Dan Riesser

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Los Angeles, CA

I'm a Los Angeles based filmmaker & television producer.

OUT OF PLACE - First Full Length Album from John Bobek by John Bobek

OUT OF PLACE is the first full-length album from LA-based Singer/Songwriter John Bobek. You can help him make it the best it can be!
- Indie Rock
- Los Angeles, CA
- 9% funded $960 pledged
- 28 backers
Funded!
"Letters From the Big Man" - home video distribution by Christopher Munch

Sarah Smith (Lily Rabe), an artist and hydrologist, sets out on a post-fire stream survey, during which she encounters a sasquatch man.
- Narrative Film
- Los Angeles, CA
- 128% funded $9,660 pledged
- 251 backers
- Funded Apr 01, 2012
Funded!
Clear The Mechanism: push your boundaries. by The CTM Team

The goal is a brilliant performance, but it's a long journey to get there. Sometimes that journey is scary, daunting, and hilarious!
- Webseries
- Hollywood, CA
- 100% funded $10,020 pledged
- 65 backers
- Funded Jan 05, 2012
Funded!
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER - A Feature Film by Chad Hartigan

A film about two men at opposite ends of the social spectrum, starting new lives in the same town and forming an unlikely friendship.
- Film & Video
- Los Angeles, CA
- 115% funded $11,525 pledged
- 268 backers
- Funded Aug 14, 2011
Funded!
This is Us, Together by Lou Noble

I'm making a book on relationships, gonna travel the country, interviewing and photographing couples, figure out WHAT MAKES THEM TICK.
- Photography
- Los Angeles, CA
- 120% funded $10,492 pledged
- 200 backers
- Funded Jun 02, 2011
Funded!
You Won't Be Disappointed by Lydia Hyslop

An indie feature film about waitressing, drug-dealing, family, foot-prostitution, and other compromising positions.
- Narrative Film
- Los Angeles, CA
- 101% funded $20,211 pledged
- 275 backers
- Funded Mar 02, 2011
"Silent Night" feature thriller post prod. funding needed. by Warren McCullough

Silent Night, is a feature suspense thriller about a Christmas day disappearance and the haunting after effects on those left behind.
- Film & Video
- Thayer, MO
Funding Unsuccessful (02/25/2011)
Funded!
Mike & Zack's Righteous Journey by Michael Kershner

My great-grandfather returned to Poland in 1920 to save his family. We're going to trace his journey, document the trip and turn it into a screenplay.
- Documentary
- Santa Monica, CA
- 118% funded $9,481 pledged
- 140 backers
- Funded Jul 14, 2010
Funded!
Get TUB to Sundance! by BobbyMiller

TUB is a short film playing Sundance this year. It's about a guy who jerks off in the shower and accidentally impregnates his tub. We need your help!
- Short Film
- New York, NY
- 127% funded $3,190 pledged
- 72 backers
- Funded Jan 13, 2010

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OUT OF PLACE - First Full Length Album from John Bobek by John Bobek

"Letters From the Big Man" - home video distribution by Christopher Munch

Clear The Mechanism: push your boundaries. by The CTM Team

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER - A Feature Film by Chad Hartigan

This is Us, Together by Lou Noble

You Won't Be Disappointed by Lydia Hyslop

"Silent Night" feature thriller post prod. funding needed. by Warren McCullough

Mike & Zack's Righteous Journey by Michael Kershner

Get TUB to Sundance! by BobbyMiller

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