Directors
Zak Tucker, Director
Zak Tucker has been editing documentary and feature films since 1996. In 1997, he directed and edited his first documentary film, “A Dream Forgotten,” based upon the Supreme Court’s de facto reversal of Brown V. Board of Education. In 1998 he wrote, directed and edited two more short form documentaries; “Truckers,” exploring the lives and challenges faced by America’s long-haul truckers and “Rodeo,” a look into the lives of the men and women who earn their livings on the U.S. rodeo circuit.
In the fall of 2000, he founded Swete Post, a boutique editorial house in NYC, specializing in feature film, documentary and commercial editorial, where he currently serves as owner & senior editor. There, Zak edited numerous broadcast television documentary episodes as well as commercials and narrative features.
In 2004, Zak directed his first feature film, “Poster Boy,” starring Karen Allen and Michael Lerner, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, went on to competition in the Locarno International Film Festival and the Turino International Film festival before being picked up for domestic
U.S. theatrical distribution by Regent Entertainment.
He has just finished editing “Parting Words,” a feature comedy for director Stan Schofield, slated for release in fall 2008. He has recently completed the screenplay, “The Ledge,” based on the O’Henry award winning short story of the same, which he will direct in the spring of ‘09.
He has just completed editorial on the pilot he directed, “Body & Soul” a multi-episode documentary series following the personal and professional lives of exotic dancers pursuing their dreams in Las Vegas. He has just co-edited, “If I Were President,” a feature documentary about
rapper/singer Wyclef Jean’s personal politicization and attempt to bring peace to his embattled homeland of Haiti. In the spring of ‘08, Zak co-wrote, “Forgiveness vs. Justice,” a feature documentary that examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa and Rwanda as a springboard for a larger discussion of Desmond Tutu’s “third way,” approach to conflict resolution and reconciliation. He recently directed the music video for emerging artist, Nick Weber’s, new release, “Mette”. He is slated to direct his next feature film, “DiMe,” in the spring of ’09.
In the summer of ’08, Zak co-directed, “Way of the B-Boy,” a hybrid documentary featuring B-boy and hip-hop legends as well as b-boying tutorials from Fever One and Jeromsekee of the Massive Monkeys. He is currently editing the Model.Live series for Vogue TV and IMG
entertainment.
Chad Ross, Director
His 13 years breakin, nine of which were spent teaching classes, give Chad Ross a rare mix of technical skills and knowledge of the subject matter. While still a student at The Art Institute of Seattle he directed a series of cutting-edge breakin compilations for “Circle of Fire” that were sold exclusively in Japan.
He created an original work for the Red Bull Beatriders Academy for the admission of Iron Mike Brysen of the Massive Monkees. His video installations became wildly popular on internet-based broadcasts; his use of stop-animation to original beats drew more than 200,000 unique views while hosted on Mixcast.tv. Upon graduating Chad became the first full-time employee of SGTV (Soul Gorilla TV) taking on the content direction.
In the past year he has shot all-access video for recording stars Duran Duran, Nas, The Fratellis, The Presets, MIMS, The Clipse, Bun B, Devin the Dude and Swizz Beatz. In August of 2007 he directed the Dyme Def “3BadBrothaaas” music video making it his fifth work of the sort.
Although the contracting work led to a preferred vendor status with Microsoft Zune, and the music videos brought media attention, his real passion lied with bigger projects. He has two feature length documentaries in production: “Walking Dreams” about painter David Garibaldi, and the feature-length documentary/tutorial the Way of the Bboy which is a collaboration with director Zak Tucker.