Geoffrey Orthwein

As photographer, independent filmmaker and director Geoffrey Orthwein's work has been shown in film festivals across the US and Europe, museums, and broadcast television. He got his start in post-production, working as editor and colorist on independent films and documentaries with renowned underwater cinematographer Feodor Pitcairn including Ocean Voyagers, narrated by Meryl Streep. This work culminated in the custom, multi-screen film Ocean Odyssey, a permanent installation wrapping 270º around the Smithsonian Institution's Sant Ocean Hall, at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. From there he went on to live production, where he toured the world as technical director for live shows for companies including Google, Salesforce, The Walt Disney Company, T-Mobile and Virgin. He directed the web series Sword & Laser, hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt, for the award winning Geek & Sundry network. Geoffrey and Andrew have worked together for over twenty years, collaborating on scripts, short films and interactive projects. In the summer of 2013, over a three day weekend in a rented cottage in Los Feliz, California the idea for Bokeh was born. From there the pair took the concept to feature script, casting the following spring and completing principal photography in Iceland in the summer of 2014. While finishing the film they were invited to participate in the Independent Film Project's Narrative feature Lab in 2015. Bokeh premiered at the 2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film was acquired by Screen Media Films and released theatrically March 2017.