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Jason Reid  Director, Co-Producer, Editor

I have worked in film and video production in Seattle, where I was born and raised, for the last 7 years. I attended the University of Washington and graduated with distinction in 2000 with a double major in Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature. I now own my own production company, 2R Productions, and work with companies such as Microsoft, Costco, and Nordstrom regularly. In regards to creative projects, over the last 5 years I have amassed a large body of work consisting of a feature film, short narrative films, documentaries, and music videos, which I have produced, directed, and/or edited. I am an avid traveler and touring bicyclist, most recently, riding across the Czech Republic as well as down the Oregon coast.

Recent Projects & Exhibitions

Beijing to Shanghai: Man Zou (2008) – Director/ Producer/ Editor
Feature length documentary to be filmed in China, September/October 2008.
CityArtist Grant – Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle.

Across the Czech Republic (2008)
Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor (5:00)
Short Super-8 documentary about my bicycle trip across the Czech Republic. It has screened in Seattle, Portland, New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Official Selection – New York City Bicycle Film Fest, May 2008
Official Selection – Dead Baby International Independent Film Festival, May 2008, Seattle

Death of a Seattle Landmark (2008) – Director/ Producer/ Editor (5:00)
Super-8 installation piece about the destruction of the Rainier Cold Storage building in Seattle. It premiered April 19, 2008 at the Georgetown Super-8 Festival.

Haymaker & Sally (2007) – Co-Director/ Co-Producer/ Co-Editor (77:00)
Narrative comedy feature film about two detectives investigating a criminal organization known as the Beards. In October 2007, it screened in New York at the Two Boots Theater and at Seattle's Admiral Theater to sold out crowds (100 and 350 people, respectively).
Official Selection – STIFF 2008 (Seattle's True Independent Film Festival), June 2008

Grey Linings (2007) – Cinematographer (6:30)
Short film made for City Symphony film challenge at NW Film Forum, November 2007. It also screened at the ACT Theater, December 2007. It has also been accepted to four film festivals.
Official Selection – 1 Reel Film Festival 2008
Official Selection – Da Vinci Film Festival, Corvallis, Oregon
Official Selection – Rainier Independent Film Festival, Ashford, Washington
Official Selection – STIFF 2008 (Seattle's True Independent Film Festival), June 2008

The Tooth Fairy (2007) – Producer/ Editor/ Co-Director (9:00)
Short narrative film that reveals the true story behind the legend of the Tooth Fairy. It screened at the ACT Theater, September 2007.

Trucker’s Lullaby (2007) – Director (4:30)
Surreal music video for Tim Seely’s song about a trucker falling asleep at the wheel. It screened before Haymaker & Sally at both October screenings as well as at the ACT Theater, September 2007.
Official Selection – 1 Reel Film Festival 2008

Critical 72 (2007) – Producer/ Editor (24:30)
Short training film, shot in HD, made for the Oregon Burn Center. Winner of three 2008 Telly awards, including editing.

The Color of Black & White (2005) – Director/ Producer/ Editor (45:00)
Live music/video presentation that premiered at the Christoff Gallery in Georgetown.

On the Film Scene (2003) – Editor (22:00:00)
22-hour, 12-DVD box set about filmmaking that I edited over the course of two years for the production company Digicast.

The Reid / Secrest Olympics - Director/ Producer (40:00)
My first film, a 40-minunte comedy documentary about the rivalry between me and my childhood best friend.
Official selection – New York Independent Film and Video Festival 2003 (screened in L.A. & New York)

View complete filmography here.

 

Ian Connors  Cinematographer, Co-Producer

For the past three years I have worked on a number of projects with Ian Connors, another filmmaker from Seattle. Just recently we received three 2008 Telly awards for Critical 72, a short instructional film that he directed and I produced for the Oregon Burn Center. Ian received his training as a combat cameraman in the military for 8 years. He has traveled and filmed all over the world including Bosnia, Croatia, S. Korea, Kuwait, and Iraq, to name a few. He also studied filmmaking at Syracuse University and the Seattle Film Institute. He was born and raised in Washington State and has become one of this area’s best cinematographers. He owns his own production company, 8Rivers Films, and has completed a number of large budget marketing and training videos, short documentaries, and narrative films. He has also documented several stories for the Discovery Channel and covered Northwest Medical Teams International in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. He is an avid bicyclist, completing the Seattle to Portland twice, as well as competing in adventure racing in Texas. He will be providing generous in kind donations to the project in the form of services and equipment rental.

 

Sean Wellnitz  Route, GIS Specialist

Sean was born and raised in Seattle and brings a wealth of geography training to the table. He graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Geographic Information Systems, focusing his studies on emergency response and disaster preparedness. He has worked for the last five years for the Seattle Fire Department in their GIS department and has also done work for the Washington State Department of Ecology as a GIS Specialist/Project lead. Sean has always embraced adventure in everything he does. He has worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska, a river rafting guide in Washington and Oregon, and volunteered more than 1700 hours of time to AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. He taught English in Rayong, Thailand for six months in 2002 and he and I took a week-long bicycle tour across the Czech Republic last April. His navigation skills and intensity will be vital contributions to the success of the trip.

 

Kevin Griffin

Kevin was also born and raised in Seattle. With over eight years of experience as a sushi chef, he has always held an interest in studying Asian/Japanese cuisine and culture. He has gone on multiple extended trips in Japan and has long been interested in learning more about China. He has also traveled extensively, particularly in Mexico (over 15 trips), where he has gone on adventurous trips to many remote areas of the country. After playing a year of college football in Ohio, Kevin moved to Bend, Oregon and continued his education while snowboarding full time at Mt. Bachelor. He then moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he began his sushi apprenticeship and became an avid cyclist. After spending over four years there, Kevin moved to San Diego, and has since become lead Sushi Chef for the Hyatt at one of the city's best sushi restaurants. He now commutes via bicycle 32 miles a day, has completed numerous century rides, and has competed in multiple triathalons (both sprint and olympic distances).

“Why was I bicycling across China? Because a bicycle is freedom; a bicycle is independence; a bicycle is self-sufficiency. Because traveling by bicycle takes away the option of controlling your environment, or glossing over the ugly bits. Because a bicycle lands you in places you didn’t know you wanted to go, and shows you things you didn’t know you wanted to see, things that you cannot search out by saying, “I’ll take the train here, I’ll get off the bus there.” The things I wanted to happen were things that only happen if you don’t plan them. The things I wanted to find were things you can only find if you don’t plan them. The things I wanted to find were things you can only find if you aren’t looking for them, things, contrary to my nature, that I couldn’t put on a list and check off as I went. They were the moments, images, and connections that happen in the places in between.”

—Erika Warmbrunn
from Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman’s Trip through Mongolia, China, and Vietnam

"To travel by bicycle is a humble, non-aggressive way to get close
to people. It is a way of saying we are passing through with no
thought of invasion or conquest, only the simple will to share a
part of the road."

—Claude Herve, round-the-world cyclist

"I began to feel that myself plus the bicycle equaled myself plus the world, upon whose spinning wheel we must all earn to ride, or fall into the sluiceways of oblivion and despair. That which made me succeed with the bicycle was precisely what had gained me a measure of success in life -- it was the hardihood of spirit that led me to begin, the persistence of will that held me to my task, and the patience that was willing to begin again when the last stroke had failed. And so I found high moral uses in the bicycle and can commend it as a teacher without pulpit or creed."

—Frances E. Willard, How I Learned To Ride the Bicycle, 1895

 

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

—Albert Einstein