
Claimed: 5 of 25
$100
Overland Conservators
At the end of the campaign, we will present a gift on behalf of our supporters of half of the funds raised by the Overland Conservators incentive to the Peregrine Fund, whose work is critical to the conervation of birds of prey all over the world.
Forty years ago, The Peregrine Fund began its work with a simple mission to save the Peregrine Falcon from extinction, and was founded by falconer Tom Cade. Today, they work around the world, conserving birds of prey faced with habitat loss, poisoning, and other challenges.
Claimed: 7 of 100
$108
Limited Edition Gyrfalcon mobile case by Revere La Noue
One of 8 limited edition mobile cases designed by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. If you dont want to talk about OVERLAND keep this thing out of sight...but, by all means, take this to all of your red carpet events, happy hours, book clubs, poker nights, midnight expeditions and secret garden parties and talk up the new project you are helping produce. The image is created with a macro lens, a mirror, and an equally gorgeous and patient gyrfalcon. Choose from any of the following: iPhone 6s case, iPhone 6s Plus case, iPhone 6 Case, iPhone 6 Plus case, iPhone 5 / 5s case, iPhone 5c case, iPhone 4/4s case, Galaxy S4 case, Galaxy S5 case, Galaxy S6 case. Thanks for calling!
Claimed: 3 of 8
$250
Limited Edition OVERLAND Poster
The filmmakers will sign a beautiful, limited edition Overland poster that can hang proudly on your wall!
Claimed: 3 of 20
$500
Eagle, Falcon or Hawk Signed Photograph
Falconer and photographer Jeff Fincher will sign a special print, mounted on metal and ready to hang, of one of his amazing falconry photographs for you! You can choose from Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons or Redtailed Hawks in amazing acts of acrobatics in the wild as they partner with their falconer.
Claimed: 2 of 25
$508
"Gyrfalcon no. 8" Limited Edition Fine Art Print
This is one of 8 limited edition prints, signed, dated, and numbered by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. Printed on archival metallic photography paper to create a vivid image that is both a complex natural pattern from afar and an unbelievably detailed photograph of gyrfalcon feathers upon closer look. The image is made using a macro lens, a mirror, and a gyrfalcon lit by the sun. A proud emblem of your "patron of the cinematic arts" status that hangs well in the study nook, the stainless steel kitchen, the map room, the minimalist office, the ski chalet or the beach hut. The approximate size is 24 by 24in.
Claimed: 0 of 8
$1,000
"Tapestry of Sunlit Golden Eagle Feathers " Limited Edition Fine Art Print by Revere La Noue
This is one of 8 limited edition prints, signed, dated, and numbered by artist and filmmaker Revere La Noue. Vibrant archival inks are used on heavy museum-quality etching paper to create a vivid image that is both a complex natural pattern from afar and an unbelievably detailed photograph of eagle feathers upon closer look. The image is made using a macro lens, a mirror, and a dusty-feathered Golden Eagle fresh from a hunt and lit by the sun. If you have a piano, fireplace, vintage motorcycle, or worn leather couch, fly this thing above it as a banner that says I MAKE FILMS HAPPEN...in a subtle way. The approximate size is 31 by 36in.
Claimed: 0 of 8
$1,500
OVERLAND Patron
Make a significant difference in the making of this documentary and see your name in a special Overland Patron section of the credits. Plus, if you live in New York, Dubai, Durham, Grand Rapids, Baltimore/Washington DC (or if you would like to travel there), you will be invited to attend an exclusive screening and reception for our patrons and supporters.
Claimed: 0 of 25
$5,000
Private Screening with the Filmmakers
Elisabeth Haviland James and Revere La Noue will attend a private screening of the movie and lead a robust post-screening discussion for the guests you choose to invite. We will regale your friends with stories from the field and create an unforgettable evening full of film and friendship in your home. With enough advance warning, we may even be able to hook you up with some hawk-caught duck breasts to sear or eagle-nabbed jackrabbit to stew for your guests...
Filmmaker Travel and Accommodations not included for locations more than 100 miles from Durham, NC. Available around the world with enough advance notice.
