
Raymond Knudsen
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Biography
Raymond Knudsen is an award-winning Filipino-American writer, director and producer based in NYC. Knudsen founded BIG BLUE PICTURES in 2020. Knudsen has produced multiple short films including WEAPONS AND THEIR NAMES (Sundance, Palm Springs ShortFest) and MONKEY BARS (NoBudge, NFFTY). As a director, Knudsen aims to tell slice of life stories within the worlds of bodybuilding, American football and dysfunctional families that remind people they are not alone. His latest short film, PREP, screened at the Indie Memphis Film Festival (Audience Choice: Best Departures Short), Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and Bend Film Festival. Knudsen was awarded the Florida Filmmaker Award from the Tallahassee Film Festival in 2023.
Known For

A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman he encounters on a New York subway.
The Dutchman

When fourteen-year-old Maggie and her two best friends hang out with older guys they meet on Facebook, a crush on a complicated boy unravels into a twisted trance fueled by Four Lokos and naive infatuation.
Monkey Bars

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.
PREP
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The Big Game

Struggling to connect with her grieving family after the sudden death of her stepfather, a teenager sneaks off to shoot guns in rural Florida with her best friend.
Weapons and Their Names

An obsessed bodybuilder who struggles with personal demons and his family’s lack of belief soon learns that achieving perfection is all he has left.
Stage Ready

Junior year. It's time to date. Tommy and Pam order Sizzlin' Onions at dinner. Pam takes her antacid. Making out later is a possibility.
The Orthodontist's Son

Friday evening at the local hibachi restaurant. Donald brings his iPad to the sushi bar to watch the big game. Friends and family try to have fun as the chef performs. Saki is flowing and fire is burning but once the show is over, what is there to talk about?
Scenes from a Hibachi Restaurant

She originally planned for a home birth, a typical practice in the 1920's, until an accident sends Ada to the hospital. Complications in the delivery room are only the first of many afflictions to further strain the marriage of a faithful wife and her distinguished husband in this riveting true story.
When She Speaks
In pursuit of the perfect meal, Brighton goes to battle with his six roommates over control of the kitchen.
Chow Time

Monica, a middle school student, is forced to play survival of the fittest with bullies at school and compete with her younger sister for emotional support at home.
Child Support

As a high school AV club faces the absurdity of egomania, tensions flare between the director and main actress, leading to a fatal reprimand for the crew.