‘What Happened To You’ is a short documentary about two childhood friends (Tom Jorza & Sebastian Scales), both now stand-up comics, exploring their past trauma together.
NEWS & AWARDS
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FILMMAKERS & SUBJECTS
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Tom Jorza is a stand up comedian from Bainbridge Island, Washington. In 2014, Tom fell off of a 3 story building during his sophomore year of college. He is now paralyzed on his right side and communicates using an IPad. His experience led him to stand up comedy in 2023, and he now performs all around Seattle.
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Sebastian Scales is also a stand up comedian from Bainbridge Island, Washington. Sebastian was molested as a child by his friend’s dad (not Tom’s dad). In 2017, he started doing stand up comedy about what happened to him, and his experiences in comedy led him to found What Happened To You Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to normalizing conversations about trauma using humor.
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Alec Goldberg is a director/editor with a focus on stories that have potential positive social impact, most of Alec’s documentary and narrative work centers around contexts of trauma and transformation. Also working on campaigns for brands such as Porsche, Chevron, Jordan, and Off-White, Goldberg explores different types of projects within the medium.
His 2021 documentary short in partnership with Abstract Magazine featured artist Thai Mainhard, was featured during the keynote presentation for the LA Art Show. In 2023/24 Alec is releasing his first feature film ‘Sitting in the Fire’ as well as short films: ‘What Happened to You’ [Semi-Finalist Cannes Indie Shorts Awards], and ‘Movers’ [Winner of Copenhagen Film Festival]; all with trauma and transformation at the core of the stories.
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Robin is a British born cinematographer with over fifteen years of experience in feature films, commercials, documentaries, tv and music videos. He began his career as a camera assistant in London and worked on films including Star Wars (Episode 7, Rogue One and Solo), Skyfall and Disney’s “Beauty and The Beast”, training under some of the worlds most accomplished and decorated cinematographers.
Since moving to the USA and working as a cinematographer, Robin has shot award winning short films such as “How’dy” (Directed by Keene McRae) as well as commercial projects for Sky TV, Marc Jacobs, Star Alliance, Toyota and Olivia Rodrigo. His methodology is designed around strong collaborators with directors and actors, to create striking and naturalistic imagery that puts the central story first.
