Memory Game
The Wild Horses found this one in our "made for sesame street" vault. But remember folks, you dont have to wait for a holiday to think about your heroes. In Collaboration with Nathalie Roland for Wild Horse Society - 2007.
April 30, 2007
Beach Impeach
On January 6, 2007, 1000 people gathered on Ocean Beach in San Francisco to express a specific sentiment about the Bush Administration in a unique and peaceful way. In colaboration with Nathalie Roland for Wild Horse Society - 2007.
Fancy Parking #1: Leslie
Leslie speaks philisophically about Fancy Parking. For Plinko/www.fancyparking.com - 2005
Fancy Parking #2: Chris
Chris is anxious to resume fancy parking after a terrifying incident. For Plinko/www.fancyparking.com - 2005.
Fancy Parking #3: Sharon
The deflowering of a Fancy Parking Virgin. For Plinko/www.fancyparking.com - 2005
Trailer for High Life
Trailer for a feature length narrative about some tight knit kids growing up together in Brooklyn. The story is a slice of life that takes place in one day. The film was a microbudget production that was created improvisationally over three months. Premiered at SF Indiefest, 2005. see www.highlifemovie.com for more. Trailer edited by Seth W. Owen of Automatic Vaudeville, Montreal.
Documentary Love Stories: Marissa
Jim tells us of his first love, Marissa. Audio Only. Project Green Gallery - Brooklyn, NY - 2003.
Documentary Love Stories: Father
Debbie, her father, and a turtle. Audio only. Project Green Gallery - Brooklyn, NY - 2003
Documentary Love Stories: Grandma's Pillows
Sharon tells us about how, as a child, she tried to save her beloved grandmother's life. Audio Only. Project Green Gallery - Brooklyn, NY - 2003.
Bunny Love Confession
Sometimes objects hold onto secret stories. DV. Project Green Gallery - Brooklyn, NY - 2003
current
i guess this is where i will write about my current projects. but first i have to get those photos and videos loaded!
press
people say some things sometimes. you will see here!
photos
i have lovley photos! including ones I took with my new digital slr. to be seen soon. by you.
news
there is so much news. things are happening all the time, all over the world. i will write things on this page in un momento!
man o man
man o man, do i have ideas. so many ideas! But first I have to get other parts of this site up and running, but i promise to come back to this one!
Movement in Three Parts: Abridged
What happens to sound when time stops moving? Mini DV. www.drunkenboat.com
Documentary 1771 Posessions
This is a video poem detailing my creative frustrations at the young age of 22. Shot on Hi-8. Screened at The Hi-Lo Film Festival - SF, CA - 2000.
contact
winter spring summer or fall
all you have to do is call:
for collaborations, videos, photos, words, or just to say hi
lilabird@gmail.com
April 18, 2007
High Life is the feature film that Lila directed, produced and edited.
Wild Horse Society is a video collaboration between Lila and Nathalie Roland
Nathalie Roland is a printmaker and dj extrordinaire
Early Adopter made this website happen.
Automatic Vaudeville are the funniest smartest guys in Montreal and dont let anyone tell you different
Hidden Battles is a documentary about the effects of war on front line soldiers around the world.
C5, Inc is where Lila does alot of sound work
Lila
Lila Yomtoob is a New York based director with a penchant for concept, story and character. Weather it be comedy, drama or documentary, short or long format, she identifies the message of each project and brings it forward with aplomb.
Shortly after receiving her degree from NYU film school, she went on to direct and produce her first feature film, High Life. The “perfectly honed” and “razor sharp” microbudget improv film premiered at San Francisco Indiefest in 2005 and is regarded as “The Mother of Mumblecore.”
High Life as well as several short films directed by Ms. Yomtoob have screened in galleries and festivals in Iceland, Montreal and across North America. In 2007 she was the first filmmaker in residence at The San Mateo Video Residency where she was commissioned make videos about positive social change that went viral on both Youtube and Daily Motion.
In 2006, she received an Emmy Award for sound editing on the HBO documentary "Baghdad ER." Lila has been working in post production sound since 1999, and has had the pleasure of working on over 40 films directed by the likes of Spike Lee, The Coen Brothers, Mary Heron, and John Cameron Mitchell.
Lila has also sat on the selection board for The Brooklyn International Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival and The Crown Point Festival. She teaches at Downtown Community Television (DCTV) and in 2007 was selected to be a part of a cultural exchange for young filmmakers at the Reykjavik Film Festival.
Ms. Yomtoob was born into a working class immigrant family in the mid seventies: a first generation American and the third of three children. Although she is the first Iranian Jew to win an Emmy, Lila has yet to make work about her ethnicity. She insists that her worldview, sense of humor, and storytelling is influenced by her mix or Iranian, Iraqi, Jewish and American culture.