Michael H. Harper/Cogitate Productions
In 2010, Atlanta-based filmmaker and screenwriter Michael H. Harper started his production company, Mad Mouth Media, to produce and direct his original short script Take Me Out. The psychological thriller enjoyed a two-year festival run, winning several awards, including Best Director at the 2011 Atlanta Horror Film Festival.
2012 saw Michael make the move to feature films, working as 2nd Assistant Director for the Savannah portion of the India/U.S. co-production Desires Of The Heart, and 1st ADing and producing the horror feature The Morningside Monster with Blue Dusk Productions.
In February of 2013, Michael created Cogitate Productions with his business partner Lee Walker. Cogitate’s first feature, the documentary 3-Minute Activists: The Soul of Slam, will enjoy a special FREE screening at the Aurora Cinemas in Roswell on February 26th at 7:30 pm, as part of the city’s 13th Annual Roswell Roots Festival.
Franklin V. Cox III/Pecan Productions
Franklin is a fourth generation Atlanta native and grew up in Buckhead. In 1996, he received a BA in Theater from the University of Georgia, where he studied directing & acting. He later studied a semester-length film production class at New York University.
Franklin founded Pecan Productions in 2001 where he produced a myriad of video projects, including Sports documentaries, corporate communications, marketing, promotional, and training videos. Franklin has produced videos for companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, Vein Atlanta, and in post production of a high school football TV documentary series, called Title Quest, for GPB. He is developing a Web Series based on his persona / character The Whistler.
Franklin is also a professional whistler and placed in the top ten a few times at the International Whistlers Convention from 2004 to 2011. He has whistled for the Cartoon Network and various commercial driven projects. He produced a Christmas Whistling album, which was released in December 2012, and is available on iTunes.
Two years ago, Franklin stepped out from behind the camera and started performing stand-up at Jerry Farber’s Side Door–check out his upcoming show, The Big Cox Comedy Show (March 22 @10pm). He was also Will Ferrell’s Stand-In on Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
Constantly pursuing acting and VO work, Franklin never passes up an opportunity to whistle for fans out and about. Frank has 7 Motion-Picture Film and TV projects he aims to produce.
