Hedges Pictures was established by Travis Hedges Williams in 2000. He named the company for his family, who immigrated to the USA from Peterborough, England in the 1960s. All of the founding members of HP were heavily involved with the performing arts scene in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they began to make parody films of productions they were involved with. These movies grew increasingly complex and culminated at the Outhouse Film Festival in 2002, where the company earned its first formal recognition: "Best Comedy Film" for the feature-length Ballet For Children-Unauthorized 3.
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Travis continued the successful partnership with cinematographer/editor Michael A. Westphal and costumer Crystal Brown to develop ambitious original ideas and create a number of other award-winning films. These films include Nutshells - A Brat From the Bayou, which was named one of Pointe Magazine's Must-Own DVDs in 2003, and The Lady Is A Doll (starring Wes Brown, who went on to roles on NCIS, Criminal Minds, We Are Marshall, and HBO's True Blood). Hedges Pictures films range from the comedic No Mutual Friends, to the dramatic Petrouchka and the suspenseful Lost Island of Laveau.
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Since its inception, HP has produced 4 feature-length projects, worked with over 250 actors (from age three to sixty three), won 11 awards, screened at film festivals in five states, and shot at locations including: Louisiana's Old State Capitol, the barrier islands of Mississippi, Lake Fausse Point State Park, Alligator Bayou, The Mall of Louisiana, and historic Baton Rouge High School. For various clients, HP has produced pieces that include a children's series, fitness videos, and projections for theatrical events.
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With each project, HP strives to break new artistic ground while working within a "micro" budget. HP believes in providing a collaborative creative environment for talented individuals, building a community of artists from all disciplines, and establishing an audience for independent cinema. The company is passionate about storytelling and aims to touch your heart, mind, and funny bone.
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Travis Hedges Williams has
been working professionally in film, television, and theatre for over
eighteen years. By the age of fourteen he had already begun writing for
the stage and screen, been seen as the lead host on Fox 44 TV's Kid's Club, and as a principal actor in a music video for the band Deadeye Dick (who have a song on the Dumb & Dumber
soundtrack). In his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Travis has
played numerous roles on stage, including "Captain Hook", "Willy
Wonka", and "Septimus Hodge" in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. With
the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, Travis authored the scripts to a number
of educational programs and appeared on stage as "Uncle Drosselmeyer"
in The Nutcracker and as one of the stepsisters in Cinderella. While in Baton Rouge, Travis also worked for EA Sports (the makers of the Madden
series) and for the Red Stick International Animation Festival (the
largest event of its kind in the United States). Through Hedges
Pictures he has served as producer, writer, director, and/or editor of
over a dozen films. Travis graduated cum laude from Louisiana State
University, with a degree in General Studies, which has a concentration
in Theatre, Film/Media Arts, and English, and minors in History and
Sociology. Most recently, Travis has been seen on the big screen as one
of the frat boys in Miley Cyrus's film So Undercover, a Civil War soldier in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and as a yet-to-be-disclosed extra in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
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To celebrate their tenth anniversary, Hedges Pictures produced
Navigating the Maze, an hour-long documentary which chronicles
the company's adventures from the early days of short films
on VHS to the feature-length Dance World Revelations in HD.
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Navigating the Maze (Bloopers):
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