Filmmakers & Crew

Nicholas Kovacic II, Producer | Director | Editor

Nick is an award-winning filmmaker and accomplished entrepreneur. He co-founded Digital Cave Media, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital Cave is recognized as a leading provider in digital cinema services in the mid-Atlantic United States. Filmmaking has always been about collaboration and education. Nick has been fortunate to collaborate with many creative people, beginning as a camera assistant on television, commercials, and features, then moving into editing commercials, branded content, and feature narrative and documentary. Brewmore | Baltimore is Nick’s feature length documentary debut.

Howard Community College 2004 – Mass Media Design

Villa Julie College (Stevenson U) 2005 – Film/TV/Theater

New York Film Academy 2005 – 16mm Studies

 

Matthew Riggieri, Producer | Camera Operator

Matt is a Baltimore-based filmmaker and producer. He is the co-founder of Digital Cave Media and produces and directs music videos for top area bands. Matt has always enjoyed telling stories and grew up in awe of the worlds and stories that the moving picture could capture and expose an audience to. Matt’s focus is on the use of color and shadow to tell stories. His most recent experimental film was selected to be one of four shown at an international showcase at CES for the use of Light, Energy and Scale. Matt was excited to help Nick achieve his vision and was there to provide an objective point of view on Brewmore during the editorial phase. Matt currently has a narrative feature film in development about the relationships of the modern day nomad.

 

Mike O’Leary, Director of Photography

Michael Patrick O’Leary has worked in the image making business for over a decade. Having started his career in the lighting department has given Mike a unique path as a still photographer and director of photography. Being behind the camera, shaping light, moving from still to motion and motion to stills has propelled his ability to produce efficiently, and make amazing images.

 

Caleb Stine, Composer | Music Supervisor

Caleb Stine, like his Baltimore home, keeps it simple. Hardworking, genuine, and unafraid to tell it like it is, Stine has released 5 albums of original songs. No Depression says, “‘I Wasn’t Built For A Life Like This’ places Caleb among some of the best songwriters of this time and could possibly make him the 21st Century’s Townes Van Zandt.”

 

Studio Unknown, Post Production Sound |Sound Design

A full-service audio post production facility location in Catonsville, MD. Studio Unknown provides high-end, cinematic sound with a Dolby approved facility outfitted with industry standard equipment.