ORBIT EAST
Orbit East Productions is a father-and-son studio, joined by a small circle of hand-picked photographers and filmmakers. We work from Florida, California and Iowa, with roots in Hawaii and Thailand.
We photograph and film weddings, families, homes, products and events, and each receives the same care: unhurried preparation, quiet direction on the day, and an edit finished by hand.
Our longer work is documentary. For years we have recorded the stories of the last WWII veterans and survivors, some past their hundredth birthday, so their voices reach the generations after them.
Recent Works Highlight
The Big Stick - Documentary
The Big Stick: The USS Iowa Battleship Museum is the opening chapter of The USS Iowa: History For Today project. This pilot work, for the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II, is told from the perspective of multiple generations of volunteers and veterans who gather upon the USS Iowa itself. The Big Stick explores the value of this, the museum era of the greatest battleship ever built. All filming is done about the USS Iowa at her permanent mooring in the Port of Los Angeles, California. This is an ongoing project: the short version is complete, and the full-length documentary is in production.
Director: Elan Nicol
Camera: Dawson Storrs, Elan Nicol
Edited by: Mary Paige Rowsey, Dawson Storrs
Starring: Sue Schmidt, Lloyd Glick