Category Filmmakers

Cyrus Sutton

Cyrus Sut­ton is a Cal­i­for­nia surfer / film­maker who is the cre­ator of Kor­duroy TV. In addi­tion to being an extremely tal­ented surfer, Cyrus is all about doing-it-yourself, from hand planes to organ­ics. We asked Cyrus what it is that makes him tick.

What was your life like grow­ing up?
My par­ents divorced when I was a …

Nathan Oldfield

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Nathan Old­field is an Aus­tralian surfer, shaper, and film­maker who cre­ates achingly beau­ti­ful and thought­ful surf­ing films. Lines From A Poem and Sea­wor­thy are the result of his unique vision. Nathan shares with us his life and loves.

What was it like grow­ing up in Aus­tralia?
Won­der­ful. I was born out in the coun­try in the Blue …

Mike Black

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Mike Black is a Cal­i­for­nia surfer who pro­duced and starred in the cult surf film “Inva­sion! from Planet C” and is fea­tured in the much antic­i­pated “Jazz The Glass” – a pirate-themed movie. He is also the cre­ator of the pop­u­lar blog “Surf A Pig” that extolls the virtues of logs with wide hips.

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Jamie Budge

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Jamie Budge is a Cal­i­for­nia film­maker who cre­ated The Liv­ing Curl. Vir­tu­ally ignored because of its small 8mm frame size when it first released, the film has become a sur­prise hit to a new gen­er­a­tion of surf­ing fans – 45 years later. Dora, Fain, Weber, Mar­tin­son, Peck, and Car­son were amongst the film’s many stars.

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Jason Baffa

Jason Baffa is an inspired California-based film­maker and the cre­ator of the pop­u­lar 16 mm films Sin­glefin: Yel­low and One Cal­i­for­nia Day. We were for­tu­nate enough to the chance to inter­rupt Jason’s busy film­mak­ing sched­ule to ask him a few questions.

Where did you grow up?
Well, I’ve lived in Los Ange­les my entire life but most …