I’m excited to share Her Favorite Patient will screen theatrically at Cinema Village on Sunday, 11/12 at 6:30 pm with seven other short films. Afterwards we will discuss making a film on a limited budget. The screening is presented by the New York Short Film Festival and the Filmshop collective. Tickets can be purchased here.
Her Favorite Patient screening
Sunday, 11/12 at 6:30 pm
Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
We hope to see you there!
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Isabelle Pierre
Films
Her Favorite Patient Beacon Screenings /
Her Favorite Patient is screening Saturday, 7/22 at 12:30 pm at KuBe Art Center Theater (211 Fishkill Ave, 1st Floor, Beacon, NY 12508) and Sunday, 7/23 at 4:30 pm at The Cinehub (20 W Main St, Beacon, NY 12508). Her Favorite Patient is part of a one hour short film block programmed by the Beacon Film Society in conjunction with Beacon Open Studios and Upstate Art Weekend. Sponsored by Ethan Cohen Gallery and Beacon Arts. Tickets by donation with a Q&A to follow each screening.
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Isabelle Pierre
Her Favorite Patient Screening at the Picture Farm Film Festival /
Her Favorite Patient is screening for free at the Wythe Hotel Cinema on Saturday, 10/1 at 7:30 pm as an official selection of the Picture Farm Film Festival with a Q&A to follow. An RSVP is required to attend: https://www.picturefarmfilmfest.com/2022-block-3-1
Picture Farm Film Festival Block 3 / Wythe Hotel Cinema
Saturday, 10/1/22 at 7:30 pm
80 Wythe Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11249
We look forward to seeing you there!
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Isabelle Pierre
Her Favorite Patient screening at Peekskill Film Festival /
We’re excited to share that Her Favorite Patient will have its Hudson Valley premiere at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater in competition at the Peekskill Film Festival on Saturday, June 25th at 5 pm EST. We’re looking forward to screening our film on the big screen at a landmark venue with over 1,000 seats. More info here.
We hope to see you there!
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Isabelle Pierre
Settling Up live screening at Malarkey Film Festival /
Settling Up is screening live tonight at the Malarkey Film Festival at 6:30 pm at 3 Dollar Bill (260 Meserole St, Brooklyn, NY 11206). We’re excited to screen Settling Up in front of a live audience again. More info here.
Settling Up, a film by Reuben Hernandez written by Brady Evan Walker
Creative Humans Feature /
Click on the image below to see Reuben’s work featured on Creative Humans
Reuben Hernandez, director and cinematographer, is featured on Creative Humans
Her Favorite Patient nominated for Best Comedy Short and Best Ensemble - Narrative Short /
We’re excited to announce that Her Favorite Patient is nominated for Best Comedy Short and Best Ensemble - Narrative Short at the 11th annual Queens World Film Festival! Congrats to our cast Barbara Miluski, Isabelle Pierre, Clay Russell, our writer/producer Brady Evan Walker, and our entire crew! I’m honored to share this recognition with our cast and crew and grateful that Queens World Film Festival has selected our film to screen live at their festival this year.
Thanks to everyone that came out to our live screening in Long Island City on Saturday. It’s nice to have the collective experience of sharing our work in person on the big screen once again, and it feels like we’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Her Favorite Patient, a film by Reuben Hernandez, is nominated for Best Comedy Short and Best Ensemble - Narrative Short at the 11th annual Queens World Film Festival
Her Favorite Patient, a film by Reuben Hernandez, is nominated for Best Comedy Short
Her Favorite Patient, a film by Reuben Hernandez, is nominated for Best Ensemble - Narrative Short
Her Favorite Patient screening at Queens World Film Festival /
Her Favorite Patient is screening both live and virtually at the 11th annual Queens World Film Festival, one of MovieMaker’s 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee. The live screening will be at The Local in Long Island City, NYC on Saturday, June 26th at 7 pm and tickets can be purchased here. The virtual screening will be part of the Therapy This short film block from 6/23 to 7/3 and tickets can be purchased here. We’re excited to screen at QWFF and thank you for your support!
