(2005, comedy short, miniDV, 5 min.)

Coney Island Film Festival

Williamstown Film Festival



Jeff's got issues. (Or does he?)



Director: Garret Savage
Writers: Garret Savage and Tamara Lovatt-Smith
Producers: Garret Savage, James Larmer, and Tamara Lovatt-Smith
Executive Producer: Jay Riedl, Hair of the Dog
Starring: James Larmer and Tamara Lovatt-Smith
SHOOT THE FREAK

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(2004, documentary, miniDV, 9 min.)

Iowa City Documentary Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival
Westchester County Film Festival
Studio Sessions at Studio 42

Coney Island has always been known for its freaks. But there's a new game on the boardwalk and it surprises even the old-timers: It's called Shoot the Freak; a shooting gallery with a live human target! Running the operation is Anthony, a savvy and ambitious businessman and the creator of the game. The Freak is Manny, a young guy who makes money getting shot at so he can put his wife through school and raise his precious baby girl. Loco is the man on the mic, taunting beach-goers to put their money down and take their shots.

Producers/Directors/Editors:
Garret Savage, Jessie Hutcheson, Lisa M. Perry

Camera:
Garret Savage

4-CYLINDER 400
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"Outstanding... I was on the edge of my seat! Four stars!"
-- Film Threat Magazine review

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(2004, documentary, miniDV, 23 min.)

Independent Film Channel (in 2006)
Nantucket Film Festival
Oxford, Miss. Film Festival
Cardiff, Wales Screen Festival

Rural Route Film Festival in Brooklyn
Hawaii International Film Festival
CMJ Music and Film Festival
Westchester County Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Crossroads Film Festival

Jonathan LaFever’s Annual Barnyard Car Race has become a Bovina Center, NY (pop. 664) tradition, drawing an audience of hundreds on one Saturday every August. But the townspeople have come to see more than just an offbeat race--they're eager to witness the moment when one of the 25 competitors finally dethrones Jonathan, the race's four-time undefeated champion. 4-Cylinder 400 celebrates one small piece of what’s left of rural America.

You've never seen racing like this before!

Directors: Garret Savage, Harlo Bray, John Finn
Producer: John Finn
Camera: Peter Rubi, Garret Savage, Harlo Bray
Editor: Garret Savage
Sound: Jeremy Landman, Allen S. Lau

 

   
THREE GUYS AND BRENDA
(March 15, 2004, one-act play, Atlantic Theater Company)

Director: Garret Savage
Writer: Adam Bock
Cast: Tami Dixon, Carla Rzeszewski, Julie Shavers, Jama Williamson


   
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(2003, comedy, digital video, 8min.)

Hamptons International Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Williamstown Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival

Spoiler Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival
Two Boots Pioneer Theater "Short Film Slam"

What happens when eight young, talented, but unemployed New Yorkers run out of options? Find out as a down-on-her-luck actress gets creative inspiration from a street beggar and sets off an absurd chain of hilarious money-making ventures.

Cast: Billy MoDean, Jessie Hutcheson, Michael Cavaliere, John Dokes, John Carmichael, Jeremy Landman, Quincy Newton, Wendy Spero, Jay Riedl
Written by: The Cast & Garret Savage
Director/Editor/Camera/Producer: Garret Savage
Producer: Lisa M. Perry
Composer: Spencer Cobrin
Mixer: David Scaringe

Production Assistant: Hope Hopkins

LYSISTRATA PROJECT
(March 3, 2003, public reading, Union Square, NYC)

One of over 1000 worldwide readings of "Lysistrata" on March 3, 2003 as a statement against war.

A bawdy Greek comedy, Aristophanes' Lysistrata tells the story of woman from opposing states who unite to end a war by refusing to sleep with their men until they agree to lay down their swords. Powerless in their society, with too many of their sons and husbands being slaughtered in battle, the women take the only tactic available to them: a sex strike.

With the participation of: Kathryn Alexander, Jaime Andrews, Claire Alpern, Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, Alexandra Brodsky, Suzanne Ceresko, Alex Clapes, Douglas Everett Davis, Jordana Davis, John Dokes, Michelle Fantaci, Lindsey Gates, Melanie Grizzel, Sarah Gurfield, Hair of the Dog Theater Company, Steve Howe, Jessie Hutcheson, Trevor Jones, Tara Kennedy, Daryl Lathon, Todd Lawson, John Leone, Tamara Lovatt Smith, Autumn Lucas, Mark McDaniels, Ronan Nagle, Nancy Noto, Eric Piasecki, Tyler Pierce, Roberta Pikser, Jay Riedl, Garret Savage, Clayton Dean Smith, Jessamyn Tabakin, Eve Udesky, Elena Wealty, Sean Williams, and Todd Woodard

 

 

 

EVE OF THE TRIAL

(2001, one-act play by Samm-Art Williams)

Perforned at Atlantic Theatre Company Studio

 

A parody of a Chekhov short story, the play is set in Ma Lola's rooming house just outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in August 1919, on a hot, humid and sticky night.

Director: Garret Savage
Cast: Aaron Goodson, Andrew
Kahrl, Bisanne Masoud, Clare Means, Maggie Tisdale, Nancy Noto and Charlie Wilson
Producer: Cynthia Silver

1-24

(1995, drama, 16mm, 23 min.)

Winner of UCSB's Corwin Award for Best Short Film
Winner of UCSB's Best Cinematography Award
South by Southwest Film Festival

A young man tormented by disturbing memories of his mother and father uses photographs and home movies to help him make sense of his past.

Director/Writer/Producer: Garret Savage
Cast: Howie Lotker, Diana Cavanaugh, Richard Corum, and Aimee Haeussler
Producer: Ronan P. Nagle

Cinematography: Bret Burgess and Paul Starkman
Editor: Erik O'Donnell
Sound: Christopher J. Peña
Production Designer: Amy Kern
Title Design: Jeremy Landman