“I WAS BORN THIS WAY” DOCUMENTARY FILM
”I Was Born This Way” is the new documentary film directed by Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard.
”Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of his life when Motown tapped him in 1977 to record the disco song “I Was Born This Way,” which quickly became the first gay anthem at a time when it was uncommon to be out and proud. When the AIDS crisis hit, however, Bean soon found himself drawn to a different calling: compassionate activism. Instead of pursuing the momentum of his promising music career, he founded the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church — the first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.”
Featuring innovative rotoscope animation and new interviews with Lady Gaga, Billy Porter, Questlove and Dionne Warwick, I Was Born This Way paints a joyful portrait of Bean, his unconventional path and his impactful mission of love.” —Andrea Passafiume
As Senior Rotoscope Animator I primarily worked on animating designing and animating each character likenesses and performances throughout the film.
PARTIAL CREDITS
Directors: Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard,
Producers: Wellington Love, Jed Alan Klemow , Daniel Junge
Executive Producers: Questlove, Billy Porter, Jamie Lee Curtis
Cinematographer: Jerry Henry
Editor: Tessa Malsam, Davis Coombe
Composer: John Jennings Boyd , DeAndre James Allen-Toole
Post Production Services: Milkhaus
Co-Producers: Chad Herschberger and Cathy Trekloff
Animation Team:
Art Director: Chad Herschberger
Lead Rotoscope Animator: Mitchell Pond
Senior Rotoscope Animator: Scott Hassell
Rotoscope Animator: Dave Bardin
Backgrounds Animation: Chad Herschberger, James Durée Abigail Gibbons, Huw Bowen
Backgrounds Illustrators: Sean Hall, Patrick Combs , Samuel Bradley , Kaitlin Orin
Motion Graphics: Chad Herschberger, Abigail Gibbons
Lead Compositor: James Durée
Additional Compositing: Abigail Gibbons
Additional Editing: Chad Herschberger
Assistant Editor: Patrick Huber
Post Assistants: Jack Gould, Ellie Moffet, Lauren Tolfa
Colorist: Dave Krahling