OUT OF THE BLUE

A 78-year-old man covered his body with one beautiful tattoo. This retired principal city planner for the City of Baltimore talks about trees, consciousness, letting go of life, and his genitals.

Director Bio

friendzone is comprised of Sundance Grand Jury Winning Director Steven Hoover, and nine time Vimeo Staff Pick and Cannes Lion winner, Director / DP Jonathan Bregel.

The genesis of friendzone was a deep mutual respect for one another’s work. From there, they carefully built upon Jonathan’s visual strengths with Steven’s ability to build a strong narrative and work with talent. This collaborative system has leveraged the abilities of both Directors, as well as giving them the ability to work ahead of schedule and be in constant communication with their agency and client partners.

Steven and Jonathan initially paired together at production company Variable to create memorable advertising campaigns for scores of brands along with their prolific documentary film careers.

Steven’s obsessive curiosity has resulted in achieving some of film's highest honors. His first feature, "Blood Brother", premiered at Sundance in 2013 and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for best US feature-length documentary. His second, "Almost Holy", was Executive Produced by Terrence Malick, scored by Atticus Ross, and premiered at Tribeca in 2015, garnering numerous awards around the world before going on to a worldwide theatrical run. Steve's commercial clients include Gap, Walmart, Chipotle and National Geographic among others.

Jonathan is a multidisciplinary filmmaker and DP, rooted in his belief that the language of film should communicate directly to the emotional truth of the viewer. Jonathan has Directed and shot commercials and branded content for clients such-as; Nike, National Geographic, Cadillac, ACLU, Samsung, Pfizer, Gap, Tiffany & Co., and many more. Jonathan's work has been featured in Adweek, Huffington Post and Gizmodo and awarded at Cannes Lion, AICP, Adweek ARC Awards, LIA, Clio, Webby, Shorty, One Show, Creativity, PDN and Spikes Asia. His films have earned seven Vimeo Staff Picks that have racked up over 10 million views."