Baz Luhrman’s highly anticipated big screen adaptation of Moulin Rouge, the biggest musical to hit Broadway in a decade! Working hand in hand with the agency to help execute a complex artistic vision that involved wrangling talent, hiring vendors, scheduling recording sessions, securing a historic location, coordinating with the director and talent reps. All while managing multiple personalities in order to bring this music video in on-time and under budget.

Need to shoot a music video seven days from now? Your only criteria is that the location must be in Park City, Utah to line up with the artist's schedule? No Problem. We’ll take the creative lead, rent a mountain, hire a backwoods snowmobiling outfit, and transport our team to a remote mountain top overlooking the Colorado rockies. Six days after wrap, we delivered the iconic music video “Stone Cold”, with 150 million hits and counting.

Need a 360 degree campaign shot in Brooklyn, and can't get a permit because the neighborhood is a hot zone? No problem. 4 unique commercials for multiple markets, with corresponding print ads over the course of two days, at three separate locations with a crew of 50 hiding in plain sight (it’s who you know…). When we finally wrapped, everyone had so much fun they didn't want to leave!

Not every shoot should to be a high pressure make-or-break situation; in fact, it's nice when the demands aren't unreasonably high. Case in point, our Vanity Fair print & motion shoot with Gillian Jacobs was like a warm tropical breeze. We created a relaxing environment, supplemented by pleasing atmospheric music, and provided a team that got her in and out of the studio in two hours flat.

Ecclesine Photography // Directed by Patrick Ecclesine

Through a vast network of professional connections, and long standing partnerships in the artistic community, Liberation Pictures owner & producer JJ Kandel continues to develop, package, secure financing, and produce creative content on both coasts.

JJ has developed and produced commercial campaigns with RPM Agency, Periscope, photographer/director Patrick Ecclesine, and also creates original content.

As the Founder & Producing Artistic Director of America's premiere one-act play festival SUMMER SHORTS, JJ has developed and produced new works with Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy Award, NYT Bestselling authors, and Tony Award winning artists for thirteen seasons straight. Artists include: CHRIS BOHJALIAN; ALEXANDER DINELARIS; CHRISTOPHER DURANG; LUCAS HNATH; TINA HOWE; NEIL LABUTE; WARREN LEIGHT; GRAHAM MOORE; PAUL RUDNICK; WILL SCHEFFER; LUCY THURBER; PAUL WEITZ; and ALAN ZWEIBEL.