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Mike Merell

Los Angeles, CA

Transmedia Filmmaker and Animation Director, artist, husband, father, doer. Currently working at Disney Toons on Pixar's Planes and have started shooting my second feature film project '27 Eds'.

  1. 2 days ago
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    Brassft Punk - Daft Punk tribute via New Orleans brass band by Earl Scioneaux

    Modernizing older hits is all the rage. What if we went the other direction? - Daft Punk's hits, funky New Orleans brass band style.

    • 100% funded $10,001 pledged
    • 624 backers
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  2. on May 16
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    Amanda Palmer: The new RECORD, ART BOOK, and TOUR by Amanda Palmer

    Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra are putting out an album. Pre-order it / get more info on the art book & gallery tour, here!

    • 886% funded $886,606 pledged
    • 18,625 backers
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  3. on May 10
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    Death To Prom by Jeremy Wilker

    A bizarre love triangle with enough glamour & attitude for “Project Runway,” but with enough heart to make Molly Ringwald bite her lip

    • 100% funded $45,380 pledged
    • 415 backers
    • Funded May 10, 2012
  4. on May 3
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    The Playback Singer by Suju Vijayan

    A feature film shot in Van Nuys, CA. Written and directed by Suju Vijayan. Produced by Mike Blum, Carolina Roca-Smith, and David Zwick.

    • 130% funded $15,693 pledged
    • 171 backers
    • Funded May 23, 2012
  5. on May 3
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    Duncan Studio - "My Beastly ABC's" Interactive Storybook App by Ken Duncan

    A captivating and interactive storybook app featuring charming artwork by some of the animation industry’s top artists!

    • 108% funded $37,900 pledged
    • 405 backers
    • Funded May 24, 2012
  6. on May 3
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    The Forest for the Trees by Will McMaster

    The story of Jadab Payeng, an Indian man who single handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.

    • 119% funded $3,596 pledged
    • 55 backers
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  7. on May 1
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    Granny's Dancing on the Table - a GRANNY-INVASION! by Hanna Sköld

    STORIES CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! We are doing it again - with a film distribution revolution! :)

    • 43% funded $21,939 pledged
    • 400 backers
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  8. on May 1
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    SMOOCH: Kilong's Story (First International Shoot) by Dawn Mikkelson

    Global documentary initiative on its first of three international journeys to film stories of those who have forgiven the unforgivable.

    • 114% funded $11,416 pledged
    • 164 backers
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  9. on April 29
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    IMPASSE by Michael Bekemeyer

    A married woman in a coffee shop contemplates her relationship.

    • 125% funded $15,680 pledged
    • 314 backers
    • Funded May 11, 2012
  10. on April 13
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    TEDDY BOY - Feature Film by Sean J.S. Jourdan

    The first feature film of Sean J.S. Jourdan explores what happens when betrayal becomes its own redemption.

    • 106% funded $35,633 pledged
    • 244 backers
    • Funded Apr 16, 2012