Premiered at the 2017 Art of The Brew

This shocking, scientifically accurate depiction of beer yeast offers an inspiring tale of love, loss and redemption.

Produced by: Basic Cable Television
Written and Directed by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell 
Starring: Matt Bryan
Original Music by: Matt Bryan

DIrected and Animated by: Eric Manche

Directed and Animated

S01E01 - "Shake That Booty"

Join Donald Trump and his huggable, lovable gang of fun-loving Beltway outsiders as they navigate the complex and hostile world of the American Presidency! Will they make it out alive and with their billions intact? Will they succeed in their plans for global corporate domination and the destruction of empirical truth? Find out in this exciting premiere episode of Donald Trump's Oval Office Fun Time!

Created by Eric Manche
www.ericmanche.com

Original music and sound mix by Matthew Bryan

S01E02 - "A Bit of a Doozy"

In this very special episode of Oval Office Fun Time, Donald Trump has one too many guests over to his D.C vacation home at the Oval Office and hijinks abound! With this many Beltway Outsiders in one tiny room, what could go wrong? Tune in to find out!

Created by Eric Manche
www.ericmanche.com

Original music and sound mix by Matthew Bryan

The long awaited EPISODE 3 of Oval Office Fun Time is here! Special guests Jared Kushner, Eric Trump and Donald Jr. show up to help their daddy with his big boy job. They soon realize that being the President's son isn't all fun and games. Will Jared heal the Middle East? Will Eric and Donald Jr. open hotels on the moon? Either way, America is definitely getting a big load of greatness dumped all over it!

Susan tells the story of birth, love and acceptance.

This PSA was created as part of the Austin-based Lights.Camera.Help. Reel Change Film Frenzy Film Festival. It was created for the Austin non-profit Keep Austin Beautiful.

Lights. Camera. Help. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting filmmakers with nonprofits to amplify and multiply philanthropic storytelling through cause-driven films. To achieve this mission, Lights. Camera. Help. hosts the Reel Change Film Frenzy, a one-week film competition pairing 10 local filmmakers with 10 nonprofits to produce a short film about the nonprofits mission or call to action.

Produced by: Basic Cable
Directed by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Written by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell
Sound Recording: Landry Giddeon / TRIAD MEDIA
Sound Mix: Kenneth Haney / TRIAD MEDIA
Grip: Irving Juarez
Lenses provided by MPS Studios

Starring:
Blake Buesnel
Voices:
Bill: Ben Powell
Jim: Eric Manche

I was approached about creating an animation for the McNay Art Museum a few months ago and was really excited by the subject matter and creative openness the project promised. The 1950's Modernism aesthetic of George Nelson and his time period provided a lot of opportunities for graphical playfullness. I worked heavily with musician Matt Bryan and created some storyboards that would follow closely the rhythm and feeling of jazz music. Using the provided McNay images of George Nelson's fun and forward thinking work, I had a great time creating this project and definitely couldn't have done it without the music.

Animation: Eric Manche
Original Music: Matt Bryan

This is my second motion graphic project for the McNay, this time focusing on Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey. A contemporary artist who works in a wide variety of mediums and scales, Bailey's work might be best described as having an almost cathartic focus on history, family and ancestry. This animation struck a very different tone then anything I had worked on before. Rather then requiring anything kinetic, Bailey's art asked for contemplation and space. Working with the McNay, we developed the idea of dimensionalizing his work into a 3D space and taking the viewer into it through the use of parallax movement.

Animation: Eric Manche
Original Music: Matt Bryan
Narration provided by the McNay Art Museum

Learning is good for you and for the environment!
 

Learning is the best way to succeed! Here are some learning for you.

2017, acrylic on wood, 72" x 36"

2017, colored pencils on paper, 11" x 17"

2015, acrylic on paper, 58" x 24", Private Collection of University Health System San Antonio

This PSA was created as part of the Austin-based Lights.Camera.Help. Reel Change Film Frenzy Film Festival. It was created for the Austin non-profit Keep Austin Beautiful.

Lights. Camera. Help. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting filmmakers with nonprofits to amplify and multiply philanthropic storytelling through cause-driven films. To achieve this mission, Lights. Camera. Help. hosts the Reel Change Film Frenzy, a one-week film competition pairing 10 local filmmakers with 10 nonprofits to produce a short film about the nonprofits mission or call to action.

