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Phillip Bissada

San Francisco, CA

Phil Bissada is a filmmaker with a day job in IT and a degree in Film and Video Production. His first film earned him a showing at DGA and interviews with all the major studios. He’s produced and directed many film projects and is now completing a documentary. He’s never lost sight of the dream.

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    EMPYREAN by sophia savage

    We hold on to the idea that there is a right way to say goodbye. EMPYREAN is a short film about finding the grace in letting go.

    • 125% funded $12,540 pledged
    • 136 backers
    • Funded Dec 13, 2011
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    Romo– The Smartphone Robot by Romotive

    Romo is a highly functional robotic toy that uses your smartphone as its brain.

    • 358% funded $114,796 pledged
    • 1,152 backers
    • Funded Nov 21, 2011
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    MAN-CHILD - Feature Film by Ryan Koo

    The first feature film by Koo (dir. of The West Side, founder of NoFilmSchool.com) explores the high-stakes world of youth basketball.

    • 108% funded $125,100 pledged
    • 2,336 backers
    • Funded Sep 23, 2011
  4. Chad Vader Season 4 by BlameSocietyFilms

    Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager is a comedy web series about Darth Vader's younger brother, Chad. We want to make Season 4 (10 episodes).

    Funding Unsuccessful (09/30/2011)
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    Laughter Against the Machine : A Tour Documentary by Janine Brito

    Laughter Against the Machine; a tour-doc following comics W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green, & Janine Brito to the nation's political hotspots.

    • 115% funded $23,182 pledged
    • 441 backers
    • Funded Sep 09, 2011
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    STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary by Small Fish Studios

    A feature-length documentary highlighting the world's best cartoonists...talking about the art form they love, and where it's going.

    • 187% funded $109,025 pledged
    • 2,601 backers
    • Funded Sep 22, 2011
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    Patient Zero by Rob Sholty

    Patient Zero is a narrative feature film about the first person that gets infected with the zombie virus.

    • 102% funded $30,735 pledged
    • 284 backers
    • Funded Sep 15, 2011
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    Face 2 Face movie by Katherine Brooks

    This summer follow filmmaker Kat Brooks (The Osbournes, The Real World) across the country as she visits 50 random facebook friends.

    • 105% funded $58,424 pledged
    • 415 backers
    • Funded Aug 31, 2011