Co-Director/Producer - David Krantz
David Krantz suspended his job as a Land Planner to become fully dedicated to
Archiculture. He spent the previous year studying film, working on shorts, and laying the groundwork for the upcoming documentary. In February 2007, David worked with the Co-Director of
Archiculture, Ian Harris, on an award winning short film titled,
Released. Before moving to San Francisco, David graduated from
Clemson University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Landscape Architecture with an emphasis in Planning. He has worked on a broad range of international projects in a variety of disciplines including
landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, and land planning. David also helped create an annual charitable event called
Cultivated, which celebrates Landsacpe Architecture through various forms of art.
Co-Director/Producer - Ian Harris
Ian graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with a focus in Urban Planning from the
University of Cincinnati. After graduating, Ian moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue his architectural career. His first job out of school, is where the film's two creators met. Throughout his extensive professional experience, Ian has been exposed to a full array of the built environment in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and urban planning. This professional experience ranging from small houses, to city-wide urban planning, has provided invaluable skills in project management, team development, budgeting, communication, and organizational techniques which he has seamlessly applied to documentary filmmaking. He completed film classes through
Empty Kingdom Media and has spent the past two years devoted to developing his cinematic eye. He currently balances time between architectural, graphic and web design freelance projects while working feverishly towards the post-production phase of
Archiculture.
Editor/Producer - Pierce Cook
Pierce joined the Archiculture team on the eve of production and his birthday in January 2008. He graduated from the
University of South Carolina with a bachelors degree in Media Arts and a focus in film. He owns his own production company,
Whispering Statues, and has been doing freelance film and television work since 2001. He directed his first feature film,
Tin in 2004 and has since been involved as a director, cinematographer, and editor for a variety of other feature and short films. In 2007 his short film,
Grape Jelly, won best in show in it's category during the
Indie Grits Film Festival.
Publicist - Sam Danner
Sam currently lives in New York and works for
7-10 Music, an all-encompassing business that manages, consults, handles public relations and releases records for talent on all levels. Before coming to 7-10 Sam worked at the boutique PR firm
Press Here Publicity where he handled tour and local press for multiple artists. At both 7-10 Music, and Press Here Publicity, Sam has been a vital part in creating an online initiative to take advantage of new media opportunities in the press world. Sam graduated with a degree in business, emphasis on music management, and a minor in public relations and also interned with Rough Trade and Sanctuary management before moving to New York. Sam is very excited about
Archiculture and equally as excited to work with a young and focused team.
Web Designer/Publisher - Doug Havens
Doug graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Interactive Multimedia with a specialization in Computer Science from
Ohio University in 2004. While in college he interned at Clear Channel Radio and the Office of Environmental Health and Safety on OU's campus focusing on design and site managing. Since college Doug has been working at the Cincinnati, Ohio based software, design, and publishing firm
Hobsons. Doug designs and develops interactive marketing campaigns for colleges and universities world wide. He transferred from Cincinnati to the company’s satellite office in Oakland, California where he met Ian Harris and David Krantz and became a part of
Archiculture.
Production Assistant - Emily Levy
Emily is a product of Pratt Institute's Architecture school. She provides first hand experience with the facility, environs and faculty. She also provides mid-quality ramen, emergen-c, and knowledge of where to get freshly made soba. Emily has a great interest in architecture's interdisciplinary nature. While in school, she took color and professional lighting courses. She also worked for a design firm in
DUMBO where she made props for an independent film in addition to providing architectural work. She interned at the PS1 Warm Up where she worked among many local and international artists and musicians. Emily has been involved with the front end of editing, managing our photography collection, coordinating events and fundraising presentations, and providing a much needed injection of creative life into the project a few days a week.
Script and Grant Writer - Eric Krantz
Eric is a writer and Marketing Specialist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Working for a Fortune 500 company, Eric has written over $250 million worth of successful proposals. He develops advertisements, communication strategies and other marketing collateral for this global corporation. Eric also writes feature-length screenplays and provides professional writing consultation. He received his Masters of Arts in Professional Communication from
Clemson University, where he wrote, filmed and produced a promotional video for a non-profit organization in South Carolina. He studied English, film and communications at Clemson during his undergraduate career. Eric's talents lie in both professional and creative writing, and his writing expertise encompasses everything from proposals and resumes to essays and scripts. Eric is involved in the grant proposal process for
Archiculture and is also the main script writer.
