Film & Video

Eugene Alexander Short Film

I created this short film while employed at JMX Brands in 2017-2018. It was an Official Selection to two film festivals and played at several public events before its online release.

Client

DutchCrafters Amish Furniture

Date

08/15/2018

Website

Live Link

Eugene Alexander: The Fashion of Eugene Stutzman is a 15-minute documentary

It was an Official Selection to both the Sunscreen Film Festival and Love Your Shorts Film Festival in 2018. It is now available in its entirety online and I'm happy to share it with you here.

Film Promotion

movie poster eugene alexander the fashion of eugene stutzman official selection film festival

Movie Poster for Eugene Alexander: The Fashion of Eugene Stutzman

eugene stutzman with whitney houston dress

Whitney Houston is memorialized in a Life magazine cover wearing a Eugene Alexander dress. Original photoshoot for Time magazine in 1986.

Eugene Alexander water lily jacket 1982

The design that started it all: the water lily jacket, by Eugene Alexander in 1982.

Documentary Subject & Framing

The film reveals the lasting impact of the couture dresses created by the fashion design team of Eugene Stutzman and Alexander Wallace in the 1980s and 1990s. Framed by a fashion show fundraiser for The Goshen Theater in Goshen, Ind. on September 23, 2017, the film explores Mennonite fashion designer Eugene Stutzman’s experiences dressing Hollywood customers, his dressmaking inventions used in his factory in Sarasota, Fla., his endeavors after leaving the fashion industry, and how his dresses have a second life through the Eugene Alexander Hope Foundation.

Eugene Alexander fashion show Goshen Theater 2017

A singer interrupts a wedding procession in a scene of the 2017 fashion show at Goshen Theater in Goshen, IN.

curtain call at fashion show goshen theater

Eugene, surrounded by the show’s models, receives a standing ovation after his fashion show at Goshen Theater in Goshen, IN

goshen college eugene alexander gallery exhibit

2018 Eugene Alexander Exhibit at Goshen College’s Abner Hershberger Art Gallery

Why Produce a Film?

Stutzman stepped beyond the constraints of Mennonite and Amish convention while also drawing upon that tradition for both his style aesthetic and manufacturing choices. DutchCrafters believes in the value of quality craftsmanship and authenticity with the customer. DutchCrafters was founded on these Mennonite and Amish values; just as the fashion of Eugene Alexander continues to hold its value decades after creation, Amish furniture is built with a longevity that makes it a family heirloom. Jim Miller at DutchCrafters Amish Furniture saw the connection between Stutzman’s choices and the DutchCrafters brand and made it possible for Stutzman’s story to be told. We also think it’s just a great story. Please enjoy.

My other works

Graphic Design

Oklahoma City Thunder Logo Redesign Concept

Starting in 2024, I took a shot at creating a logo concept for the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team. Here's the result of that work—a new logo image featuring a bison, along with new type treatment and secondary logos.

Graphic Design

New Logo for the City of Goessel, Kansas

In June of 2023, Goessel selected my logo design to serve as the new city logo moving forward! After spending my formative childhood years in the community, it means a lot to know I'll have a place in its future as well.

Film & Video

Encounter Cuba Tour Promotional Video

In the 2010s, MEDA's Sarasota Network Hub leveraged connections in Havana, Cuba, to lead educational tours in Cuba. I had the opportunity to travel on this tour in 2018 in order to produce this video and promote further tours to Cuba.

Film & Video

DutchCrafters Customer Testimonial: Meegan Jowdy Interior Design

How do you show potential customers what the shopping experience is like at your business? Ask a customer to tell them herself! In this testimonial video, Meegan of Meegan Jowdy Interior Design discusses the ways DutchCrafters fit her needs and delivered for her client.

View All Works
Graphic Design

Oklahoma City Thunder Logo Redesign Concept

Starting in 2024, I took a shot at creating a logo concept for the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team. Here's the result of that work—a new logo image featuring a bison, along with new type treatment and secondary logos.

Graphic Design

New Logo for the City of Goessel, Kansas

In June of 2023, Goessel selected my logo design to serve as the new city logo moving forward! After spending my formative childhood years in the community, it means a lot to know I'll have a place in its future as well.

Graphic Design

DutchCrafters Shop the Look Redesign

I was invited to lead an inter-team task force to develop a recommendation to update and improve the Shop the Look section of dutchcrafters.com. We completed the task ahead of schedule and with buy-in from every relevant team.

Graphic Design

Eco Friendly Digs Logo & Branding

One of the highlights of my employment at JMX Brands was the opportunity to design a logo and full visual identity for the new brand Eco Friendly Digs.

View All Work
Film & Video

Encounter Cuba Tour Promotional Video

In the 2010s, MEDA's Sarasota Network Hub leveraged connections in Havana, Cuba, to lead educational tours in Cuba. I had the opportunity to travel on this tour in 2018 in order to produce this video and promote further tours to Cuba.

Film & Video

DutchCrafters Customer Testimonial: Meegan Jowdy Interior Design

How do you show potential customers what the shopping experience is like at your business? Ask a customer to tell them herself! In this testimonial video, Meegan of Meegan Jowdy Interior Design discusses the ways DutchCrafters fit her needs and delivered for her client.

Film & Video

What is Poly Furniture?

What is Poly Furniture? Learn all about it in this 1-minute animation video I produced for DutchCrafters Amish furniture. This video served as an introduction to poly furniture and an informative video

Film & Video

Furniture Styles Guide

My teammate Beth and I wrote the script to the Ultimate Guide to Furniture Styles, an extremely popular educational video on YouTube and on our website, dutchcrafters.com.

View All Work
Photography

Miscellaneous Photography

I took these photos over the past 5 years or so for clients, family, and personal use. All photos taken on my Sony a6300 mirrorless camera.

Photography

Nature Photography

I took these photos over the course of 4 years in central Florida and at Niagara Falls. All photos taken on my Sony a6300 mirrorless camera.

View All Work