Writer and director, Immanuel Baldwin discovered his passion for film when he was younger after his mother introduced him to the “Walls of Jericho” animated film. Immanuel was always different. He began to express such a love for the arts. His mother would watch him reenact various scenes from movies they’d watch and then eventually he started writing and shooting his own shorts on whatever was available. His love of storytelling is attributed to growing up in a family that embraced chasing the dream and the life you want to live, coupled with creative inspiration from his grandfather, Levester Davis.
He attended The Art Institute of Illinois - Chicago. During school, he was offered a summer job on a Netflix slated show (The Declassified) He continued to pursue the opportunity. He has held the roles of assistant director, line producer, and production manager on various projects. Now having taken the journey into directing he has grown to become highly praised, and a go-to resource for directing in the midwest. He has directed ten short films and a slew of music videos, some of which have gone on to receive accolades from various festivals, here in the US and abroad.
“Immanuel Is very capable of creating a beautiful story with exceptional cinematography, inspired camera movements, touching performances, costumes that reveal characters and a set that contributes to the emotional desert that can exist between two people who live in pain, this filmmaker has a future.” As said by the Short and SweetFilm Festival (Jan ’18)
Victorious Red Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller A mysterious young artist and her husband, a former soldier struggle to forge a future together as their tormented past twists their relationship into a devilish nightmare.
Wells
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Andre Vaughn Gibson: Queen
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Zombie Frat House
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Legal ThreaT
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Love and Water
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Ian's Realm Saga Concept Film
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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Face of my Father
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Innervoices
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Black Roses
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Christmas in July
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One Day
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The Devils Moira: Gambit
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Till Death Do Us Part
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Paranoid Escape
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Victorious Red
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Mother & Son
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Maneater
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Lost Gurl
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SeRum
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Kings
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TV Movie
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A Dubious Night
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Such Creatures
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Falling
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The Declassified
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Film
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Loss
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Serial Daters Anonymous
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Gimmick
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TV Movie
Camera and Electrical Department
Olivia
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Film
Sound department
The Birth of Basshead
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Decrypted
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
2 Mins
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Film
Sound department
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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The Catalyst
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Hard Times
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
I Dream of a Psychopomp
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
True Rule
Producer
Cassandra's Castle
TV Serie
Production manager
Pure magic International Film Festival: Best Noire Short
(2020)
Global shorts Film Awards: Best Romance
(2018)
Clifton Film Celebration: "Do The Right Thing" Award
(2017)
The Art Institute of Wisconsin
(2012-2013)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(2010-2012)