Mike Falkow

The Team

Mike Falkow — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:17:55 +0000

I’ve been working on a web series called The Team. It’s a humorous take on the secret agent world that takes itself far too seriously. Here’s the latest episode. I hope you like it.

Peace video

Mike Falkow — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:53:39 +0000

I directed this short video promoting peace. It was inspired by Ronny Edry’s campaign to promote peace between Israel and Iran israelovesiran.com

Many thanks to those who helped, especially Denice Duff for being my trusty Director of Photography.

I hope you like it, and share it with your friends.

Go well dear friend

Mike Falkow — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:15:48 +0000

Internationally known South African conservationist, author, humanitarian and founder of The Earth Organization, Lawrence Anthony passed away on March 2. He was 61.

Lawrence was a good friend and I truly enjoyed his company. He made me laugh with his stories of wild adventures in Iraq while saving the animals of the Baghdad Zoo [VIDEO] and told the best stories of gorillas and Pygmys in the wilderness of Africa.

Here’s a story [ARTICLE] about how “The Elephant Whisperer” was mourned by his elephant friends.

In Zulu the phrase is “Hamba kahle” and is used when greeting someone on their departure. Instead of saying “Goodbye” it means “Go well”. I will miss him. Go well my friend.

Safe House

Mike Falkow — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:35:03 +0000

I recently worked a couple days on the film “Safe House” starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, and they needed some South African voices during post production.

Looping is a really fun process, and you get to see how layers of voices add dimension to a scene and bring it to life. It’s really cool. I got to play with a bunch of different local accents and voices and had a great time. The film looks awesome too, with lots of action and when it’s released in theaters next year I hope people come out to see it.

Desert Storm

Mike Falkow — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:04:43 +0000

I recently wrote a screenplay which was picked up by New Slant Productions and is gaining rapid momentum into preproduction. So far we have Catherine Bell and a couple other “names” attached to the project (more announcements to come soon on casting), as well as Adam Beason set to direct. I will be playing a role in the film as well.

The story was brought to me as a “military team goes to the desert and gets killed by zombies” idea. Now, I’m not really into the whole zombies and vampires thing. It just doesn’t ring my bell. But the military thriller vibe intrigued me. So I got to work on the screenplay and came up with an alternative.

Black Ops team goes missing in Iraq… and we unravel what exactly happened over the course of the story. No zombies, but something more like genetically mutated soldiers. Add some twists and turns and a central investigation that we keep cutting back to and voila! I have a script.

I got some really good responses on it and New Slant picked it up. As of now, we’re looking to shoot in 2012. Which is pretty darn exciting.

I’ll keep posting updates as they happen…

Stranded

Mike Falkow — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:02:39 +0000

I recently shot a film called “Stranded” – a New York Film Academy thesis film for director Nicol Dippenaar. I play a South African who emigrates to the United States and get to speak Afrikaans in the film (good thing I paid attention in school all those years).

The film was shot on the RedOne Mysterium X camera (same as they used on The Social Network) and the story follows my character after he’s accidentally shot on a hiking trip and descends into a coma while he navigates his mind to return to his real life and his girlfriend who is being investigated for the shooting. It was a lot of fun to shoot and the little bit of footage that I saw looked really great. I look forward to the release of the film in February at Warner Bros.

Kachatorian shoot

Mike Falkow — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:24:46 +0000

I recently was asked by good friend Ray Kachatorian to do a test shoot with him. You can see the images here.

He was looking to do something a little different than he has in his book. Something edgy, something geared to high fashion stuff. I had a great time doing this shoot. Ray is an awesome photographer and a great guy. His work can be seen at kachatorian.com

Beached As

Mike Falkow — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:27:22 +0000

I just shot a little part in the newest of the series “Beached As: Making of” for Australian TV. Being a fan of the series myself, it was super fun, and I really enjoyed working with the gents from Beached As. I’ll post a link when the episode is available. Apparently one of the guys from “Flight of the Conchords” is going to be in it as well. Here’s a link to the show’s official site for more info and videos etc.

Indo surf trip

Mike Falkow — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:25:38 +0000

I recently fulfilled a childhood dream by traveling on a surf trip to Indonesia. I remember being a young whipper snapper and watching hours and hours of surf footage and dreaming endlessly that my local break in Durban, South Africa was in fact the Indonesia that I saw on the surf movies. (Ah the delusions and dreams of a young surf rat) Then when I grew older and traveled the world, there were still a few places that I didn’t get to visit and Indonesia was one of them. So when a friend called and asked me if I wanted to go on a boat trip to the Mentawai Islands, the answer was a resounding “YES!”

WOW! What a freakin dream that place is. Paradise on earth. Every bit worth the ridiculous hours of flight time to get there. My travel route was LA – Taipei – Kuala Lumpur – Padang. With an overnight stay in Kuala Lumpur and an hour and a half drive to the harbor from the Padang airport, and a 10 hour sail from the harbor to the islands, the total travel time was over 2 days.

But man, was it worth it! The surf was insane and I got some of the best waves I’ve ever had in my life. To add to the ridiculous nature of this trip, we were cruising in serious style on the Indies Trader 4. I posted some photos in the photos section for you to check out.

Here’s an article on the trip from the surf photographer extraordinaire Dave Collyer:
mentawaisurfphotos.com

Here are some more photos of the trip:

Web Series

Mike Falkow — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:06:15 +0000

I’ve recently done a few web series. It’s really fun. I did an episode of The Online Gamer for Reckless Tortuga playing a priest. I did 3 episodes of The Team for iFORKt productions, playing an MI5 team leader, and I played a German techno star in another… but more about that later..

Web series are fast, fun and a great experience and I look forward to doing more down the road.