I'm Via Bia
I'm Via Bia
Writing Is My Bag
Writing Is My Bag
Via's FILMOGRAPHY & MEDIA
A peek into some of my stuff for film and web
IMDb credits
Film work as director; writer; producer; wardrobe designer; HMUA.
The iChancla 5c - An iPhone parody (co-written with Youtube personality, Eddie G.)
Commissioned to write comedy content for this on-line cultural powerhouse.
Featured on Funny Or Die's Tweet Roundup
How did a SPORTS TWEET I wrote get play? By talking about our country's forefathers and a teeny tiny itty bitty piece of the male anatomy.
Click on the "sports tweet" imbedded link and scroll to @viadear's entry
Writer for Oh Em Gee, It's Eddie G! He's a Youtube sensation, yo.
Funnytweeter.com selected tweet
Click on the imbedded link or logo to see the legacy I shall leave my grandchildren.
Tweet in the comedy section of Paste Magazine :)
Growing up on Long Island somehow made its way into this tweet about appointing a Supreme Court Justice. (click on the hyperlink above or Paste logo, then scroll to #13 in the tweet gallery by @viadear)
Silly theoretical mathematics tweet featured on Mashable.com, y'all!
What do Trump, Boris Johnson, and Gary Busey all have in common? They're in one of my tweets featured on Mashable.com. Click on the hyperlink above or Mashable logo, and scroll to the tweet by @viadear.
Shown on Oprah and MSNBC. This award-winning documentary spotlights an innovative process between victims and offenders of violent crimes - facilitated dialogues held in prisons - created for both parties to discuss the crime, its effects, and to give and receive answers to their most persistent questions.
Guest Post for Women In Film & Video: Storytelling at Sundance
Short essay on the importance and reach of storytellers. Click on hyperlink above or Women In Film & Video icon for link ------->
DMV Filmmaker Interview with Kevin Sampson
An in-studio conversation on storytelling, early movie influences, culture, and what it's like to be in a Sundance lab.
"... a film with self-discovery at its heart."
Eliza Berkon's article on DC Shorts, featuring These Colors Don't Run :)
"... a young girl realizing [her] own independence... explored with humor and honesty..."
Full-length interview gets personal about These Colors Don't Run and Via (gracias, Carmela Baranowska!)
"I made my film because stories have the power to humanize."
Thank you for the shout-out, Kodak - we loved shooting on film!
"I was looking for a slightly dreamy, cinematic quality that felt like memory itself..."
[Click on Kodak icon to see post]
TCDR is part of Northern Virginia Magazine's #2 "culture story" of 2017. 😍🎥😍
"Local filmmakers such as Via Bia shine a light on the overlooked [short movie] art form, earning accolades for films that are written in our own neighborhoods..."
[click on Northern VA Mag hyperlink above to read more]
Interviewed for Final Draft article about the Austin Film Festival by Asmara Bhattacharya
"I feel... focused on writing work that is uncynical with honest emotionality."
An article I wrote for Stowe Story Labs on my favorite films of 2017.
"[QUEST is a story about] holding tightly to each other and contending with an America that doesn't always care how good you are or how hard you work. It is filled with love and truth."
RECENT FILM EVENTS
THESE COLORS DON'T RUN
IMAGES
BTS photos, screen grabs, and stills from
THESE COLORS DON'T RUN - a short I wrote and directed
(shot on Super 16 and supported by Kodak film).
Click on pics for additional thoughts from yours truly!
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