Sage & Grady were one of Alyson’s original investments. Working with the underlying motivation of, ‘lighting the brightest lights’, Alyson hand-selected this power couple, already very well established in Sarasota and beyond. My intention was two-fold: 1) to serve as an example of how I believe we need to begin to look at investing in others – with a pay-it-forward philosophy; and 2) to help alleviate their more practical financial concerns for a short period of time, thus allowing them to focus more on accepting and doing projects they truly desire to work on rather than needing to accept anything that comes their way – a very, very common need for small-business owners.
Total amount invested:
$10,000 (investment made by Alyson Noune)
Producer/Director/Editor/Actor Sage Hall runs her film studio StarFruit Productions out of Sarasota, Florida. StarFruit is known for their cinematic, photo-journalistic style and film-making that spans the commercial and artisic realms of the film medium: from Major League Baseball commericals for brand story experts, to award-winning independent short films, to elegant and extravagant weddings and family celebrations, to community flash mobs, and even touching public service announcements.
Sage has an extensive theater and acting background, including training at the Strasburg Institute, and continues with her theatrical passions alongside filmmaking . She directed and acted in an off-Broadway play written by Jenny Beres at Where Eagles Dare in New York City. She worked with with the Florida Studio Theater on the “Write a Play” program as a teaching artist and actor.
Her halloween-themed film-noir style short “Candy.” (2010) has received many awards and film-festival screenings, including being screen at the Screen Actors Guild board room in NYC, one of nine films chosen for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation Short Film Showcase. Sage also won best director at the 2011 Underground Horror Film Festival in Tulsa Oklahoma, and the film was shown at the 3rd Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California at the Writer’s Guild of America theater. The short has been shown at film festivals around the country and globe as part of the Viscera Film Tour, including Canada and Dublin.
Sage and StarFruit are also very active in community and youth-oriented efforts, such as flash mobs and most recently, filling the role of videographers at Tedx Youth Tampa Bay event.
Here is an artistic anniversary short film that Sage made for a couple. Original musical composition by her husband Grady (read below)
Grady Reinagle is an Editor, Videographer, Musician, and co-owner of StarFruit Productions. A talented musical artist, he composes original soundtracks for StarFruit Productions.
Grady is also known as AbnormL Injustice, and is a long-time underground LA talent, whose musical talents include production, original composition, and live mixing, playing alongside notable artists such as the The Roots, Mos Def, MF Doom & Digital Underground. His latest album, Mid-Evil, has been described by Spiritual Revolutionary Hip Hop Entertainment as “a very deep journey through some cosmic, peaceful, soulful and extremely beautiful beats. Don’t sleep on this jewel.”
Grady recently released 3 tracks as Abnormal Justice on the Summer Heights High soundtrack, an HBO-aired show from Australian mastermind Chris Lilley.
Grady’s latest album on Bandcamp
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