Eric Heights is a cinematographer living in Los Angeles, California. Born in LA, Eric transplanted to Colorado and Arizona where he videotaped urban landscapes, graffiti, and street muralist in action. He is currently in production on a documentary about street art in Phoenix. For infomation contact: (213) 446-6517
Eric has directed and produced over 50 music videos from 2010-2012 where he developed his cinematic style and was voted Best Music Video Director by Denver Westword Magazine. Artists include Silkk The Shocker, Dumfoundead, Aceyalone, Kay Cola, JNatural, Rass Kass, DJ KSLY, DJ Chonz, Tony Sans, Foci, Catchlungs, Jamal Christopher, 2M2X, Qualmes, Rheteric Ramirez, Kwoda, Slik D, Ten G Bob, Spoke In Wordz, The Parker Boys, Deca, Guerilla Garden, Prime Element, and Rakaa Iriscience.
Eric previously directed two graffiti documentaries, Feel Mode 1 (2007) and the sequel Feel Mode 2 (2009). Art Battle LA (2012) is Eric’s third documentary which premiered on KCET’s Open Call series in Southern California.
ART BATTLE L.A. starring Mear One, Man One, Inkie, and Eine is available now on SnagFilms. The good folks over at SnagFilms are doing a great job gathering top notch documentaries so you can find them all in one place. Make sure you download the Snag Films app and watch the full documentary. Directed by [...]
A Prelude: Songs in the Key of L.A. is a multi-platform collaboration between the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public Library, and USC professor Josh Kun that brings to life the Library’s extraordinary Southern California Sheet Music Collection. Five L.A. artists were invited to pick some sheet music, study it, and then [...]
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Los Angeles, CA – Niche.LA Video Art presents the premiere of short documentary “Thank You For Coming” on KCET’s award-winning transmedia arts and culture journalism series, Artbound. Available April 8th online on the KCET website, the video is based on the article “Thank You For Coming: Building Community with Art [...]
Artist: Lost Dialect Song: 10×10 Producer: Kromozone (http://www.soundcloud.com/realkromozone) Album: Baggage Claim EP Director: Eric Heights FREE DOWNLOAD: http://hidefmedia.net/lost-dialect-10×10-single/ http://www.lostdialect.com @ActRightLive, @17thLetterQ, @Mistah_Redd
Jamal Cristopher Faded video by Eric Heights.
This is the first single from Parker Boys featuring Jericho Parker singing lead at 11 and Gibson Parker playing an incredible guitar solo at 13 along with Emily Garber harmonizing with the boys! Jericho and Gibson are the sons of Ray Parker Jr ! It is rumored that Jericho will be singing the Ghostbusters theme [...]
Jolt featured in Mountain Dew Kickstart Your Day commercial painting under the 6th Street bridge in downtown Los Angeles. Eric Heights is also standing next to him in the actual video. Shout out to The Dew and the awesome film crew! (Photo: Instagram: @EricHeights , Eric Heights did NOT shoot this video.)
I shot a video with Bad Nuze and Bad Azz last week. Uncle June Bugg was also in the building and made a special appearance in the visual. Look out for their new music video title ‘High’ coming soon directed by Eric Heights. Follow @TheOfficialNuze @badazzlbc @unclejunebugdpg @EricHeights
‘Artcade’ opened at First Friday. First Friday is a monthly artwalk located in the Roosevelt Row neighborhood in downtown Phoenix Arizona. The event was a collaboration that featured over 30 artist. They each painted a classic working arcade game. Here are a few photos taken during the setup. Pictures from the event coming soon. Artcade [...]
Haffway House artist Tony Sans drops a visual for “Back of My Mind” shot and cut by Eric Heights.
Just signed an online streaming deal with SnagFilms to distribute our 52 min documentary! ‘Art Battle LA’ premiered in Southern California on KCET’s Open Call series. Stay tuned for the official release date and in the meantime, check out the trailer! “Art Battle LA” Directed by Eric Heights Written by Nic Cha Kim Featuring: Eine [...]
Eric Heights (born Eric Alvarez) is a director and cinematographer living in Los Angeles, California. Eric has directed and produced over 50 music videos from 2010-2012 where he developed his cinematic style and was voted Best Music Video Director by Denver Westword Magazine. Artists include Silkk The Shocker, Dumfoundead, Aceyalone, Kay Cola, JNatural, Rass Kass, [...]
Video stills of Ashley Macias and Lalo Cota for upcoming urban art documentary shot entirely in downtown Phoenix Arizona. Produced by Niche.LA, this feature length movie is scheduled to release in 2013. Directed by Eric Heights.
(Photo by Eric Heights) The Pros and Cons Clothing x Skate All Cities skateboard collaboration. Follow them on twitter and get one for yourself: @theprosandcons x @skateallcities
Artist: Qualmes Song: Ode to Lovers Rock Producer: DannyDee Website: qualmes.com/ Director: Eric Heights
Photo of Chanel Urban taken by Eric Heights for the new Qualmes album titled ‘International Southern Dope Tunes.’ Download the ‘ISDT’ mixtape here: http://bit.ly/TB2Rwb
Photo of Deca by Eric Heights taken in Palm Springs during a music video shoot in ’09. Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/N5VTqShNLtw
Behind the scenes photo of SLik d by Eric Heights taken during the ‘Sun Down’ music video shoot. Video coming soon. For more information contact @SLikdizzle or @EricHeights. Listen to the track here: http://slikd.bandcamp.com/track/sundown
New music video for the Summer love jam “SunDown” off Carson, CA/Las Vegas, NV emcee SLik d’s 2011 project Sum, Ah! Tracks. Director Eric Heights captures a simple and warm glimpse of the Southern California lifestyle; a common motif in SLik’s music.
(Photos) A few behind the scenes photos taken on day 2 of filming Brit Week Art Battle LA. Eine, Inkie, Mear One, and Mane One work on their murals outside LALA Gallery on day 2 after the battle. Inkie paints with kids on a wall at the Hollywood Arts organization. Hollywood Arts is an [...]
(Photos) Mear One, Inkie, Eine & Man One: Photographs taken during the filming of ‘BritWeek: Art Battle LA’ by director of Eric Heights for KCET’s Open Call series. Eine and Inkie, from the UK, are some of the most prolific graffiti artist based in Europe. In this TV documentary they bring their skills overseas to Los [...]
(Video) Mear One teaser from ‘Art Battle LA’ episode on KCET’s Open Call series. Los Angeles, CA – Niche.LA Video Art presents the premiere of Art Battle LA on August 30th, 2012 at 9pm on KCET’s show Open Call, a television series highlighting Los Angeles’s many vibrant arts communities including the Colburn School Conservatory of [...]
