James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: One exclusive digital behind the scenes image from the making of "The Sound After the Storm" 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: A collection of three exclusive digital images from the making of "The Sound After the Storm" 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $15 receives: A collection of six exclusive digital images from the making of "The Sound After the Storm"
Any contribution of $20 receives: A poster from the film autographed by an SAS director along with a personal note of gratitude from that director. 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: An unreleased DVD of the film, autographed by an SAS director, a personal note of gratitude from him, and a poster from the film autographed by him. 11 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: A printed photo of Lillian Boutté, Dr. Michael White, or Armand “Sheik” Richardson during the shoot, autographed by featured character + autographed DVD
Any contribution of $100 receives: A printed photo of Lillian Boutté, Dr. Michael White, or Armand “Sheik” Richardson during the shoot, autographed by featured character + autographed Lillian Boutté or Dr. Michael white CD + autographed DVD 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $150 receives: A printed behind the scenes photo autographed by Dr. Michael White, Lillian Boutté, and Armand “Sheik” Richardson + autographed Lillian Boutté or Dr. Michael white CD + autographed DVD.
Any contribution of $250 receives: Your name, or company name on our parade banner as an official sponsor of the event.
Any contribution of $500 receives: An unreleased, one of a kind, three minute deleted scene from the film + autographed DVD.
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: An unreleased, one of a kind, six minute deleted scene from a section of the film of your choosing + autographed DVD.
Any contribution of $1,500 receives: An original, framed Armand “Sheik Richardson” large format, canvas print of a photo featured in his exhibit seen in the film, autographed by Sheik.
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: A 10 minute documentary on the topic of your choosing, directed and edited by Ryan, Sven or Patrik, the directors of SAS. Maximum two day shoot, three day edit, travel costs not included (if applicable.)
Started by Ryan Fenson-Hood March 14th, 2011
Ryan Fenson-Hood is an award-winning director and editor whose work has been shown on The Sundance Channel and MTV2, in dozens of film festivals including Tribeca IFF, and distributed internationally on DVD by Zeitgeist and Netflix.
Fenson-Hood's last feature, The Sound After the Storm, won "Best Documentary" at the October 2009 Zurich Film Festival.
He is based in New York City.
Born in Locarno (Switzerland) in 1977.Patrik Soergel graduated at the European Film College in Denmark and made further directing and editing studies at the Academy of Performing Arts for Film, TV and Photo (FAMU) in Prague. He currently works as free lance director and editor for the Swiss television and several production companies in Europe and in the USA. He directed several shorts and documentaries. His work has been presented in various international film festivals and broadcasted in European TV stations.
Born in Düsseldorf in 1975, Sven O. Hill works as Director, Cinematographer and Producer. He studied at the Hamburg Media School (2002 – 2004). His tutors were Fatih Akin, Michael Ballhaus, Karl-Walter Lindenlaub, Martin Fuhrer, Hans Fromm, Vadim Yussov (Tarkovsky´s DOP) and others. Before, he studied at film school FAMU (1999 – 2000) in Prague. There he worked together with Patrik Soergel and Ryan Fenson-Hood on their first short films. He was nominated with „Kopfende Haßloch” (Mapping the German) for the highly acknowledged „Deutscher Kamerapreis“ (German Cinematography Award) for Best Cinematography, category Documentary Film in 2006.