In Film We Trust

Jon Kinney and Geoffrey Ulrich started Graven Image Films, an underground entertainment company, in 2002.

Jon, a DJ, poet, musician and artist, grew up in Watts and rural Alabama. Geoffrey, a college boy with a degree in Creative Writing, is from suburban Connecticut (though not the rich part). They met in Los Angeles in 1993.

Neither one is called President (or Emperor, for that matter)--they are merely Co-Managers.

Their film philosophy is more about innovation and diversity then creating titles for themselves.

The term "Graven Image" refers to a carved idol of often religious significance, an icon such as an award statue, a gold coin, or cut pieces of film. The power of these items can elevate or destroy the beauty of life.

Graven Image Films seeks to deconstruct the notion that film is merely for entertainment and promote the view that film can enrich the human experience.

This means that there is a diversity in casting, hiring and of stories told. This means there is an eye kept on innovation of technique and subject in order to further film and humanity.

Yeah, pretty big plans, I know, but why bother otherwise? I'm just saying.

So if we make a horror film it's going to be a diverse and innovative horror film. If we make a comedy--again, diverse, innovative. If we make--well, you get the idea.

We still love movies of all kinds, but we just want them to be better. We want ourselves to be better, but we ain't snobby or nothing. We're still gonna make some regular fare, just better, ya dig?

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