The STory;
Filmed on location all across Los Angeles and Arizona, Director and Cinematographer Christopher Sheffield, along with an a-team skeleton crew of maverick filmmakers, set out to create something special; a hard hitting film that takes the audience on a vibrant exploration of violence.
They set out to make ‘SPLIT LIP’.
Primarily self funded and with additional support from executive producer Mike Dolphy and early audiences on indiegogo, they were able to utilize a unique amount of Independent cinematic freedom, bending the genre of the action film and crafting a tonally meaningful experience,
while still bringing all the the brutal intensity that audiences and fans of the genre know and love!
They set out to make ‘SPLIT LIP’.
Primarily self funded and with additional support from executive producer Mike Dolphy and early audiences on indiegogo, they were able to utilize a unique amount of Independent cinematic freedom, bending the genre of the action film and crafting a tonally meaningful experience,
while still bringing all the the brutal intensity that audiences and fans of the genre know and love!
Entirely free from the constraints of old-world filmmaking, their unique and diverse cast of talented young actors were able to fully stretch their wings in roles much larger and more tantamount to the story then ever before. Standouts Doree seay (set) Christopher Labadie (Samuel) and Maryam Cne’ (dana) effortlessly drive the heart and emotion of the film, while established veterans like David alan graf (albert nelson) and dejean brown (karlton) bring the sinister energy of men whose lives are predicated on dark deeds.
Rarely does a group of award winning independent artists with so much talent and professional tenacity between them (both in front of and behind the camera) come together to successfully create a visual experience set to a driving cinematic soundtrack like
- ‘SPLIT LIP’