About
Peripheral Productions was founded in 2008 by Scott Kirschenbaum to give voice and vitality to outsider narratives rare to mainstream cinema.
Film Team
Production Company
Peripheral Productions
peripheralproductions.com
Scott Kirschenbaum - Writer/Director/Producer
Kirschenbaum has made the short films "Uphill," "The Broceanographer" and "Good Times Goodbye," and the documentary "Jumor," about Jewish humor in Jewish nursing homes. Kirschenbaum was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Yale University.
Stosh Mintek - Producer
A graduate of Yale University with a degree in Film Studies and English, Stosh Mintek currently serves as the Director of Programs and Education at the Ghetto Film School (GFS), a non-profit dedicated to training young filmmakers in the South Bronx. During his tenure, the Ghetto Film School has garnered numerous accolades (including the prestigious Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture in 2006), and his students' films have won jury prizes and scholarships at film festivals across the country. Stosh recently finished his first narrative short, "Little Fish," and directed and co-produced the short film "Uphill" with Scott Kirschenbaum.
John Givens - Associate Producer, Graphic Designer
Givens recently finished directing the documentary "Working Title", which premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and has been accepted to national film festivals. Previously he directed the experimental shorts "The Black Sheep" (2002) and "Why I talk so Loud" (2002). Givens is an artist and graphic designer whose work has been exhibited at Intersection for the Arts and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery among other places. He is currently the Art Director at Underground Advertising where he creates television, print, and outdoor campaigns for non-profit organizations.
Vincent Pascoe - Director of Photography
615music - Production & Supervision
615 Music is a world leader in original music/sound design, news packages and production music. The 615 Music Library has over 500 Cds, across 11 libraries including Platinum Series, Scoring Stage Music, Promo Accelerator, 615 Song Catalog, AMP, Cosmind Production Music, Kingsize, Metro, Music Gallery, Music Shop, and Zen! Our music is used within shows such as "Today Show", "Regis and Kelly," CBS, ABC Sports, HGTV, Fox News Channel, and more. Over 200 local TV stations and Networks worldwide use 615 Music.
Ali Levie - Production Designer
A San Francisco Bay Area native, Ali Levie is a graphic designer for an international law firm. Having earned a degree in Visual Art from Bowdoin College in 2003, Ali went on to earn a Certificate in Fashion Studies from Parsons the New School for Design in New York City. While in New York, Ali worked as a skate mentor with STOKED, an action sports mentoring program working with at-risk youth in the Lower East Side. She did art direction for the short film "Breathe," filmed in Oakland in 2007, and she has fond memories of her last major acting role, in which she played a granny potato in her middle school's spring variety show.
Shane Boris - Script Supervisor
Shane Ostroff Boris grew up like a kid in 1980s America. He did it with gusto. Broken bones, lost loves, burning stars always eluding his clumsy, generous graspings. He then left the 80s for middle school and all the other educations that followed. He tried a number of tips: the holy be; the enlightened listen; the ecstatic Hoo-rah! He read Hollywood scripts in India. He taught science to homeless kids in Denver. And he sometimes believes some things are worth the effortlessness of trying.
Julia Febiger - Production Assistant
Julia currently works for GirlVentures, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths through outdoor adventure programs, creative arts, and group experiences. An avid runner herself, Julia has also been a volunteer coach for Girls On The Run, a curriculum-based running program for girls ages 8-13. Next fall, Julia will pursue a master's degree in "Human Development and Psychology" at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Julia loves playing outside and is excited to join the "Elementary Cool" project. She has a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Italian from Bowdoin College.
Phil Gorrindo - Production Assistant
With long-standing interests in child development, Phil's curiosity first led him to the Yale Child Study Center. As a Donald J. Cohen Fellow, Phil developed novel eye-tracking tools to index social insight in children with autism. Phil is currently a MD/PhD candidate at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, where he has studied basic mechanisms of neurodevelopment. His current project examines the genetics of autism. Additionally, Phil leads a health education program at the Shade Tree Family Clinic, a free medical clinic for the uninsured and unserved in Nashville, where he is developing strategies to improve childhood nutrition by increasing access to fresh produce and addressing eating behaviors in youth. Phil recently brought all of his interests together in a social experiment, Bananas for All, in which he gave away free bananas to children while dressed as a banana. Phil graduated in 2003 from Yale, with a degree in molecular biology.
Jordan Pearlstein - Production Consultant
Jordan Pearlstein has spent the last eight years studying and practicing conflict resolution and nonviolence locally and around the world, including in Israel, Northern Ireland, The Hague, and Syria. Ms. Pearlstein graduated Summa Cum Laude from Scripps College with a self-designed, dual major in Conflict Transformation and Middle Eastern Studies. She has worked at several non-profits focusing on conflict resolution and nonviolence, including as a community mediator with low-income communities in Pomona, California. In addition, Ms. Pearlstein worked with Tikkun where she served as a lead organizer in the inaugural 1,500-person Spiritual Activism Conference and as the National Organizer for the Tikkun Campus Network, which focused on peace, justice and reconciliation in Israel-Palestine. She also worked as a Program Associate at the Western Justice Center Foundation, where she focused on conflict resolution education and community dialogue programs. It was there that Ms. Pearlstein facilitated the committee for Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa's first annual Youth Mediation Summit, which included hundreds of students and teachers from Los Angeles Unified School District’s most violence-ridden schools. Most recently Ms. Pearlstein served as the Program Director at the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education. She has spoken and presented workshops on nonviolence and conflict resolution at numerous conferences and events around the country. She will begin a Masters Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy beginning August 2008.
Jennifer McCuen – Assistant Producer
Still Photographer Jennifer will graduate from Arizona State University with a degree in Film and Media Production in the Spring of 2009. While studying at Arizona State, Jennifer has nurtured her passion as both a producer and still photographer, which led to the creation of FotoJennik Productions. In the past year Ms. McCuen has produced several student shorts, and has also honed her creativity as a still photographer on more than a dozen films, including her first feature "The Graves", written and directed by comic book artist Brian Pulido. Jennifer also serves as the historian for the ASU Student Filmmakers Association and was a key contributor to the creation of ASUFilm.com, the ultimate resource for student filmmakers in the Valley.