Harold Boihem
- Editor
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Harold Boihem is an independent filmmaker, visual anthropologist and
the creative director of Parallax Pictures, Inc., an internationally
recognized, award winning film and television production and post
production company. Harold founded Parallax Pictures with Executive
Producer Chris Emmanouilides to communicate social science ideas and
concepts through creative and innovative film and television
programming. For over ten years Harold has enjoyed success as a
producer, director, and editor on a wide range of commercial,
documentary, educational, and fiction productions.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Harold became interested in documentary still photography in 1981 and began making documentary and experimental films in 1986. In 1990 he began his professional career in Hollywood working as an assistant director, production coordinator, video playback technician, and post production supervisor on a variety of feature film, network television, and commercial programs.
In 1997, Harold directed, edited, and co-produced The Ad and the Ego (1997), his first feature length documentary. It has been screened and won awards at film festivals around the world. A partial list includes: The World Film Festival in Montreal Canada, the San Francisco International Film Festival (first prize Golden Spire Award), the Chicago International Film Festival (third prize Honorable Mention), Murphy's Cork Film Festival in Ireland, the Central Florida Film and Video Festival (second prize winner), and the Berlin Film Market with the American Independent Features Abroad program sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
In addition to his independent film career, Harold is an accomplished director, editor, producer, and post production supervisor of high profile television commercials and award winning public service announcements (PSAs). Nike Revolution, his innovative critique of Nike and their practice of using child labor in the over seas manufacturing of their products, won Best PSA at the 1998 Philadelphia Addie awards and was honored with a standing ovation by the congregation of advertising professionals. Harold also found it perversely ironic that in the birthplace of democracy in America, people were being denied their right to freedom of speech by their own city council! Believe it or not, for over twenty years, the City of Philadelphia has been in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, our most sacred right to freedom of speech, by failing to provide for public access television! This unbelievable situation inspired Harold to write, direct, and produce the impassioned PSA, 'That Freedom Of Speech Thing'. In addition to these activities, he has worked on many documentary film and television productions, including, the Banyan Productions Discovery Channel Series, "Travelers". Currently, Harold is finishing the long anticipated follow up to The Ad and the Ego (1997) entitled 'Escape From Democracy'. This film is expected to be released late in 2004 or early in 2005 and features Ralph Nader, the late great Herbert Schiller, and Sut Jhally of The Ad and the Ego (1997). Harold also is developing the film 'Consumed', an ambitious documentary feature intended for theatrical release about Ralph Nader, democracy and the mass media. This film will feature numerous celebrity interviews as well as original super 16mm film footage shot on location by Harold at several of Nader's "Super Rallies" held across the county during the 2000 election.
Harold has taught advanced non-linear digital editing at Temple University in Philadelphia, received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of California, and earned a masters degree in Anthropology within the visual anthropology program at Temple University.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Harold became interested in documentary still photography in 1981 and began making documentary and experimental films in 1986. In 1990 he began his professional career in Hollywood working as an assistant director, production coordinator, video playback technician, and post production supervisor on a variety of feature film, network television, and commercial programs.
In 1997, Harold directed, edited, and co-produced The Ad and the Ego (1997), his first feature length documentary. It has been screened and won awards at film festivals around the world. A partial list includes: The World Film Festival in Montreal Canada, the San Francisco International Film Festival (first prize Golden Spire Award), the Chicago International Film Festival (third prize Honorable Mention), Murphy's Cork Film Festival in Ireland, the Central Florida Film and Video Festival (second prize winner), and the Berlin Film Market with the American Independent Features Abroad program sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
In addition to his independent film career, Harold is an accomplished director, editor, producer, and post production supervisor of high profile television commercials and award winning public service announcements (PSAs). Nike Revolution, his innovative critique of Nike and their practice of using child labor in the over seas manufacturing of their products, won Best PSA at the 1998 Philadelphia Addie awards and was honored with a standing ovation by the congregation of advertising professionals. Harold also found it perversely ironic that in the birthplace of democracy in America, people were being denied their right to freedom of speech by their own city council! Believe it or not, for over twenty years, the City of Philadelphia has been in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, our most sacred right to freedom of speech, by failing to provide for public access television! This unbelievable situation inspired Harold to write, direct, and produce the impassioned PSA, 'That Freedom Of Speech Thing'. In addition to these activities, he has worked on many documentary film and television productions, including, the Banyan Productions Discovery Channel Series, "Travelers". Currently, Harold is finishing the long anticipated follow up to The Ad and the Ego (1997) entitled 'Escape From Democracy'. This film is expected to be released late in 2004 or early in 2005 and features Ralph Nader, the late great Herbert Schiller, and Sut Jhally of The Ad and the Ego (1997). Harold also is developing the film 'Consumed', an ambitious documentary feature intended for theatrical release about Ralph Nader, democracy and the mass media. This film will feature numerous celebrity interviews as well as original super 16mm film footage shot on location by Harold at several of Nader's "Super Rallies" held across the county during the 2000 election.
Harold has taught advanced non-linear digital editing at Temple University in Philadelphia, received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of California, and earned a masters degree in Anthropology within the visual anthropology program at Temple University.