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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. 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.

    • 97% funded $9,717 pledged
    • 611 backers
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  2. 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!

    • 883% funded $883,902 pledged
    • 18,560 backers
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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
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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
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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. 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. 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! :)

    • 42% funded $21,409 pledged
    • 397 backers
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  8. 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.

    • 113% funded $11,356 pledged
    • 162 backers
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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
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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
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    Misdirected by Lauren Mora

    Ever feel like you're being steered in the wrong direction?

    • 120% funded $6,000 pledged
    • 89 backers
    • Funded Apr 20, 2012
  12. Rats & Gassers: Kustom Kulture Takes A Ride by D.A. Sebasstian

    An insider look at the underground fabricators who are making the next generation of Hot Rods and the Kustom Kulture around them.

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/10/2012)
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    Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man by Gregory Bayne

    A feature documentary about Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate in the US to be exonerated by DNA evidence.

    • 103% funded $25,841 pledged
    • 331 backers
    • Funded Dec 05, 2011
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    IT'S A GOOD DAY TO DIE - Feature Film by Gregor Collins and Andrea Shreeman

    Are you really getting the most out of life? Why not get the most out of death, too.

    • 103% funded $15,536 pledged
    • 157 backers
    • Funded Nov 12, 2011
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    Dordle Cards by Nik Daum

    I like to doodle. Only I call my doodles "Dordles". I want to make 30 of your favorites into high-quality color 4x6" postcards.

    • 157% funded $3,926 pledged
    • 215 backers
    • Funded Dec 12, 2011
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    DOWN AND DANGEROUS – a crime thriller by Sabi by Zak Forsman

    "A smuggler bleeds like anyone else. He just gets more chances to prove it." Be a part of making our new crime thriller.

    • 126% funded $38,050 pledged
    • 382 backers
    • Funded Sep 02, 2011
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    gone Elvis by David Newhoff

    A homeless, woman veteran struggles to survive as an invisible citizen in the country for which she risked her life.

    • 116% funded $10,215 pledged
    • 155 backers
    • Funded Jun 17, 2011
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    MOTHER'S RED DRESS (a social issue feature film) by John Paul Rice

    A young man suffering from amnesia tries to piece together his past after seeing his mother kill her abusive boyfriend.

    • 103% funded $20,678 pledged
    • 205 backers
    • Funded Jun 18, 2011
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    HARDCORE INDIE (DOCUMENTARY) by David Paul Baker

    HARDCORE INDIE will be a 90 minute documentary about the making of two hard core horror movies in Tulsa.

    • 103% funded $10,352 pledged
    • 152 backers
    • Funded Apr 14, 2011
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    SCHERMANN SONG: Finishing Funds for Movie Musical by Gary King

    Help keep the Movie Musical alive! Seeking finishing funds for live orchestration, post-production sound work & film festival fees

    • 100% funded $18,031 pledged
    • 244 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2011
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    The Noun Project - Building a Free Collection of Symbols by Edward Boatman

    Help us build a fun, easy-to-use, brilliantly designed online symbol library.

    • 957% funded $14,366 pledged
    • 386 backers
    • Funded Dec 24, 2010
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    I'm Not Adam: A psychological thriller about discovering who you really are by Dennis Peters

    Reality and illusion blur in this story about an ordinary guy who is mistaken for a celebrity that someone wants to kill.

    • 100% funded $6,001 pledged
    • 44 backers
    • Funded Jul 09, 2010
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    PERSON OF INTEREST | OFF THE GRID FILM TOUR Independent Cinema ~ Driven by Community by Gregory Bayne

    Filmmakers Gregory Bayne & J. Reuben Appelman are taking their decisively indie film PERSON OF INTEREST off the grid, and on the road.

    • 101% funded $5,091 pledged
    • 107 backers
    • Funded Jun 26, 2010
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    TILT: An Independent Thriller From Brainerd, MN by Phil Holbrook

    TILT is a dramatic thriller set in Brainerd, MN, that explores the idea that two wrongs don't make a right, but what about three? Or four? Or more?

    • 104% funded $15,606 pledged
    • 223 backers
    • Funded Aug 06, 2010
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    Decentralize the web with Diaspora by Daniel G. Maxwell S. Raphael S. Ilya Z.

    Fully Funded! Diaspora will be an open source personal web server to protect and share all of your stuff online.

    • 2,006% funded $200,641 pledged
    • 6,479 backers
    • Funded Jun 01, 2010
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