Grant Coordinator and Editor - Ben Parker
Ben Parker is a technical writer/office manager for a small general contracting company based in Columbia, SC. With a degree from Clemson University in English, Ben has been instrumental in developing and editing grants and proposals for
Archiculture. Without his expansive knowledge of morphemes, demonstrative adjectives, zero articles, the Flesch-Kincaid Index, and capital letters we don't know where we'd be. When not involved with the fast paced world of editing Ben enjoys watching television, playing video games and all around becoming "undateable."
Writer - Jacob Richardson
Jacob graduated from the
University of Michigan in the Spring of 2003. During his four years there and up to the present he's become a jack of all trades working various jobs such as freelance music writer, taxidermist, landscaper, webpage manager, bartender, research assistant, weight room manager, rodent trapper, independent contractor, barista, frog dissector, media consultant, concert reviewer, and Jewish youth group dance chaperone to name a few. He is also the co-founder and vice-president of
Tour for Equality, a non-profit organization spreading awareness on women's rights by means of bicycle touring. In his free time he also studies Japanese, writes short stories, and pretends to be Batman. For
Archiculture, Jacob has been involved in text editing and acting as a consultant to the grant and proposal writing process. This is his first time working for a documentary film. He currently lives in San Francisco, CA.
Legal Advisor - Leslie Chard
Les is an attorney and business consultant in San Francisco, specializing in technology and content development and licensing. Mr. Chard’s clients include industry leaders such as Faith West (ringtones and mobile content), Real Networks (Rhapsody music on demand), Leadis (mobile semiconductors) and the HDMI consortium (creators of the next-generation High Definition Multimedia Interface standard). Previously, he was an attorney with Fenwick & West in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, and with Keck, Mahin & Cate in Chicago, where he counseled clients on electronic commerce, intellectual property, technology development, and licensing issues. His clients included technology and content “providers” ranging from Sammy Hagar and Jerry Garcia to eBay, Electronic Arts, Liquid Audio and Macromedia.
Before receiving his law degree, Mr. Chard was a computer consultant with Anderson Consulting (now “Accenture”) where he specialized in implementing distribution and electronic commerce systems. Mr. Chard received a BA in Mathematics/Computer Science from
Wesleyan University (CT) and a J.D. from the
University of Cincinnati.
Outreach Advisor - Prescott Reavis
Mr. Reavis currently serves as the Co-Chair of the
AIA San Francisco Mentorship Committee, the Vice President of the
San Francisco Chapter of NOMA, The NOMA University Liaison for the West and the Internship & CIDP/IDP coordinator for
Anshen+Allen. Prescott also serves as the Western Region Competition director for the
National Brotherhood of Skiers where is charged with the introduction and development of minorities in to winter sports as well as being a Ski Coach for the Sugar bowl Ski Team. Mr. Reavis is passionate about involving and educating the community about the built environment and how they should articulate their particular needs into the future development of their neighborhoods and cities.
Attorney - George M. Rush
George is a fourth generation San Franciscan whose law practice specializes in the entertainment industry with emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area film community. Clients include producers, directors, screen-writers and investors in development, production and distribution phases. George has experience in producing independent films and currently is producing a documentary on junior college athletes. He is also on the board of directors of Film Arts Foundation. When not working, George is an avid college football fan and a collector of Soviet propaganda.
Academic Advisor - Todd A. Steadman
Todd is a landscape architect, book author, lecturer, former Editor-in Chief and Publisher of
Landscape Architecture, and a consistent advocate and active promoter of the virtues of the profession. He is currently serving as a design and planning consultant for Clemson University and is a member of both the staff and Board of the South Carolina Mayor's Institute whereby he assists towns grappling with issues of growth and sustainability. He is also Acting Director of the
SC Botanical Garden, a 295-acre multifaceted facility that is host to the largest nature-based sculpture program in America. He periodically serves as an adjunct professor in Landscape Architecture at
Clemson University. Dave Krantz is one of his former students. Most recently he co-founded the Alabama Green Building Resource Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the demystification and promotion of sustainable development. He also designed and engineered the closed-system green roof atop the building's headquarters.
Pre-Production Team Members
Henry Kim
Emily Goligoski
Liza Zigenis
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The profession of architecture deals with the design of spaces for people. As an architect you study how people interact and respond to space in order to provide a better understanding of the spaces you yourself create. Archiculture is a documentation of this study which happens to capture Architecture students and their interactions with one another within the studio environment.
Tapping their feet and chewing pencils, five students nervously await the outcome of five tumultuous years of intense labor. In moments, they will hear from their committee of professors as to the final decision of their senior thesis projects. The documentary Archiculture follows these five students and their struggles over the course of their final semester at a university to complete their projects, which are the manifestations of years of hard work, stress and, ultimately, success.
