Saving Jake Behind the Scenes

It was a cold, wet shoot for all our present day scenes.  The cast and crew were incredible!  Working in tough conditions and never complaining.  So excited to see this footage.

See my Indie, Comedy, Feature Film on the Big Screen!

September 13th at 7pm 

at the

Fine Arts Theater, 36 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801

Get your tickets here (be sure to select the 13th) Order Tickets Online Now

more info at: www.fineartstheatre.com

A demon with an existential crisis and an angel with PTSD team up to save the career of a washed-up rocker.
Demon, Kyle, is a stabber on the third level of hell. He knows his business. But when he starts wondering about the nature of life and death, his superiors shut him up and send him to the "Angel in Training Program."
Angel, Mezudio, has been around a very long time-so long that he developed PTSD and goes catatonic at the sight of blood. Relegated to feeding parking meters and cleaning up dog poop, Mezudio is afraid to trying anything new, but his boss has other ideas. Mezudio is charged with training the stabber, Kyle to be a good angel and earn his wings...or at least stop stabbing everyone.

Katie Damien is an Asheville based award winning Writer, Director, Photographer, and Producer. Support local film making, get your tickets today!
Tickets $10 and are available at the Fine Arts Theatre box office, or online here

Hope Trailer

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Trailer for the short film "Hope." Based on a true story. When a widow with mental illness attempts suicide, she survives only to find herself homeless and unable to reconnect with her son. After a year of living in a shelter with no hope of overcoming her situation, she has a chance encounter that changes her life.

Hope Poster

The one and only Robert Klein, local graphics guru, designed not only this awesome poster, but the opening titles for the movie.  I found him on Instagram, if you like graphic design, cool photos of Asheville and stop motion animation check out his feed: https://www.instagram.com/kleindigital/

Hope Production Stills

We just wrapped production on the short film "Hope" for Homeward Bound.  The cast and crew have been beyond amazing!  I can't believe how smoothly everything went, from the cat who stuck out her scenes like a champ and even turned to the camera like she had been trained to do that, to the volunteers who showed up to be extras, to the cast who gave me goosebumps more than once, to the crew who worked with speed and precision.  I loved this shoot! 

Hope Behind the Scenes

These are some fantastic behind the scenes photos shot by my awesome set photographer Ben Aviv.

Tickets Please Poster

Thanks to Matt Shepard for this awesome poster design!

Tickets Please

Tickets Please was another whirlwind weekend of filmmaking fun for the 48 Hour Film Project.  My and crew cast rocked it!  We had so much fun on this shoot and made a great little film.

Trailer for the short film "Tickets Please." When an assistant forgets to procure tickets to a sold out show for her boss, she enlists the help of her sister to get the tickets by any means necessary or lose her job and be forced to move back in with their parents.

Ghost Image

I had such a great cast and crew for this short, thriller, horror film "Ghost Image."  Rebecca Morris is the best!  She worked so hard throughout the shoot and turned in a brilliant performance.  Penny Munroe was the perfect ghost, what a pro.  Greg Hugins was my brilliant DP and brought with him a dream team of a crew.  I don't like watching horror films nearly as much as I like making them!

An except from the award-winning short film "Ghost Image." When a ghostly apparition shows up in a photographer’s work, she’ll have to find a way to eliminate all cameras from her life or risk losing it to the thing that haunts her.

Ghost Image Behind the Scenes

Thanks to Ben Avivi my set photographer for these great stills!