Her Favorite Patient, a film by Reuben Hernandez and written by Brady Evan Walker, screens at Queens World Film Festival
Queens World Film Festival is one of MovieMaker’s 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2021
Settling Up screening at Malarkey Film Festival /
My short film, Settling Up, will screen at the Malarkey Film Festival in the Malarkey X Blackmagic: Introductory Micro Shorts competition on June 17th at 6 pm EST. This is a FREE virtual event, with a $10 Suggested Donation. All donations for this event go directly to Public Assistants and you can RSVP here.
Settling Up, a film by Reuben Hernandez and written by Brady Evan Walker
Malarkey Film Festival
Malarkey Film Festival Malarkey X Blackmagic: Introductory Micro Shorts
Settling Up film director Reuben Hernandez
Filmshop Exhibition /
My short film Maddie screens as part of Filmshop Exhibition, curated by Michael Dunaway, available to watch for free through tonight here: https://www.thefilmshop.org/fs-exhibition-viewer-thursday.
Michael Dunaway
“A struggling Latina bartender, a millennial hipster white woman, a group of inner-city fencers, a little girl on the streets of New York City, a Black visual artist, and a boy growing up playing chess with his grandfather. The protagonists of these six films couldn't be more different, and yet the emerging filmmakers will make you fall in love with every one of them. These six directors also share a meticulous attention to production design, and have each found the ideal pace at which to unfold their stories. But it's those characters that stick with me most. Well done.”
Petty Cash, Matt Simon
Zugzwang, Lars Fuchs
Maddie, Reuben Hernandez
Inner City Fencers, Daniel Feighery
Division Street: Fish Out of Water, Traven Rice
Masterpiece, Eden Martinez
Michael Dunaway is the Editor at Large of Paste Magazine, and the founding partner of Gasoline Films and Poitier & Dunaway Motion Pictures. He is the director, writer, and producer of Six LA Love Stories, and the producer and director of 21 Years: Richard Linklater. He also produced and directed The Man Who Ate New Orleans, with Oscar nominee Morgan Spurlock. His short film Bread won Best US Narrative Short at the 2011 Rome International Film Festival. Current projects include a scripted historical civil rights epic with the King and Poitier families. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and children.
Interview in We Are Moving Stories /
I was interviewed and featured along with writer Brady Evan Walker in We Are Moving Stories for our short film, Her Favorite Patient, starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). Check out the full interview here.
Her Favorite Patient World Premiere at Lighthouse International Film Festival /
My short film “Her Favorite Patient” world premieres today at the Lighthouse International Film Festival, named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. You can watch our film virtually in Shorts Block #2 through June 20th by purchasing tickets here. There is also a free Q&A tomorrow 6/15 at 5 pm EST; Q&A tickets available here. Thanks so much to our wonderful cast and crew for all of their hard work, sweat, and dedication:
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Produced by Reuben Hernandez and Brady Evan Walker
Starring Barbara Miluski (Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Isabelle Pierre
Director of Photography Jackson J. Eagan
Assistant Camera Monica Kapoor
Grip Nikolai Basarich
Sound Design and Sound Editor Ash Knowlton
Edited by Patrice D. Bowman
Colorist Jenny Montgomery
Short Form Color Producer Stephanie Arce
Music by Clay Russell
Stay healthy safe.
Love and Best Thoughts,
Reuben
FREE Settling Up screening tonight /
Settling Up a film by Reuben Hernandez, written by Brady Evan Walker
2019 A Decade in Review /
One of the single most defining moments of the past decade was when I quit my job, started my own company, and moved to NYC. It was one of the most difficult and best decisions I have ever made. That was nearly 10 years ago, and it has led me to numerous opportunities that I had only dreamed of such as landing in Antarctica, photographing great white sharks breach, and seeing the aurora borealis dance above me and light up the Arctic sky. That decision also led me to meeting my wife Lisa in my Brooklyn neighborhood and to becoming a father to Leuca last year, which has been a wonderful and beautiful journey.
It’s difficult to summarize an entire decade, so I will share some of my favorite experiences and work over the last ten years.
Antarctica © 2015 Reuben Hernandez
Landing in Antarctica was a really big deal for me. I had dreamed of visiting Antarctica ever since I was in fourth grade and Antarctica also marked my seventh and final continent. It is transcendent and truly like no place on earth. This is one of many images I photographed as photographer in residence onboard an expedition ship. Dreams do come true. That’s what I would tell my childhood self.