Produced by: Basic Cable
Directed by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Written by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell
Sound Recording: Landry Giddeon / TRIAD MEDIA
Sound Mix: Kenneth Haney / TRIAD MEDIA
Grip: Irving Juarez
Lenses provided by MPS Studios

Starring:
Blake Buesnel
Voices:
Bill: Ben Powell
Jim: Eric Manche

This PSA was created as part of the Austin-based Lights.Camera.Help. Reel Change Film Frenzy Film Festival. It was created for the Austin non-profit Keep Austin Beautiful.

Lights. Camera. Help. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting filmmakers with nonprofits to amplify and multiply philanthropic storytelling through cause-driven films. To achieve this mission, Lights. Camera. Help. hosts the Reel Change Film Frenzy, a one-week film competition pairing 10 local filmmakers with 10 nonprofits to produce a short film about the nonprofits mission or call to action.

Produced by: Basic Cable
Directed by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Written by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell
Sound Recording: Landry Giddeon / TRIAD MEDIA
Sound Mix: Kenneth Haney / TRIAD MEDIA
Grip: Irving Juarez
Lenses provided by MPS Studios

Starring:
Blake Buesnel
Voices:
Bill: Ben Powell
Jim: Eric Manche

Google Earth: Alaska Documentary (Directed by Ben Powell) - Post-Production/Editing

Kasasa - Take Back Banking Campaign - Producer / Director / Post-Production

This PSA was created as part of the Austin-based Lights.Camera.Help. Reel Change Film Frenzy Film Festival. It was created for the Austin non-profit Keep Austin Beautiful.

Lights. Camera. Help. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting filmmakers with nonprofits to amplify and multiply philanthropic storytelling through cause-driven films. To achieve this mission, Lights. Camera. Help. hosts the Reel Change Film Frenzy, a one-week film competition pairing 10 local filmmakers with 10 nonprofits to produce a short film about the nonprofits mission or call to action.

Produced by: Basic Cable
Directed by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Written by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell
Sound Recording: Landry Giddeon / TRIAD MEDIA
Sound Mix: Kenneth Haney / TRIAD MEDIA
Grip: Irving Juarez
Lenses provided by MPS Studios

Starring:
Blake Buesnel
Voices:
Bill: Ben Powell
Jim: Eric Manche

Writer: Director and Visual Effects: Eric Manche
Starring: Rusty Coco and Matt Bryan
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
AC / Chief Lighting Technician: Jeff Nitzberg
Production sound mixers: Andrew Alden Miller I and Karlo Montano

Premiered at the 2017 Art of The Brew

This shocking, scientifically accurate depiction of beer yeast offers an inspiring tale of love, loss and redemption.

Produced by: Basic Cable Television
Written and Directed by: Eric Manche and Ben Powell
Starring: Matt Bryan
Original Music by: Matt Bryan

This longer spot was created for an unrealized banking campaign for Kasasa to be used in presentations and on the website in order to educate customers about the Kasasa platform.

Produced by: Kasasa
Directed and Edited by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Chief Lighting Technician: Chris Cogswell
Grip: Ian Hedman
Production sound mixer: Landry Giddeon
Written by: Leigh Camp
Original Music by: Will Patterson

Starring: Matt Bryan and Mike Gassaway

This teaser spot was created for an unrealized banking campaign geared towards bringing in new clients and banking institutions to the Kasasa marketing platform.

Produced by: Kasasa
Directed and Edited by: Eric Manche
Director of Photography: Ben Powell
Chief Lighting Technician: Chris Cogswell
Grip: Ian Hedman
Production sound mixer: Landry Giddeon
Written by: Leigh Camp
Original Music by: Will Patterson

Starring: Matt Bryan and Mike Gassaway

I was approached about creating an animation for the McNay Art Museum a few months ago and was really excited by the subject matter and creative openness the project promised. The 1950's Modernism aesthetic of George Nelson and his time period provided a lot of opportunities for graphical playfullness. I worked heavily with musician Matt Bryan and created some storyboards that would follow closely the rhythm and feeling of jazz music. Using the provided McNay images of George Nelson's fun and forward thinking work, I had a great time creating this project and definitely couldn't have done it without the music.

Animation: Eric Manche
Original Music: Matt Bryan

This is my second motion graphic project for the McNay, this time focusing on Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey. A contemporary artist who works in a wide variety of mediums and scales, Bailey's work might be best described as having an almost cathartic focus on history, family and ancestry. This animation struck a very different tone then anything I had worked on before. Rather then requiring anything kinetic, Bailey's art asked for contemplation and space. Working with the McNay, we developed the idea of dimensionalizing his work into a 3D space and taking the viewer into it through the use of parallax movement.

Animation: Eric Manche
Original Music: Matt Bryan
Narration provided by the McNay Art Museum