Byron Stankus is the founder and owner of Epiphany Storm Productions (ESP). The company was established in 2007 as an independent film production company based in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. The company’s centralized location and the availability of new technologies allows it to operate anywhere. Byron also does a lot of work in the New York City area.
Epiphany Storm Productions was formed to create feature films, short films, web series and TV shows, utilizing the latest in technology and media that are now available to the film maker. Byron looks for and works with up-and-coming film makers who bring their vision and enthusiasm to a given project.
Recently, ESP has also started working in the music business. We are helping new musicians and bands get a foothold in the industry.
Byron produced the short film, The Red Ball, about the relationship between a boy and his father. The boy loses his ball to a group of bullies and his father forces him to fight to get it back. The Turnwall-directed film features original music by Joe Howard and an original song by Gregor Patsch. The film premiered at the NYU First Run Film Festival in New York City in March of 2009.
In the summer of 2008, Epiphany Storm Productions produced a concept trailer for an alien conspiracy film entitled The Belief Event. This screenplay was written by Byron Stankus with the trailer’s director, Turnwall.
Byron is also in the initial stages of putting together Team Invert, a group that will pull off a once-in-a-lifetime promotional event involving Indy-style race cars.
Byron D. Stankus
Producer / Writer
Byron is currently in production on a romantic comedy feature film, Here with Me. This movie is inspired by the true-life romance of actors Colleen Ballinger and Joshua David. The screenplay has been written in coordination with Colleen and Joshua by Mitchell Kase, Matt Hampton and Byron Stankus. Mitchell Kase is also directing the feature.
Writer / Director
Mitchell Kase
In the summer of 2009, Byron Stankus and Mitchell Kase collaborated on a ‘pitch’ trailer for the feature film, Something Like Reality, based on a script by Mitchell Kase and Matt Hampton. The project is currently being pitched to television networks and advertisers as a TV show or web series.
Writer / Director
Turnwall
Singer / Song writer
Gregor Patsch
Producer Byron Stankus
On Location - The Belief Event
Comedian
Mark Malkoff
The Mark Lives In IKEA website has generated over 15 million hits. Blog coverage of IKEA’s home-related products rose 356% over the previous year, directly attributed to the project. IKEA calculated that the effort generated over 382 million positive media impressions. The series garnered international attention. Mark granted interviews to international media from Sweden, Germany, Israel, Australia, Canada and more. Mark also did guest spots with radio stations from all over the country. Mark Lives In IKEA was featured on ABC’s World News Tonight, Inside Edition, CNN, Good Morning America and in the Associated Press, Reuters and The Washington Post among others. In March 2009, the project was bestowed PRWeek’s, ”Corporate Branding Campaign of the Year” award.
In January 2008, Byron produced the award-winning web series, Mark Lives In IKEA. The 25 webisodes, which aired on YouTube and www.MarkLivesInIkea.com, chronicle the hijinks of comedian Mark Malkoff who lived for a week in an IKEA furniture store. The episodes were shot, edited and uploaded entirely on location in the IKEA store in Paramus, New Jersey. Like Mark, several members of the crew also lived in the furniture store, contributing to the event’s overwhelming success. The project employed an eclectic volunteer crew from the New York City area who supported Mark’s iconic project.
The crew and Mark Malkoff on Location at Ikea in Paramus, NJ, Mark Lives In IKEA
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