Cinesthesia Factory provides filmmakers with production solutions from servicing short and feature films, to workshopping, developing and financing feature films, to exhibiting cinematic content live & on-line.
Our production team, spearheaded by producers, Eric Michael Kochmer and Nathaniel Lipp, have experience on over 25 feature films from ultra low budget to $3 million dollar projects and have produced more than 70 short films and music videos.
Additionally, they develop and find financing for high quality projects with up- and-coming filmmakers, talent, and cutting edge material.
Beyond making films, Cinesthesia Factory strives to exhibit and market unique content by featuring highlighted projects online and in person (through a quarterly film festival and a curated YouTube channel and CF platform).
The Cinesthesia Factory Team
Eric Michael Kochmer
Founder | CEO
A protégée of composer and theater director Elizabeth Swados and experimental filmmaker Owen Land, Kochmer has worked as an actor, director, video artist, producer, editor, and night watchman in a graveyard. As the VP of Content for the filmmaking collective and production company We Make Movies, he originated and spearheaded their production services platform which has since served over a 1000 filmmakers, as well as co-founding and curating six seasons of the WMM International Film Festival. He has additionally collaborated independently with companies such as Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Seth Green), R&R Media (Danny Roth), and EP Kristina Sorenson (The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway and Netflix). Kochmer has been working steadily as a combination of a creative producer and line producer in New York, Kentucky, Georgia, Montana, Washington, New Mexico, and Illinois, and most recently produced and secured distribution for the horror film THE DEATH OF SNOW WHITE. Kochmer is a spirited and practical artist, who continually aims to deliver genre-defying, arthouse cinema that pushes the boundaries of filmmaking while bringing fresh perspectives to the screen.
Nathaniel Lipp
Founder | President
Nate Lipp is a twice Emmy Nominated Producer and a member of the PGA West. He has produced multiple award winning features including YouTopia an Honorable Mention for Best North American Feature at Outfest. Lipp has produced web content, commercials and television promos for many established filmmakers like Kurt Sutter, Clint Eastwood and Ron Howard earning an Emmy nomination and winning a Webby. Lipp has made shows for Discovery, National Geographic, A&E, The Travel Channel and Fox. He is married, has one dogter and is very excellent at making hummus. He is excited for this launch of Cinesthesia Factory alongside Eric Michael Kochmer.
Whit Spurgeon
CFO
Whit Spurgeon is an actor, director and producer. He spent 20 years in Chicago acting in award-winning plays such as the long-running "Hizzoner" at Prop Theatre, the world premieres of Rebecca Gilman's "The Glory of Living" and "The Crime of the Century" at Circle Theatre, and "Awake and Sing!" and “Paradise Lost” at Timeline Theatre. As a member of Prop Thtr he helped in the foundation of the National New Play Network, and has worked extensively in script development. He has starred in over two dozen TV commercials for clients like Verizon, Citgo, and Pick 'n Save Supermarkets. Since arriving in Los Angeles in 2009, his TV appearances include Fresh Off the Boat, Liza On Demand, Cougar Town, To Tell The Truth, and, most recently, It's Florida, Man alongside Juliette Lewis. He has featured roles in numerous films, among them the cult horror favorites VICTOR CROWLEY and CHASTITY BITES, and has starred in dozens of short films. He's also directed multiple short films, like the award-winning THUMP, and has helped produce dozens of shorts and low-budget feature films. He was the Programming Director of the We Make Movies International Film Festival for 6 years. Whit is currently the CFO of the film development and production company Cinesthesia Factory, and is the programming director of their quarterly film festival in Los Angeles, FactoryFest.
