COMING SOON
Andre (Domonique Brown), a young man on the autism spectrum, is passionate about the bats that live in the highway underpass next to his house in East LA. When one day the bats go missing, he enlists the help of a jaded UCLA biologist (Khandi Alexander) to find out what happened.
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About the Project
Bat Boy is a short film that completed principal photography in June 2022 and is currently in post production. It stars Khandi Alexander (Treme), Domonique Brown (Atypical), Ray Porter (Zack Snyder’s Justice League) and Yvette Freeman (Orange is the New Black). It has received generous funding from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The Team
Producers: Kennedy Love-Green & Matt Johnson
Director of Photography: Marc Patterson
1st AD: Randa Ali
Casting: John Frank Levey
Production Design: Bobby Murphy Appelbaum
Costume Design: Ruth Araujo
Hair and Makeup: Shaina Paulson
Sound Mixers: John Wassel & Alex Brayman
Editor: Randi Atkins
Additional Science Advisor: Brad Shaffer, PhD.
Bat Consultants: Chumi Paul, Jill Carpenter & Bat Conservation International
2nd AD: Shelby Halliman
Associate Producer: Natalie Abeysena
Gaffer: Michael Tellup & Micah Goldfarb
Key Grip: Jon Corum
1st AC: Scott Marino
2nd AC: Gabrielle Wiltz
Grips: Jake Brody, Connor Vickers, Balca Sagmanli, Justin Garza
Art PAs: Kayla Hill & Kamila Collins
Set PAs: Ethan Major & Emma Levy
DIT: Greg Armstrong
Script Supervisor: Marnie Slavani
Covid Safety: Morgan O’Dell
Set Photographer: Lydia Thompson
Composer: Daniel Walter
Sound Designer & Re - Recording Mixer: David Raines