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![]() WindBlown Films WindBlown Films, was created in 1998 as a low-budget, direct-to-video Production Company with a
“Big Budget” look for feature films. Co-Owned by Christopher and Tiffany Abram, the WindBlown Films philosophy
is to create the best product for the least amount of money possible. With this in mind, WindBlown Films is currently
financing their own productions, making them a truly Independent Movie Company. With two movies slated for production
next year, WindBlown Films is making a mark in the independent world. ![]() Tiffany Abram ![]()
Writer/Director/Editor/Executive Producer/Actor “By the Devil’s Hands” is the third feature film by Christopher Abram. His first feature film was released in 2002, “The Fanglys”, distributed by Asylum Home Video. In 2006 “After Sundown”, winner of the Deep Ellum Film Festival Audience Award was released through Lion’s Gate Distribution. Both previous movies have made a big impact in Domestic and International markets. Christopher’s background includes Stage and Theatre management as well as Regional and National Commercial work, Industrials, Music Videos and Press Pool videographer for President George W. Bush.
A few months after “The Fanglys” was released, Christopher began to grow restless and headed back into the writer’s room and penned several new scripts. Not sure which direction he wanted to head in for his next movie he teamed up with another old friend, Keith Duncan (ThinkTank Entertainment), and the two of them went through the different ideas Christopher had and decided to go with the vampire story "After Sundown”. After many meetings and ideas Christopher added zombies and cowboys to the script and a week later presented a final script to Keith. With Keith Duncan’s producing background he quickly began to breakdown the script and talking to investors. Christopher’s second movie was now underway. With a 20 day shooting schedule laid out with 5 extra days for re-shoots and pickup shots the movie moved at a break neck speed until the bad Texas weather hit, locations backed out, cast members got injured and scheduling conflicts arose. Regardless of all the issues, the production kept moving and the movie finally was finally done. While the movie was still in its early editing stages of post-production, distribution companies came knocking and a distribution deal was signed before the movie was even finished and 6 months later hit the shelves through Lion’s Gate distribution. With every movie it takes a lot out of a person and Christopher is no exception. Taking almost a year off once “After Sundown” had hit the shelves, he went back into his cave and began writing “By the Devil’s Hands”. The script has had various drafts with evolving storylines but what this movie has that the others don’t is the thriller factor. When writing any script that you self produce, you have to know what the distributors are looking for and a thriller with horror elements is what they want. Knowing that this movie would be crucial to keeping WindBlown Films totally self funded, Christopher brought back Chris Lunardon to once again be Director of Photography and new comer to the WindBlown Films family, Cody Dulock. Cody would be vital in Second Unit Directing, Camera Op and Effects Design and Editing. Also coming back to work under Christopher’s direction would be Susana Gibb and Reece Rios, both from “After Sundown”. Susana Gibb also took on added responsibility with Producer duties. |
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