Devil Deal Blues
United Stated, 15m, Digital
1936 San Antonio. A hot, young Blues troubador takes his shot at stardom, playing for the American Record Company in the Depression era race records.
Director: Rob Brink
Writer(s): Rob Brink, Talvin Wilks
Producer(s): Brent Bettes, Brian Love, Andrew Beck, Mark Harlien
Director of Photography: Andres Karu
Editor(s): Rob Brink, Soham Mehta
Production Design: Robert Eggers
Composer(s): Robert Johnson, Gary Lucas, Matt Tolentino
Sound Design: Lawrence Herman
Cast: Tyler Rollinson, Timothy Deenihan, Jeremy Lawrence
Contact: Robert Brink, robert.brink@gmail.com
About the Writer/Director
ROBERT BRINK (Writer/Director) graduated from the MFA program at Columbia in May 2014. He collaborated with Paul Schrader on the editorial work for a current, year-long series of articles called “Game Changers” in Film Comment. Brink now teaches at Trinity College and Barnard College. Recently, Brink won a Trinity Junior Faculty Fellowship to develop a screen adaptation of Flipside, The HartBeat Ensembles’ award-winning play about drugs and enforcement in Hartford.
About the Producers
BRENT BETTES (Producer) works as line producer at Station Film. A graduate of Columbia University in the Department of Philosophy, Brent worked with undergraduate and MFA film students at Columbia on a variety of projects, including Director of Photography on Eat It (2010), Production Assistant on Sins of the Father (2010), and Producer for The Deal (2010).
ANDREW BECK (Producer) currently works in production and development at The Weinstein Company. Prior to this position, he worked as a researcher at Columbia’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and as a junior analyst in the Strategy and Planning Department at HBO. Beck holds a MA in Film Studies from Columbia School of the Arts and a BA in English and American Literature from NYU.
BRIAN LOVE (Producer) is an LA-based film producer and cinematographer. After receiving his bachelor degree in Television Production from the University of Florida, he worked for film and television production companies including HBO, TBS and TNT. At the moment, he works for Rory Haines’ New Media Rockstars.
