LOVES YOU PICTURES
Sanskrit has 96 words for love.
Persian has 80.
English only has 1.
Loves You is a collective of storytellers that believes that story is all about relationships. It’s about the 96 different ways we can love one another. We put our characters and their relationships front and center in each of our projects, exploring how humans love one another through a multitude of circumstances.
ALL ABOUT US
Loves You is focused on creating dynamic and engaging content geared toward millenials. With members from nearly every area in film and television, Loves You brings a knowledgable and balanced approach to content creation.
LEAVENWORTH
Nine Prisons. One High School. LEAVENWORTH explores what happens when the families of convicts and the families of prison guards are forced to coexist in one small town.
Riverdale meets Orange is the New Black.
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THE BLIND CENTER
In this offbeat mockumentary, outtakes from a fundraising video for a community center for the blind reveal what the camera captured before the final edit.
Winner: Grand Jury Prize
Film Invasion L.A. Festival
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DANCING ON MY OWN
A young, aimless Filipino teen, along with his band of misfits must help a childhood friend escape her pimp in Los Angeles and get her back home to Manila.
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Business Plan and Financials
NIGHTMARE MANSION
Nightmare Mansion is a comedic whodunnit in the vein of Clue, with a little bit of 12 Angry Men and Drunk History thrown in.
When a REAL body is discovered in a haunted house attraction, all of the scare actors are cast under suspicion. With the entire cast forced to spend a night stuck in a room together, the group holds their own mock trial to decide who among them is a killer.
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Proof of Concept Short
BITS
Roommates Zach, Jen, O, and Derek struggle to make it in the cut throat world of comedy in Los Angeles. We follow each roommate through the ups and downs of improv, shows, day jobs, and relationships.
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WHO WE ARE
The Collective
TIM CRUZ
Co-Founder, Writer, Director
Tim is a successful commercial and award winning international music video director. He has also directed multiple web series and docu-drama series' for networks including, BRAVO, MTV, VH1, Discovery, and ESPN. Aside from being a director, Tim is also an accomplished Cinematographer and feature film writer. He was selected in 2016 to participate in the Producers Guild of America Diversity program where he developed “Hopeful Soul” Born in Manila and raised in NYC, he brings a diverse voice and perspective to the team.
MEGAN WOEPPEL
Co-Founder, Writer, Producer
Megan is an award winning writer and producer of short films, music videos, commercials, and corporate spots. Megan has produced content for clients including the NFL, Walmart, and Samsung. She was a finalist for the Warner Brother’s Television Writers’ Workshop in 2014.
Recently, Megan had a successful festival run of the award winning short film, The Big Swim. She is currently showrunning a docuseries for Microsoft.
STEPHANIE WAGNER
Co-founder, Writer, Producer
Stephanie is an accomplished Production Designer and Producer. With credits on hit shows such as NBC's Aquarius, TNT's Murder in the First, and feature film 300: Rise of an Empire, Stephanie has gained experience with budgeting, strategy, and seeing a show from script development to completion. Born in Alaska and raised in Seattle her experience in teen drama development makes her an integral member to the team.
ROBERT AXELROD
Writer, Actor, Producer
Born and raised in Michigan, Robert Axelrod was nurtured and trained from a young age to be a storyteller. Robert is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned his BFA in the school of Visual and Performing Arts. He has twice placed in the top 10% of the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, was a Quarterfinalist for the PAGE International Screenwriting Competition, a finalist for the ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Competition, and recently had a project selected for the Producer Guild of America’s diversity fellowship program. Robert is also heavily involved in the sketch, improv, and comedy worlds. He has trained at The Groundlings (where he is a graduate) and UCB, is on the independent improv team “Garage,” and was a writer for the 2017 CBS diversity sketch showcase.
DANIEL LONG
Writer, Producer, Editor
Daniel Long is a producer, writer, and editor of narrative, commercial, and documentary film. Parallel to his work in Loves You, Dan is also the co-owner and creative director of film at Long Winter Media, a production company and creative agency that helps its clients make social impact through video and branding. Having worked with a variety of talented filmmakers, large brands (like Google, YouTube, Mattel), and international non-profits, Dan particularly loves collaborating with filmmakers and clients to maximize the social, moral, and spiritual questions of their work.
In addition, Dan met his wife crossing the road in Los Angeles. Today, they live in northern Los Angeles with their 2-year-old daughter.