Great white shark breaching in South Africa © 2015 Reuben Hernandez
This photograph was taken in False Bay, South Africa and speaks for itself. This happened in about a split second so you can imagine how challenging of a photograph this was to capture. The is one of the images I am most proud of and I still can’t believe I got the shot. I was freaking out afterwards. Sharks are awesome creatures and I’ve always wanted to see a great white shark breach.
Mother and cub polar bears in Svalbard, Arctic Norway © 2014 Reuben Hernandez
In 2014 I had the opportunity to be a photographer in residence onboard an expedition ship in Svalbard, Arctic Norway. We spotted these polar bears from our ship from about 300 meters and our expedition leader decided that we would jump in zodiacs to get a closer look. The seawater was torrential and we were getting absolutely soaked by the waves smashing against the front of our zodiacs as we raced towards the polar bears. Luckily the bears remained and we got to observe them closer from our zodiacs. This was also a challenging photograph to capture with a long lens on a zodiac that was rocking up and down. I have a print of this photograph in my daughter Leuca’s room, and it definitely has a new meaning for me being a parent.
Rifle master Tom Smith searching for polar bears in Svalbard, Arctic Norway © 2014 Reuben Hernandez
The Milky Way rising above the Atacama Desert, Chile © 2015 Reuben Hernandez
On my way to Antarctica I spent some time in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile in hopes of photographing the Milky Way. It was quite an adventure to say the least. I spent a few weeks waiting for the rain and full moon to pass as I foolishly didn’t check the phases of the moon beforehand. The Atacama Desert is supposed to be one of the driest places on earth so I was surprised by the rain. I woke up each morning at about 3 am and rode my bike alone out into the desert. It was a bit unnerving and extremely desolate and dark. It was also humbling and peaceful to see so many stars and stand beneath billions of galaxies. This is a self portrait I captured underneath the Milky Way.
BBC Travel © 2018 Reuben Hernandez
Last year I was commissioned by BBC Travel to cover a story for their To the Ends of the Earth series. I had the opportunity to visit Supai, the only US town that receives its mail by mule train and is only accessible by hiking eight miles into the Grand Canyon or by helicopter. I hiked more than 20 miles off the grid carrying 40 - 50 lbs of photo and video gear, food, and camping supplies for this story. It was a challenging story and an adventure to say the least, and the Havasupai Falls are one of the most beautiful natural wonders I have ever seen. Check out the full story and interview with tribal elder Rex Tilusi here.
I directed Bono in the above Red Nose Day celebrity PSA. Spike Jonze showed up and thanked me for allowing him to help out. It was pretty wild meeting Bono and Spike, two creative forces I have looked up to.
Maddie, my narrative directorial debut, had its online premiere earlier this year on Film Shortage after screening at several film festivals and winning a few awards. You can watch the film above (TRT: 11 min). I love the collaborative process of making films and have had the pleasure of working with some incredibly talented casts and crews. I’ve since directed two other narrative short films and joined the Filmshop collective, where we workshop works in progress, foster collaboration, and help bring each other’s projects to life.
I’m grateful to be in my 10th year of business, creating work that I believe is meaningful both personally and professionally. This year I’m proud to be certified as a NYC minority-owned business enterprise. 2020 and beyond will be a new and exciting chapter for Reuben Hernandez Studios. Thank you to all of my clients, friends, family, and collaborators that have supported and believed in me over the last decade. I wouldn’t be here without you.
My daughter Leuca is growing up so fast I can hardly believe it. Yesterday she turned 15 months old. She brings us so much love and joy and is an absolute beast. She’s been doing baby parkour and ran laps around the airplane last week. She keeps us on our toes and never ceases to amaze us. Leuca has given me a new purpose as a working dad.
