RECENT WORK





11.19.23
Knickerbocker & New York Magazine - “The Wave” advertisement





“The Wave” - a LLanguage production for  the “It’s a New York Thing” Knickerbocker and NY Mag capsule collection

Written & Directed by Jeff Alper
Cinematography by Thomas Marchese
Original Music by Joseph Stevens
Color by Jake White
Location Sound by Henry Fernberger
Sound mix by Max Solomon
Starring: Donta Waldron, Michael Ferraro, Andrew Livingston

Shot on 16mm Kodak Color Negative film

11.19.23

Knickerbocker - “BEEFY” short film

BEEFY - a LLanguage production

Written & Directed by Jeff Alper
Cinematography by Thomas Marchese
1st AC - Beth Sacca
Sound - Henry Fernberger
Color - Jake White
Starring: Andrew Livingston Jeff Alper

Shot on 16mm Kodak Color Negative film

10.19.23
The 2nd Annual Canal Street Film Festival


In collaboration with Knickebocker, LLanguage produced and hosted the 2nd Annual Canal Street Film Festival at the Tribeca Synagogue.
We premiered our short film “Yardbird” among other great short films in front of 250 people in a great night of cinema.

2023 CSFF - FILMS


01. Yardbird - Jeff Alper
02. Baby, Baby - Joey Breese
03. Airplane Man - Rick Darge
04. Words We Don’t Say - Ella Ezeike
05. Then Comes the Body - Jacob Krupnick
06. Icelandic Poppies - Anne-Sofie Lindgard
07. After the Dog - Josh Sondock / Jason Sondock
08. Seeking Comfort in an Uncomfortable Chair - Anderson Wright


04.05.23
j ember - Should’ve Drowned - Live at Fort Greene Park


Directed and Edited by Jeff Alper
Cinematography by Thomas Marchese, Jeff Alper, Seem, and Esy Bardon

Shot on 16mm, 8mm Kodak film






8.03.22

A Rua Do Solidao

A super 8 short  

Written & Edited by Jeff Alper
Shot by Lauren Sottile and Jeff Alper



4.13.22

The Duality Of Sport

The Duality of Sport from Victory Journal on Vimeo.



A short documentary featuring Olympic fencer Race Imboden that covers the struggle of wanting to be  a champion, while also wanting to enjoy the experience of sport.

We’re proud to share that on 5.13.22 we were awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick for this film.

Credits:
Directed & Edited by Jeff Alper
Produced by Race Imboden & Jeff Alper
Cinematography by Jeff Alper & Colton Moyer
Assistant Director Race Imboden
Color by Scarlett Thiele
Sound Mix by Andrew Wodzanowski
Shot on Kodak 250D 16mm & 8mm 
Premiered on Victory Journal

3.22.22

The LLaundromat



Our first project as a team was made as both a way to introduce ourselves and as an exercise in creating something brand new from scratch. Shot on 16mm using a Bolex Rex-4 and Canon 8-64mm S16 PL lense, we developed this short to open The Canal Street Film Festival in our partnership with Knickerbocker (see below). 

Credits:
Written & Directed by Jeff Alper
Produced by Jesse Simon & Jeff Alper
Cinematography by James Thomson
Edited by Esy Bardon





3.11.22

LLanguage & Knickerbocker Present: Canal Street Film Festival

 

Commemorating the official launch of LLanguage Creative Agency, we partnered with Knickerbocker to host the first annual Canal Street Film Festival at the flagship store in SoHo - a lineup of short films including exclusive premieres from up & coming artists, as well as some of our own. An evening of film, dancing, and good energy captured in the recap above, shot on a Sony Camcorder. 

Canal Street Film Festival Lineup:
The LLaundromat - Jeff Alper
Blind Beauty - Gillian Zinser
Ground Glass - James Thomson
Payphone 702 - Kevin D'Angelo
The Duality of Sport - Jeff Alper



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