Claimed: 0 of 5
$10,000
Join our Crew in Europe
Join our production team for 4 days in Scotland, Italy or Spain as we film with some of the worlds' best falconers. Get an insider look at documentary filmmaking, falconry and experience first-hand the breathtaking landscapes we are exploring. Enjoy access to the drama of nature that falconry permits, without having to committ to a partnership with a bird of prey.
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$10,000
Experience the Falcon Races in the UAE
Join our film crew as we follow the World's best falcon racer to the championship in Dubai in 2016. Get behind-the-scenes access, alongside the filmmakers, to the racers, the training of the falcons, and the high-stakes world of competitve falcon racing. Try your hand at releasing a racing bird in the training facility!
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$15,000
Come with us to Mongolia!
You have told us time and time again that you want to come, even if it means that you have to carry our bags... here is your chance! Join us as we film in far Western Mongolia with the Kazakh Eagle Hunters. Heck, we might even put you to work as we film the them thundering down the mountain on horseback, singing fireside or training their magestic Golden Eagles. See for yourself the inner-workings of a documentary production as you live with us and experience life on the Centrail Asian steppe.
A maximum of $2000 of this donation will be used towards your travel costs; you will have to provide your own flights.
Claimed: 0 of 2
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Current Team
About This Team
The filmmakers working in collaboration to produce and direct this project, Elisabeth Haviland James and Revere La Noue, met while making a film about the quest for the Ivory‐billed woodpecker in the sticky swamps of Arkansas in 2006, and married on a goat farm 4 years later. In 2014 they launched THE FALCONBRIDGE COLLECTION, LLC to house their new documentary film, OVERLAND, about falconers around the world. Producer Christopher Behlau joined “team Falconbridge” in 2015.
REVERE LA NOUE, ELISABETH HAVILAND JAMES AND CHRISTOPHER BEHLAU AT THE SCOTTISH DOCUMENTARY INSTITUTE PITCH FORUM AT THE EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL
ELISABETH HAVILAND JAMES
Elisabeth Haviland James is a film producer, director and editor based in Durham, North Carolina, where her company Thornapple Films is headquartered.
In 2015, James was awarded one of two film fellowships by the North Carolina Arts Council. She is the Producer and Editor of Althea, (dir Rex Miller), a feature documentary about pioneering tennis icon Althea Gibson, which premiered at DOCNYC, and was PBS’ American Masters season premiere episode in September 2015. She was awarded a WIFTA for editing Althea. Her documentary feature‐directing debut, In So Many Words, premiered at the 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and has screened at festivals, museums and conferences around the country. James was the Producer and Editor of The Loving Story (co‐produced with HBO) for which she was short‐listed for the Academy Award, winner of a George Foster Peabody Award and an Emmy Award (Best Historic Program) and nominated for two additional Emmy Awards (Best Documentary, Best Editing). The film has screened in festivals around the United States (Full Frame, TriBeCa, Silverdocs, Traverse City, Virginia, Hamptons, among dozens of others), and as a participant in the Sundance Film Forward program, with the US Department of State and with the American Film Showcase. It premiered on Valentine’s Day, 2012 on HBO. She was a consulting producer and pre‐production researcher on location in the Dzangha‐Sangha National Park in Central African Republic to the narrative feature Oka!. Other recent credits include Producer of The Good Fight and co‐Producer of The Lord God Bird (both dir. George Butler). She served as Director of Photography and Editor on the 2003 documentary Brothers in Arms, featuring now Secretary of State, then Senator John Kerry.
James is a graduate of the M.A. Program in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University. In 1999, she earned a BSFS with honors from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where she majored in Culture and Politics. She is fluent in French, speaks some Spanish and has led tours for art museums, botanic gardens and cultural institutions around the world, including to France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Argentina, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. James has taught documentary filmmaking at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies and as an artist in residence at the Oklahoma Arts Institute; she has also served as a guest lecturer for the State Department in Central Asia.
REVERE LA NOUE
Revere La Noue is a filmmaker and artist working on a wide array of creative projects all over the world. He is Hellbent on pushing the frontier of visual storytelling in documentary through artful innovation and cross‐collaboration.
