HANKfilm

CHANGE TODAY: The Texas Organic Connection

Here’s a short documentary I co-wrote and Produced with director Angelo Mei. It exposes an unlikely relationship between the global surf community and a group of organic farmers in Texas. hankfilm.com angelomei.com billabong.com
ONLY A SURFER KNOWS THE FEELING – Andy Irons

This commercial featuring Andy Irons was part of a series of Fall Season commercials produced and directed for Billabong using their classic, original tagline.
INFINITE ARMS – Band of Horses

A teaser for Band of Horses’ Grammy Nominated Album ‘Infinite Arms’. Produced, Directed, Filmed & Edited by Jarrod Tallman Photography by Christopher Wilson, Sandlin Gaither, Jarrod Tallman Animation by Mavis Media and Jarrod Tallman
BROCCOLI FOR ME

Hank Williams Rough-n-Tough S.O.B. makes his acting debut in this short film about next to nothing.
STILL FILTHY

Take 53 cameramen, 2 years of filming the best surfers in the world across every continent on earth, throw in 16 badass songs, slap in some random graphics, shake it violently and you get Billabong’s new surf film ‘STILL FILTHY’ directed by Jarrod Tallman. Still Filthy is the award winning sequel to the 1989 cult [...]
NO ONE’S GONNA LOVE YOU – Band of Horses

Some love it, some hate it. It’s been called amazing, beautiful, a brodeo/gay love story, and even ‘the most disappointing video of 2008′. I like it.
MUNDAKA

A thousand year old Basque fishing village reflects on the changes brought about by the introduction of surfing in the early 70’s. Now, 30 years since the first surfers arrived, the village of Mundaka plays host to one of surfing’s biggest events on the World Championship Tour. How the town people cope with the transformation [...]
FROTHING

Frothing showcased the most promising upcoming Billabong team-riders from around the globe. With ground-breaking first-time featured sections, the film opened the eyes of the surfing world to Kolohe Andino, TJ Barron, Wade Goodall, Laurie Towner, Sterling Spencer and Jordy Smith. Filmed in Central America, Australia, Indonesia and Hawaii. Cut to music by Trail of Dead, [...]
TRANSWORLD SURF MODEL SEARCH

“It’s like a play date at the beach with a bunch of girls…” What’s not to like about that?
LEARN TO SURF WITH ANDY IRONS

An instructional video on the fundamentals of surfing aimed at groms and beginners with the late and great 3x World champion Andy Irons.

Chop Chop

I picked up a new Canon 814 XLS a while back, like a year ago. Finally got around to shooting a couple test rolls the other day when I had to split some wood and, well, here it is.

Wow. So it’s been way too long since I’ve posted anything up here. We’re getting back in the swing of things though so hopefully we can keep the various things and stuff coming, or going… Anyhow… I was listening to this Willy Mason record the other day and had an idea for a video for [...]

Timelapse of Earth from Space

Check out this timelapse movie that the crew of the international space station took… Just amazing. I’m speechless. Many more here. Enjoy Video courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

Flying Home Friday

As a general rule of thumb, I sleep on airplanes. I think too much and don’t drink enough to be present at thirty-thousand feet. I woke up on this flight about half-way home and despite the multitude of facts that I keep on file which plague any possibility of comfort, I found myself starring out [...]