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MAGICIANS LONG TO SEE (2024) 70min
Directed by Chris Ernst
Featuring Seriah Azkath
COMING SOON!!!
UFOs. Ghosts. Bigfoot. Heavy metal music. These are just a few of the key themes running throughout this quirky documentary profiling underground radio host Seriah Azkath and his show “WHERE DID THE ROAD GO?”. Through intimate interviews and archival material, the film examines connections between Seriah’s own mysterious experiences and the issues explored throughout the show’s decade-long history.
THE HILL AND THE HOLE (2020) 79min
Directed by Bill Darmon & Chris Ernst
Written & Produced by Bill Darmon and Immer
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
Music by Drew O’Doherty
Working one last job for the Bureau of Land Management, archaeologist Tom Digby finds himself confronted with a strange manmade hill on an old ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. Dramatically expanded from a ‘weird fiction’ short story by renowned sci-fi/fantasy author Fritz Leiber.
Available now on TROMA NOW!, Amazon Prime Video and BluRay/DVD.


CORPSE (2018) 81min
Directed by Chris Ernst
Written by Bill Darmon
Music by Drew O’Doherty
Based the classic weird fiction anthology “The King in Yellow” by Robert W. Chambers, CORPSE uses a fractured narrative of surreal flashbacks and dream sequences to tell the story of a C-list reality TV star, her best friend and a group of young entrepreneurs who encounter a forbidden book which induces madness in those who read it.
Available now on Amazon Prime Video.


BENEATH THE REMAINS (2020)
Directed by Dina Fiasconaro
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
A coming-of-age mystery about a teenage metalhead and her search for her older sister, who has disappeared in the humid summer of their marshland home.
Music by Thurn & Taxis

JAWBOX – DESERT SEA (LIVE)
Filmed @ Metro Gallery in Baltimore, MD 5.25.19.
Directed & Edited by Chris Ernst
Cinematography by: J. Dylan Mehring, Evan Gloyd, Mariam Salahvarzi, Chris Ernst, Alexis Harris, Robert Morison


POMPEII GRAFFITI – WHITE COAT SYNDROME
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
Recorded and Mixed by J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studio, mastered by Dan Coutant at Sunroom Audio.


IN CARCOSA (2012) 80min
Directed by Chris Ernst
Written by Bill Darmon & Chris Ernst
Music by Kill Dalton Ames (Zach Barocas, Gordon Withers, J, Robbins)
Experimental film about a support group for people who suffer from reverse deja-vu.


AZIMUTH (2010) 22min
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
Music by The Night Is Now
Experimental short about spatial memory and mediated spaces.


IMAGINARY JOHNNY – ILLUMINATION
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
From the album “Dig”.


GET ME A BODY – VIDEO DAUGHTERS
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
From the album ZooS, engineered and mixed by Ben Greenberg. Mastered by Josh Bonati.


THROWING MUSES – MORNING BIRDS #1
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
Music video for Throwing Muses.


GENEALOGY PROJECT (2007) 10min
Directed, Shot & Edited by Chris Ernst
Experimental non-fiction short film about a family member’s suicide.


THE HOLY CIRCLE – POLARIS
Directed by Dina Fiasconaro
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
Music video for The Holy Circle.


SEEK (2016)
Directed by Cara Loften & Chris Sojka
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
A super single Lana goes on a last ditch effort search for love at her local pet resort.


AUDITION (2015) 95min
Directed by Matt Herron
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
What is real love? New York filmmaker Matt Herron spent over 15 years peeling back layers of expectations and disappointments to uncover the raw essence of this inescapable emotion through his powerful new award-winning film “AUDITION.” Set in the midst of a real-life acting competition, this cautionary narrative within a documentary takes us on a provocative journey into the heart of one of the most profound questions most of us will ever face.


DELICATE STEVE – BUTTERFLY
Directed by Sophia Peer
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
From the album Wondervisions, out now on Luaka Bop.


BURIED LAND (2010) 81min
Directed by Steven Eastwood and Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
Cinematography by Chris Ernst
Buried Land, a feature film premiering April 22nd at the Tribeca International Film Festival, combines documentary and fiction to tell the story of Visoko, Bosnia… a small town home to an extraordinary claim: a valley of ancient pyramids buried beneath the hills.
Available now on iTunes.