Filmmaker Bios
CHRIS REIL is the filmmaker behind The Big White House. He has had a camera in hand since the age of 10 and he has dedicated his life to telling stories through a lens. From television and documentaries to viral internet media, chris has spent his career invoking emotion through his art. Creating content for names like Mr. Beast, Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, and the Nelk Boys to name a few, he prides himself on having his thumb on the pulse on today’s entertainment.Since accruing over 4 billion views on his produced and edited content for major names and brands, he now approaches the big screen with a deeply personal story and his first, solely created feature film debut “The Big White House”.
HUNTER MARTINEZ is the filmmaker behind 17@20. He was born in Pasadena, Ca and fell in love with the ocean and surfing at an early age. The love for the ocean became an obsession and once he picked up a camera, everything fell into place. He found a way to move to Ventura to further the art of photography and videography which gave me a platform to work on my craft, meet new friends and travel internationally. Since those formative years he has been lucky enough to keep the dream alive and continue to work on new projects within the surf industry. He look forward to many more years of story telling and documenting the ocean through a viewfinder.
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DANA SHAW is the Director / DP / Editor Of Circles an Ode to Shredding.Through growing up surfing and skateboarding, Dana was exposed to his mentors in filmmaking at an early age. Paying close attention to the way they approached their craft, Dana was able to hone his skills in cinematography and visual narratives. Fresh out of high school, he started his career as a cinematographer working for The Kayo Corp. A skateboard distribution that housed Expedition Skateboards, Organika Skateboards, and DGK Skateboards. After finishing Kayo’s film, “It’s Official” in 2006, Dana began to contribute to films made by Transworld Skateboarding, Black Label Skateboards, and a plethora of brand film’s being released in the early 2000’s. While working and traveling as a skateboarding cinematographer, he was inspired to dive deeper into documentary storytelling. Shaw decided to move to San Francisco to study documentary film, and cut his teeth as a filmmaker under the wing of an oddball scene. Shaw continues to carve out a niche by Directing his own films, and has defined himself as a Film Editor through working on award winning feature documentaries including; “Given” (2016), “Spoons - A Santa Barbara Story” (2019), “Convergence” (2023).
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JUSTIN MISCH is the Producer behind the film Circles an Ode to Shredding.While working alongside Producer / Director Takuji Masada as Production Coordinator on the documentary “Bunker 77” ( 2016), Justin developed a keen ability to creatively navigate the fickle world of surf documentary production. With his passion for environmentalism and storytelling, Justin’s short film “Pick Up Trash”, won the “Best Environmental Story” award at the 2017 Patagonia Film Festival. Misch continued to refine his vernacular in archival documentary films, by Producing the award winning documentary “Spoons - A Santa Barbara Story” in 2019. Since then, Justin continues to unearth and restore cult classic surf films such as “Morning of the Earth” ( 1974), and “Free Ride” (1977).