Theatrical trailer for the feature film BETWEEN BORDERS.
Written and directed by Mark Freiburger.
This film had a limited release in U.S. theaters on January 26th, 2025. Despite opening on a Sunday, it became the #15 highest grossing film at the U.S. box office for the weekend.
The film tells the incredible true story of an ethnic Armenian family’s fight for survival during the fall of the Soviet Union in 1980s Azerbaijan and Russia.
The film was made for a modest budget of $1.5MM and filmed in Eastern Europe over a period of 20 shooting days.
It is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Angel Studios.
Role: Writer / Director / Producer
Role: hired as a ghostwriter to rewrite two drafts of the screenplay for this Hilary Swank/Lionsgate film.
Served as producer and director on this short documentary highlighting the inspirational life of Bob Wieland.
Mr. Wieland lost his legs in the Vietnam War, then went on to win strongman competitions, and eventually challenged himself to walk across the United States from California to NYC on his hands. His journey across the U.S. took him nearly 4 years to accomplish.
Role: Director / Producer
Production company: Susie Films
Directed :60, :30, and :15 comedy spots for IKEA in the Korean market. Spots aired on broadcast TV and became the highest rated IKEA commercials in Korea to-date. DDB secured a 2-year contract renewal as the AOR with IKEA Korea after the success of these spots.
Production was a 2-day shoot on a sound stage in Seoul, South Korea.
Role: Director
Client: IKEA
Agency: DDB
TV Broadcast spot for IKEA Korea.
Winner of the 2013 Doritos ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ contest. Became the #1 Ranked :30 ad of the 2013 Super Bowl according to the USA Today Ad Meter. 4.2 Billion social media impressions - the most in Frito-Lay history.
Spot began as a :30 spec made with friends for $300. Beat out 5,000 other entries to air during the Super Bowl.
Role: Director/Producer
Client: Frito-Lay
One of multiple spots I wrote, directed and produced for Fara Coffee. Select :30 spots aired on broadcast in the Texas and Southwest markets.
This particular spot was a cutdown for social media campaigns.
Role: Director / Producer / Editor
Client: Fara Coffee
Production Company: TSI
This was 1 of 3 commercials I wrote, produced, and directed pro-bono for one of my favorite non-profits: Samaritan’s Feet.
These spots aired on broadcast, nationally in the U.S.
Shot on location in Nicaragua.
Role: Writer / Director / Producer
Edited a series of :15, :30, and :60 spots for OLAPLEX. Spots ran on broadcast, social media, and on screens above Times Square in NYC during Summer 2023.
Role: Editor
Production Company: TSI
Client: OLAPLEX
Behind-the-Scenes featurette for BETWEEN BORDERS, shot on location in Bucharest, Romania.
Role: Writer/Director
