What We Do
What We Do
Cinesthesia Factory makes movies.
We are a full service production company for narrative and
documentary short and feature length projects.
Development through Distribution.
Why Work With Us?
Why Work With Us?
On the Ground Leadership
We don't set things up and then hire people.
The owners of the company actively show up in each phase of the process of creating a movie.
Decades of Experience
Between the owners, we have over 50 years of experience in the film and television
business (in the United States and abroad), being nominated for esteemed
awards like Emmys and getting into prestigious festivals like Cannes.
No Up Front Fees
We develop projects.
We won't do just anything that pays.
Look to us as partners in setting up a film.
The Cinesthesia Factory Team
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.
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.
Nathaniel Lipp
Giyan (Gi) Gonzales
Partner
Gi Gonzales is a Los Angeles native whose interest in film began at an early age with his first job as an intern with the Visual Communications and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. He graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2017, studying film & tv production, creative writing, and business of entertainment.
Gonzales brings a broad understanding of the film and television industry, with experience ranging from below-the-line work as an union lighting technician, to directing short films, music videos and commercial projects, to producing feature films and serving as executive producer on the short film Radikals, featured at Cannes in 2024.
He approaches producing through a deep belief in storytelling as a means of connection and is excited to bring his cross-disciplinary perspective to the Cinesthesia Factory team.
Founder | 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.