about

about

Iris MediaWorks is a production company and creative agency, founded in 2006 by Patrick T. Rousseau and Noah Workman in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

1. We are a boutique creative agency that combines top notch creative with stellar client service and a background in independent film that allows us to do more with less. We produce and direct commercials and industrials for Fortune 500 companies.
2. We like to build communities around ideas.
3. We collaborate with others to explore our world, create strong stories, learn, and laugh.
4. We lead boldly, learn quickly, and teach so we can all rise.
5. We offer production and directing services from New York City and Los Angeles to the deserts of New Mexico and beyond.
6. We use stories to define and understand our lives, the world we live in, and the changes we would like to help create.
7. We are continually developing our slate of web, television, and feature film projects.
8. We are kind and humble (most of the time) and believe in treating others as we wish to be treated.
9. We are determined as can be. That's why we are still here.
10. We have a plan to save the world. We are testing it now.

Ilegales is a modern day dramatic feature about human trafficking along the U.S./Mexico border. From the slums of Juarez to the suburbs of New Mexico, five distinct, but connected stories weave together, exploring hope, heartbreak, and the lines people cross in search of a better life.

In Juarez, a Mexican day laborer chooses to help his childhood friend traffic illegal migrant workers across the border despite his wife's fears. A young mother, after waiting 7 years to cross legally, flees Juarez in a desperate attempt to get her son the medical treatment he needs in America. In New Mexico, an illegal immigrant waiting for naturalization sells drugs to pay the bills for his American born children. Their paths collide when a low level Mexican gangster tries to work up the ladder to gain favor with the "Don" of Juarez, risking their lives as he traffics people and drugs across the border.

Our first New Media project was originally released in conjunction with an alternate reality game that would allow players to interact with its characters in the real world and on the web. The Sundance Channel licensed it, and the entire first season can now be found on their website: http://www.sundancechannel.com/captive.

THE CAPTIVE is a science fiction/action thriller set in an unspecified future. The series follows an unsuspecting twenty-something who is spirited away to the depths of a secret prison, where he is faces a brutal interrogation and attempts to escape with the help of a seductive but enigmatic Trustee. THE CAPTIVE is the winner of the 2008 New York Television Festival (NYTVF) Award for Best Web Series Pilot as well as the 2010 People's Voice Webby for Best Drama.

Jordan is the first feature film we produced in New Mexico, currently repped for worldwide sales by Media Luna New Films. It is the story of a five-year-old girl who has to find help for her injured mother following a car crash on a remote mountain highway. Small-town Sheriff Gil Lujan wants to believe the tiny girl who stumbles into his office, exhausted and disheveled, after walking all night through the forest. But, when a woman appears claiming to be Jordan’s mother, Jordan doesn’t recognize her. Instead, she insists her real mother is still waiting out in the woods. What follows is a nail-biting thriller about the bond between mother and child and how far each one is willing to go to protect it. Check out the trailer and more at http://jordan.irismediaworks.com.

An homage to the classic Hammer Films of the 50’s/60’s, and a loving tribute to the works of Italian maestro Mario Bava (BLACK SUNDAY, BLACK SABBATH), Director Scott Bunt’s epic social satire has something for every horror fan: mythical monsters, cannibalistic harpies, mesmerized assassins, torture dungeons, possessed innocents, evil aristocrats and mind-boggling special effects by Josh Turi (WENDIGO, UNFAITHFUL). The official site is at http://www.seaofdust.com

Winner of Best Picture at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, Best of the Fest at the 2009 Fright Night Film Festival, and the first film to play at the 2009 Fangoria Trinity of Terrors.

The (cached) starting page for the ARG we created in association with THE CAPTIVE (formerly THEPRISONER). If you're stuck, try out redyellowgreen, scratchmyback, or even better yet, here. Keep in mind, 00022924.

is CEO and co-founder of Iris MediaWorks, a motion media production company. He has produced the soon to be released features ILEGALES and JORDAN, the feature SEA OF DUST (winner of Best Picture award at the Rhode Island International Horror film Festival), as well as CASH CROP (a feature doc and winner of the Changemaker award at the Maui International Film Festival). Additionally, THE CAPTIVE, a web series he produced is available on the Sundance Channel's website and won Best Pilot at the New York Television Festival.

Noah also works as a commercial producer and director, including work for companies such as GSK, MAC Cosmetics and Volvo.

is President and co-founder of Iris MediaWorks, a motion media production company based in New York City. With a focus on storytelling, he works to cultivate communities around ideas, bringing people closer together using narratives rooted in the human condition.

He produced the Hammer Horror homage feature SEA OF DUST [Tom Savini, Ingrid Pitt], which won Best Picture at the RIHFF and Best of the Fest at the Fright Night Film Festival. He also produced ILEGALES, a modern day drama about human trafficking along the US/Mexican border which premiered at HBO's NYILFF and won Best Actor and Best Director at the Naperville Independent Film Festival. Additionally he has produced the features JORDAN, a thriller lensed in New Mexico and BEREL & THE BUS DRIVER, a feature written, shot, edited, and mastered in 7 weeks.

He has produced two award winning web series. THE CAPTIVE [Michael Gladdis], 2010 Webby winner for Best Drama and NYTVF award for Best Web Series, currently available on the Sundance Channel’s website, is a science fiction/action thriller set in an unspecified future. RED CARPET RUN, the world's first live action game show for the web, winner of the 2010 NAPTE LATV NextTV award for Best Unscripted series, has debuted on the front page of blip.tv and KoldCast and through Youtoo can be seen on Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox, and other cable providers.

Patrick has produced music videos for artists such as hip hop legend Juvenile as well as industrials, commercials, and new media projects for companies including Eli Lilly, MAC Cosmetics, and L'Oréal.

grew up in the tri-state area creating fantasy worlds with her sister and friends in her backyard. As she got older, she graduated to obsessing over such varied subjects as Greek mythology, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and the films of David Cronenberg. She attended The University of Virginia and studied under acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Everson. There, she also produced ROSKOSMOS, the 2007 Ivy Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Best Film and part of 2009 Film Independent's Project:Involve Showcase.

Prior to discovering the Rodshire Archives Julia worked at acclaimed content production company Ghost Robot on projects including Kid Cudi’s Make Her Say video and the Steven Alan Spring 2010 short film. Most recently she worked with acclaimed writer, filmmaker and DIY pioneer Lance Weiler as the producer for DIY Days NYC and as the social media consultant on John Sayles upcoming feature project, AMIGO. She also keeps a blog of her various thoughts and rants on film and media related topics, and of her experiences while trying to make it as a producer and architect of original, engaging stories.