
David Lee Hess
Acting
Known For

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
1923

The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously—and unbeknownst to her—had something to do with the blackout. An unlikely group sets out off on a daring journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future.
Revolution

An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.
Minx

Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is forced to confront his past while working as a rodeo clown and competing with his siblings for his mother's approval and affection.
Baskets

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
Lessons in Chemistry

A series that peeks behind the curtain of a public access children's TV show to reveal the offensive lives of the cast and crew when the cameras are off.
Magic Funhouse

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.
First Oscar

Follows the wild, exhilarating life of legendary adult film icon Vanessa Del Rio, set against the backdrop of organized crime-controlled Times Square during the 70s and 80s.
Queen of Manhattan

A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
Captive
A daughter tried to hold onto the memories of her father
The Method of Places

A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.
Mississippi Requiem

Oddball Clark meets the girl of his dreams, but the relationship is threatened by his foot fetish.
Fetish

A depressed young guy is trying to kill himself but he keeps getting interrupted by his unsuspecting family and friends.
I Hate Myself and Want to Die

Childhood friends, Willie and Jamaley, embark on a quest to prove the existence of a local mythological creature known as, The Cacacoon.
Willie, Jamaley & The Cacacoon

A strained suburban family’s Thanksgiving is disrupted by a gang of vicious vagrants. Barbarity abounds and secrets are brought to the table in this pitch black burlesque.
Derelicts

“FRAZIER PARK RECUT” follows first-time filmmakers (Tyler and Sam) as they document the behind-the-scenes trials and tribulations of producing an independent found-footage horror film. After writing a script, collecting production gear, and securing a “cabin in the woods” location, Tyler and Sam hit gold when they cast the perfect actor, Tom Morris, to play the psychopathic antagonist of their film. With everything falling into place, the trio travels to the small, isolated town of Frazier Park, California to make their dream a reality.
Frazier Park Recut

A Latvian grandmother comes to visit her daughter in Los Angeles, where she encounters the surreal reality of life in America.
Oma
Hell No is a short exploration of what would happen in horror situations if smart characters made good decisions.
Hell No

A down and out brother shows up unannounced, altering the routine of his sister's family.