CDDP

🚨👉🏽🏆Y’all shouting a huge Congratulations to @hisonnij and the rest of his incredible team for receiving- the Award for Excellence at the Communicator Awards in the Public Service Category- for this powerful PSA about banning guns vs. books. So grateful to be a part of the ‘Bang Bang’ team as a Producer. This remarkable piece was created during Hisonni’s time as a @cddprogram fellow- a diversity & inclusion initiative via @directorsguild & @theaicp - truly thrilled for the whole winning “Bang Bang” team including @schwingzies Thomas Schwingle, @furlinedproductions , Jack MacDonough and everyone else who contributed to this very worthy endeavor. Hisonni & team deserve every nod and the hope is that the message of this piece moves the needle towards change. 🙏🏽Thankful to all who continue to support this amazing journey! And continued success Hisonni! This is your time! You are truly on fire ❤️‍🔥👏🏽👏🏽🥳🚀🚀‼️ #grateful #bangbang #communicatorsaward #endgunviolence #bangunsnotbooks

We’re in 2nd place right now 🙏🏾🔥 My PSA Bang Bang has been nominated for a 2026 Webby Award, and seeing this message rise like this means everything to me. This piece is about school shootings. It’s about gun violence. It’s about something we’re all living through. If you can take 2 minutes to watch and vote, you’re helping keep this at #1 and pushing this message to one of the biggest stages in the world. Link in bio to watch and vote If it moves you, please share it. Let’s finish this strong 💥

F A L L D U M P *this season felt long What comes after all the shedding? Released all the old leaves and now out here bare*** and vulnerable. Exhaling and embracing this incoming round of Cold Therapy

This is 36. More life. More art. More films. More poetry. More work. More fatherhood. More service. More knowledge. More love.

I want to thank my friend @schwingzies for being an amazing cinematographer on the #PSA we did together with the support of my @cddprogram @theviaagency and @furlinedproductions family. Huge thanks to @micheauxfilmfest for recognizing how important our spot is and giving us an award for the effort. Truth be told, I’ve want to hold one of these trophies for very long time so this feels amazing. Huge thanks to @baobabt for all of the wonderful guidance that extends far past the Cddp program.

Rapha - “Endurance Redefined” @rapha Last night myself and the other @cddprogram fellows screened some new work at @smugglersite . Thanks to everyone who showed up to support both in person and in spirit! Directed by @jbenavente_ DP: @nickmahar Gaffer: @joeseiler_gaffer Key PA: @moneeb PA: @chrispaulthompson Talent: @keatongreene_ VO: @jowaansully Editorial: @jbenavente_ @moneebnain Color @chadwick_b_williams Sound: @edwinxarzu BTS 📷: @moneebnain

The Commercial Director’s Diversity Program (CDDP) @cddprogram is an initiative supporting under represented directors by the DGA @directorsguild and the AICP @theaicp . We produced our fourth spec commercial for our special mentors on the rise: @lindsaysunadafilm & @jensen.film - collaboratively known as Scout ! Special thanks to @tyrogers.dp ! #cddp #dga #aicp #commercialproduction #behindthescenes

Another great experience with the @cddprogram = tour of the @fusetechnicalgroup stages here in LA. Thank you to Albert & Anthony at FUSE and to @baobabt for organizing this for the #CDDP Directors. Beautiful shot by @alisabanksphotography 📸

Visited @arri yesterday with the @cddprogram director team, learned a history of the camera company innovations and saw demos of cameras & lights. Thank you to @baobabt for making it happen! Photo by @alisabanksphotography

Marvel characters like Spiderman & Thanos were created on this stage… @digitaldomaindd Hosted our group of @cddprogram directors for a walkthrough of the MoCap & other technology they have developed. Thanks to the Advertising Experiences team at D2 for setting up an incredible walkthrough & presentation for us. Truly grateful!! ⭐️🎬⭐️

Incredibly honored and grateful to be a 2024 fellow in the @cddprogram , posted with @smugglersite Let’s go!

Excited to announce that I’m 1 of 5 directors to be selected for the Commercial Directors Commercial Program! Grateful to have such a great group of upcoming directors around me. I’m looking forward to growing with you all and learning from my mentoring company @thinkingmachine.tv Thanks to the @cddprogram selection committee for bringing me on board!