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Smokey Nelson

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The hilarious (and possibly exaggerated) origin story of the real life alien bluegrass band, Future Folk, that has been charming NYC audiences with their live act for the better part of a decade. When a comet threatens to destroy their planet, the citizens of Hondo enlist their most decorated soldier, General Trius, to search for a new home planet - and wipe out the current inhabitants with a flesh-eating virus. After landing somewhere near Brooklyn, General Trius wanders into a megastore to unleash the terror - when he's suddenly enchanted by a strange and mystical human invention known as "music." They don't have music on Hondo, and since it's the best thing he'™s ever heard, General Trius immediately abandons his mission to eradicate the human race, assumes the name Bill, starts a family, and launches a one-alien bluegrass act in a tiny bar owned by Larry. Years later, his peaceful life is disrupted when the Hondonians send a bumbling assassin named Kevin to get the mission back on track. Although subduing Kevin is no challenge for the great General Trius, the Hondonians have no intention of calling off their plan to eliminate mankind, so Bill and Kevin must join forces to save Hondo, prevent an intergalactic takeover of Earth, and hopefully get some bigger gigs for the universe's first Hondonian bluegrass duo: Future Folk!
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The History of Future Folk (2012)
Smokey Nelson is known for Half Nelson (2006), The Visitor (2007) and Il était une fois dans le Queens (2006).
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    • Known for

    Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (2006)
    Half Nelson
    7.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2006
    Richard Jenkins and Danai Gurira in The Visitor (2007)
    The Visitor
    7.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2007
    Shia LaBeouf, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Adam Scarimbolo, and Channing Tatum in Il était une fois dans le Queens (2006)
    Il était une fois dans le Queens
    6.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(additional photography)
    • 2006
    Going Kinski
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Fanmade: Enhypen (2024)
      Fanmade: Enhypen
      7.6
      • gaffer
      • 2024
    • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Je Suis Auto (2024)
      Je Suis Auto
      • second unit dop
      • 2024
    • Sabrina Carpenter in Sabrina Carpenter: Please Please Please (2024)
      Sabrina Carpenter: Please Please Please
      7.8
      Music Video
      • best boy grip
      • 2024
    • Loïe Fuller - Danser la lumière (2023)
      Loïe Fuller - Danser la lumière
      7.7
      • gaffer
      • 2023
    • Working: Passer sa vie à la gagner (2023)
      Working: Passer sa vie à la gagner
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • gaffer
      • 2023
    • Sami Ma and Karen Tsen Lee in Tender Ears (2022)
      Tender Ears
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2022
    • Milestone Generations (2022)
      Milestone Generations
      7.7
      • best boy electric: New York Crew
      • 2022
    • Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal (2022)
      The Rehearsal
      8.5
      TV Series
      • b camera operator
      • 2022
    • 37 Words (2022)
      37 Words
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • key grip
      • 2022
    • Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat, nouvelle mission filmée : Livraison bakchich prodigieux pour régime de l'Amérique au profit autrefois glorieuse nation Kazakhstan (2020)
      Borat, nouvelle mission filmée : Livraison bakchich prodigieux pour régime de l'Amérique au profit autrefois glorieuse nation Kazakhstan
      6.6
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • The Process of Recovering (2020)
      The Process of Recovering
      • still photography
      • 2020
    • Wrong Man (2018)
      Wrong Man
      7.0
      TV Series
      • gaffer
      • 2018–2020
    • The Dog Doc (2019)
      The Dog Doc
      8.0
      • second assistant camera
      • 2019
    • Paris to Pittsburgh (2018)
      Paris to Pittsburgh
      6.4
      • gaffer
      • 2018
    • Robert F. Kennedy in Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
      Bobby Kennedy for President
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • gaffer
      • 2018

    Cinematographer

    • Neon Vowels (2024)
      Neon Vowels
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Metal Belt
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • El Paisa (2023)
      El Paisa
      7.8
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • New York : Au cœur de l'urgence (2023)
      New York : Au cœur de l'urgence
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • The Process of Recovering (2020)
      The Process of Recovering
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • The Fires of Soledad (2019)
      The Fires of Soledad
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Jon Glaser in Jon Glaser Loves Gear (2016)
      Jon Glaser Loves Gear
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016–2019
    • Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter (2015)
      Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015–2017
    • At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
      At Home with Amy Sedaris
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Chee and T (2016)
      Chee and T
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Josh Ruben and Courtney Pauroso in See You Around (2015)
      See You Around
      7.1
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Enduro
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Bender (2014)
      Bender
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • The Narrative of Inadequacy
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Kim Gordon in Une Danse Des Bouffons (2013)
      Une Danse Des Bouffons
      7.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013

    Producer

    • Neon Vowels (2024)
      Neon Vowels
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Process of Recovering (2020)
      The Process of Recovering
      • producer
      • 2020
    • The Fires of Soledad (2019)
      The Fires of Soledad
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Bender (2014)
      Bender
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • The History of Future Folk (2012)
      The History of Future Folk
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Going Kinski
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Bring the War Home
      Short
      • producer
      • 2008

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