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Black Noise Media is a multi-platform company here to service all of your multimedia needs. Consisting of three components – Production, Development and Consulting – our team is composed of experienced and knowledgeable media specialists, writers, directors, producers, animators, graphic artists and media marketing professionals.
Michael Pinckney is the founder and managing director of Black Noise Media, a full service production house based in New York City. He got his start over twelve years ago under the tutelage of filmmaker Spike Lee and soon after joined The Director’s Guild of America. He has over 10 years experience as an assistant director on films and television series such as The 25th Hour, 7th Heaven, The Best Man, Law & Order, Inside Man and The academy award nominated film Precious in which he was nominated for a DGA award along with the director Lee Daniels as part of his directing team. He has also worked as an assistant director on countless TV commercials for clients like Coco Cola, McDonalds, Nike, Microsoft and Burger King. Mr. Pinckney has directed short films, commercials, music videos and PSA’s for clients like Goodwill Industries, The NY GIANTS, Select Media, Youth Communications, Def Jam and 4mm Games. He won an award for Excellence in Media from The Black Men’s Film Conference for his HIV film “The Candy Store” and toured the film festival circuit with films from his short film collection. Recently he made his feature film debut with “You’re Nobody til somebody kills you”, a gritty crime thriller Executive Produced by his mentor Spike Lee. He consistently speaks at high schools and colleges which prompted him to start The Black Noise Foundation, the non-profit arm for Black Noise Media as a tool to give back and help nurture young aspiring filmmakers. Under Pinckney’s leadership Black Noise Media currently has a wide range of film and television projects in various phases of development.
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Youre Nobody Feature Film
You're Nobody til somebody kills you is a thriller, set in the perilous world of the Hip Hop industry. Music and murder and collide as a serial killer with an appetite for some of Hip Hops biggest stars is on the loose.
THE TROY SHAWN WELCOME STORY Short Film
Based on true events tells the story of Troy Shawn Welcome, a troubled teenager who battles family turmoil, the lure of the streets and peer pressure and academic misfortunes on the way to a successful career as a high school principal in The Bronx. Determined to be the man his father never was Troy embarks on a journey of enlightenment and self-awareness. After dropping out of high school, he returns and later enrolls into an alternate school known for nurturing its students back to academic health. Going to school in this new environment, Troy faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. There he learns about himself and learns how to trust those who only want to help him succeed. With the support of teachers and his classmates, he graduates from high school and later attends college and goes on to become a successful principal at an alternative school similar to the one he went to as a teen.
POLICE WOMEN Life With The Badge [TV Series]
Crazy, sexy, cool. The Shield meets Charlies Angels. Four female officers on probation for over zealous policing are regulated to a special division to satisfy their probationary period and keep their badges. These women will stop at nothing to bring their version of justice to the streets. Its Sex In The City on speed.
THE FIRST KILL Feature Film
Two stone cold killers meet their maker at the manicured hands of an unlikely foe. As visually stylish as it is graphically violent, this crime thriller is infested with killers, criminals, crooked cops and sexy women. Some searching for vengeance, some for redemption and others for both.
SHOTGUN POET Trailer
Shotgun Poet is a life In the village of Harlem story about the struggles of Donte Rhodes, an aspiring college student and a crew of home boys playing a deadly game of hide-and-go-seek for a cache of illicit money that threatens their very lives.
PLAYGUNS Short Film
Goodwill Kids Films in Association with Black Noise Media and Filmsaboutaj bring you PLAYGUNS, a story about Marc, a young man growing up on the mean streets of Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. Marc is faced with a life changing decision as he grabs a gun to seek revenge for his friends murdered. Should he take a life or walk away and pursue his dream of going to college. Shot on location in one Brooklyns most notorious housing projects, PLAYGUNS paints an all too real picture of the issues that teenagers face today when it comes to guns and violence.
Michael Pinckney is the founder and managing
director of Black Noise Media, a full service
production house based in New York City. He got
his start over twelve years ago under the tutelage
of filmmaker Spike Lee and soon after joined The
Directors Guild of America. He has over 10 years
experience as an assistant director on films and
television series such as The 25th Hour, 7th
Heaven, The Best Man, Law & Order, Inside Man
and The academy award nominated film Precious in which he was nominated for a DGA award along with the director Lee Daniels as part of his directing team. He has also worked as an assistant director on countless TV commercials for clients like Coco Cola, McDonalds, Nike, Microsoft and Burger King. Mr. Pinckney has directed short films, commercials, music videos and PSAs for clients like Goodwill Industries, The NY GIANTS, Select Media, Youth Communications, Def Jam and 4mm Games. He won an award for Excellence in Media from The Black Mens Film Conference for his HIV film The Candy Store and toured the film festival circuit with films from his short film collection. Recently he made his feature film debut with Youre Nobody til somebody kills you, a gritty crime thriller Executive Produced by his mentor Spike Lee. He consistently speaks at high schools and colleges which prompted him to start The Black Noise Foundation, the non-profit arm for Black Noise Media as a tool to give back and help nurture young aspiring filmmakers. Under Pinckneys leadership Black Noise Media currently has a wide range of film and television projects in various phases of development.
(French: [sinema veʁite], "truthful cinema"; English: /ˈsɪnɨmə vɛrɨˈteɪ/) is a style of documentary filmmaking, combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic devices of editing and camerawork, staged set-ups, and the use of the camera to provoke subjects. It is also known for taking a provocative stance toward its topics.
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