Happy Holidays! Love, Lisa, Leuca, and Reuben
A year ago I wrote “Going forward I'll have to live a more structured life to prioritize my time between family, work, personal projects, and exercise/dance/self-care.” I think I did a pretty good job over the past year. I’ve come a long way and I know there’s always room for improvement. We had a family vacation planned earlier this year that I had to cut short for a job in LA. I know it was the right decision and I’m learning how to make sacrifices and that often times things just do not go as planned. I’m relearning how important family is. My dad hasn’t been doing very well and I’m happy that Leuca got a chance to meet him and see him a few times this year. It’s important for Leuca to know her family history and where she came from. My dad’s illness has brought my family closer together in unexpected ways. I want to continue to cherish each moment I spend with Leuca and my family and love them as much as I can.
It’s past 1 am and I actually have to film a job on NYE so I best be going. If you made it this far, thanks for following along. Wishing you love, peace, and Happy New Year. See you in 2020!
All My Best,
Reuben
Sold Out Settling Up screening /
Our Settling Up film screening sold out at the 10th annual Williamsburg Independent Film Festival! We had a blast having our film open the festival to a sold out crowd. Thanks Willfilm for screening our film and we look forward to coming back again.
Settling Up Screens at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival /
Excited to screen Settling Up as the opening film at the 10th annual Williamsburg Film Festival at the Wythe Cinema (80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249) on Thursday 11/21 at 7 pm. This is one of my favorite film festivals and where it all began for Settling Up. Tickets: https://bpt.me/4429873 and full schedule.
We hope to see you there!
Directed by Reuben Hernandez
Written by Brady Evan Walker
Starring Jonathan Randell Silver, Jessica Frey, and Kristen Adele
Produced by Reuben Hernandez, Maryann Alspaugh, and Brady Evan Walker
Sound Mixer and Sound Design by Ash Knowlton / Silver Sound
Edited and colored by Patrice D. Bowman
Made in collaboration with the Filmshop collective
Director's Reel /
Reuben Hernandez | 2019 Director’s Reel
I’m excited to share my new director’s reel featuring some of my film work over the last five years. A huge shoutout to my cast, crews, supporters, and collaborators that have helped bring these projects to life. Thanks for watching.
Filmed on location in NYC, Antarctica, Arctic Norway, Chile, and Yellowknife
Airbnb Sketch NYC /
New work for Airbnb
Airbnb Sketch Your Way Around NYC
Director Andrew Klein
Director of Photography Reuben Hernandez
Sound mixer Nick Heppding
Post production Airbnb
Produced by Reflector
Filmshop Presents Famous Last Words /
Leuca is helping our sound designer Ash with the final sound mix for our latest narrative short film. I’m excited to share another film tomorrow night at the Filmshop 10 year anniversary short film showcase at Rough Trade NYC. We hope to see you there!
Filmshop, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is a non-profit film organization committed to developing new work through peer support and collaboration. Filmshop supports a community of about 250 filmmakers in NYC, New Orleans, and LA. Members meet weekly to workshop projects, offer constructive feedback, and incubate new ideas. Our fall season begins just after Labor Day. We are now accepting applications for the Fall 2019 season at www.thefilmshop.org/apply, and we will be holding an open house in July where you can learn more about our organization and meet current members.
Lighthouse International Film Festival /
Lighthouse International Film Festival was an incredible experience and is hands down one of my favorite film festivals. I had the opportunity to meet and learn from Guy Nattiv, Oscar winning director of Skin, and numerous other talented filmmakers and industry people. Some friends and fellow Filmshop members screened at LIFF and it was fun seeing so many familiar faces. My family also enjoyed attending the festival and my 8 month old daughter ate lobster for the first time, thanks to Charlotte and the rest of the crew at the hospitality house. I highly recommend the festival and will definitely be coming back. Thanks to the entire team at Lighthouse Intl FF for such a memorable and wonderful experience!
Q&A with Guy Nattiv, writer/director of the opening feature film, Skin, and some cast members
I met Guy Nattiv and attended his filmmaking masterclass. Guy won the Oscar this year for best live action short film for his short, Skin.
My 8 month old daughter Leuca enjoying the view and lobster at the filmmaker hospitality house
Q&A following the screening of my short film, Settling Up. Photo by Clayton Dean Smith
Lisa and I in front of the Long Beach Island Historical Museum
Congrats to all of my fellow Filmshop members that screened at LIFF!