What an amazing time? The Post Millennium Winter Retreat, November 2011. Zermatt, Switzerland.

Here’s a fun little video I edited for Boost Mobile a little while ago. It stars UFC Mixed Martial Arts champion and actor Quinton Rampage Jackson. Rampage Jackson also played B.A. Baracus on the feature film “The A-Team”

The “Boost Mobile Bullshit Detection Center” pays homage to vintage A-Team and Get Smart.

Client: Boost Mobile
Writer: David Horowitz
Director: David Horowitz
Production: Mekanism
Editor: Nathan Byrne

I got a facebook request last week from my old friends the Sniper Twins and wanted to share their near-genius creative spirit with you.

The Sniper Twins are Barry Flanagan and Dax Martinez-Vargas. In addition to film making, the two create music and perform. They are represented for commercials in Europe by Independent Films UK.
The team worked as directors/creatives for 5+ years in MTV’s On-Air Promotions department until February 2011. The duo have accumulated several awards and honors for their work listed in the credits below. Their Sniper Twins music videos ‘Salad Wrap’, ‘Computer Friends’, and ‘Chocolate Shoppe,’ have garnered a great deal of attention online led by ‘Computer Friends’.

In addition to commercials and music videos, Sniper Twins have always had a passion for longer form content. The two wrote and directed a 2-hour sketch video show in 2005 called ‘Nothing Liquid’ which premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Austin TX. The duo is actively developing several film and television projects.

I hope to do a follow up with them sometime soon, so look out for it.

In the meantime, check out their website: http://www.snipertwins.com/ and be sure to ‘like’ them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SniperTwins

Check out these spots we cut for the 2011 VMAs, featuring Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne!

Director: Seyi Peter-Thomas
Editor: Erik Auli
Post Producer: Thomas Maiorino
Colorists: Micah Kirz (Lady Gaga), & Matthew Rosenblum (Lil Wayne)
Flame: QuietMan

Here’s a piece we cut this Summer for MTV.  A mini-documentary for MTV’s PUSH Artist of the Week, Theophilus London.  If you haven’t heard his music or seen his show make sure you check it out.  Great stuff!

Director: Howard Grandison
Post-producer: Tom Maiorino
Editor: Ethan Simmons

Just finished up editing a campaign for the Kaiser Foundation in association with MTV to promote STD testing. The campaign is a combination image spots and short-form documentaries featuring the likes of Stevie Williams, A-Trak, Bobby Hundreds, Jeff Staple, Levi Maestro, Han Cholo, No Age, Buff Monster, and more. Click ‘Read More’ to check out some of the other spots & docs!

Directors: Patrick Cummings, Howard Grandison, & Christopher Leo
Director of Photography: Lance Bangs
Producer: Adam Palmer

Editor: Erik Auli
Post Producer: Thomas Maiorino
Colorist: Matthew Rosenblum

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Check out the new short film Erik cut with Legs for Marie Claire. In the film Directed by Greg Brunkalla, a young lady finds a mysterious suitcase in her hotel room during a visit to New York City. What she finds inside transports her into a world of daydreams and dress-up.

The Suitcase is the first fashion editorial of its kind. Download the Marie Claire iPad app or check out http://marieclaire.com/​suitcase to view and interact with the most unique shopping experience to date.

Starring: Noot Seear

Directed By: Greg Brunkalla – LEGS
Executive Producer: Adam Joseph - LEGS
Producer: Andrea Leminske
Cinematography: Pete Konczal

Film Editor: Erik Auli – Post Millennium
Colorist: Steve Gatti – Nice Shoes

Latest music video we cut for La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’. Shot at the legendary Chelsea Hotel, the video features a cast of suspicious characters, a 7 foot albino snake, and an exorbitant amount of hairspray. Stay tuned for the video of the remixed version in the weeks to come! (featuring a special mystery guest)

Directed By: Georgie Greville and Geremy Jasper – LEGS
Executive Producer: Adam Joseph – LEGS
Director Of Photography: Pete Konczal

Editor: Erik Auli – Post Millennium
VFX & Color: Smoke & Mirrors
VFX & Color Producer: Lauren Shawe
Colorist: Ben Eagleton

Erik recently teamed up with writer/director Vinny Lopez and co-writer Mark Smith to cut a series of promos for VH1′s upcoming Do Something Awards. The spots feature this years host and everyone’s favorite actress/comedian-turned–self-proclaimed humanitarian……. Jane Lynch!

Through various monologues Jane gives us deep insights into her personal ‘philosophies,’ dendrophiliac tendencies, and questionable philanthropic practices. We also get the privilege of witnessing these techniques in action at her “Car Wash for Literacy”, where 10 bucks gets you a wash, a wax, and a front row view of some “Bikini-clad hard-bodies”….. not a bad deal.

Director: Vinny Lopez
Writers: Vinny Lopez & Mark Smith (‘Treehugger’ Written by Traci Terrill)
Producer: Amber Harris
Director of Photography: Peter Selesnick

Editor: Erik Auli at Post Millennium
Color: Matthew Rosenblum
Audio : Paul Goldman at Ear Goo
Flame Artist: Dale Boyce at Creative Group

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The ‘Creativity Awards’. I know the magazine, but I have to admit it’s the first time I’ve heard of the awards. But heck, I don’t care, these guys gave me platinum for the MTV Video Music Awards promo I cut last year, entitled ‘VMA Side Story’. A rip-off of (hahum … inspired by…) the West Side Story. Big props to Seyi, the gentle giant of a director for such an amazing job. Erik, our in house boy genius also pulled off a silver for his MTV effort, America’s Best Dance Crew ‘Worship’. Congrats Evan Silver!

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