As a filmmaker, Mr. La Noue has collaborated with a wide range of organizations including National Geographic, NBC Sports, The New Yorker Magazine, The National Science Foundation, The National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development, The University System of Maryland, and Stanford University Medical School. He is proud that his work has made a strong social impact as an educational tool, a case for conservation, a vessel of inspiration for communities in need of support around the country, and as a medical resource saving lives on five continents around the globe. He worked with George Butler and White Mountain Films as a field producer of The Lord God Bird documenting the controversial search for the Ivory‐Billed Woodpecker and as an editor and co‐producer of The Good Fight, a verité exploration of the legacy of Bobby Bowden. He was the Art Director and Producer of In So Many Words, a southern gothic hybrid documentary by Elisabeth Haviland James and Thornapple Films. He served for two years as a creative advisor to HBO’s The Loving Story, which was short‐listed for an Academy Award, won an Emmy and a Peabody Award in 2013. He is frequently called upon to consult with filmmakers, artists and business leaders to help refine their creative vision and develop alternative models of storytelling.
As an artist, he has lived, trained, and worked in Washington, D.C., Palo Alto, NYC, and now operates from a private studio outside of Durham, NC. Shortly after finishing his graduate work at Stanford University, he launched his art business in New York City with a collection of his work featuring icons of American history and folklore. Within the first year, pieces from the series were hung in public and private collections in 42 states. In 2011, he was commissioned to create a four‐story, 6500 sqft. fine art print of stampeding broncos that wrapped around the corner of a city block; it is the largest publicly displayed fine art print on record. In 2012, he exhibited his first solo show with paintings, prints, and photographs featuring dance and architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His exhibition of experimental photography depicting the city of Detroit was part of a show at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum that drew a record number 100,000 visitors in two weeks. In the spring of 2014, he unveiled Targyle: series one, a collaboration with renowned fashion designer Alexander Julian featuring five 10 ft tapestries, a 200 sq ft canvas, 15 original paintings as well as several prototypes for a line of men’s ties and women’s scarves. In the summer of 2014, he debuted a new show of paintings called EMOTICON, Feeling Unsimplified, made in collaboration with dancers and choreographers from around the country to explore the human silhouette as a highly nuanced communication device. Most recently, in partnership with Duke University, he unveiled a 300 sq ft permanent installation featuring his impressionistic depiction of “Les Diables Bleus” a WWI era French military unit that inspired the University’s Blue Devil nickname.
Revere La Noue has a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, where he played Division I lacrosse. He has a Master’s Degree from the Documentary Film and Video Program at Stanford University.
CHRISTOPHER BEHLAU
Christopher Behlau is the founder and principle of Matter Films, headquartered in Los Angeles, currently working with directors/producers Revere La Noue and Elisabeth Haviland James to produce Overland – a feature documentary film about the ancient art of falconry.
Behlau’s passion for documentaries as fundraiser, cinematographer and producer has taken him across the globe from the blazing jungles of India and Bangladesh, where he worked with legendary documentary director George Butler (Pumping Iron) to film the making of and produce Tiger, Tiger, a feature documentary, previewing at the 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which follows world renowned big cat conservationist, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz on perhaps his last adventure, into the Sundarbans ‐ one of the least‐known tiger habitats left on earth. Behlau’s latest project saw him associate produce, alongside editor/producer Elisabeth Haviland James, Althea (dir Rex Miller), a feature documentary about pioneering tennis icon Althea Gibson, which premiered in Fall of 2014 at DOCNYC, and will be broadcast on the prestigious American Masters PBS series in September 2015. Behlau has also worked as a fundraising consultant and creative advisor on various projects, includingon Cartel Land (dir Matthew Heineman), which won best director and cinematographer at the Sundance Film Festival 2015, Citizen Koch (dir Tia Lessin/Carl Deal), Golham (dir Mitra Tabrizian) and We are Many (dir Amir Amirani).
Behlau graduated magna cum laude from Regent’s University London in International Business and aside from film production, has experience in sectors as diverse as agriculture, real‐estate, energy and fine art. He is fluent in German and speaks conversational Spanish.
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