# Interloper Films

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**Interloper Films** is a [production company](/source/Production_company) based in [Pasadena, California](/source/Pasadena%2C_California). Interloper was founded in 1994[1] by siblings [Ondi Timoner](/source/Ondi_Timoner) and her brother David Timoner. Interloper produces [documentaries](/source/Documentaries), [music videos](/source/Music_videos), and short form media. Two Interloper documentaries, *[We Live in Public](/source/We_Live_in_Public)* (2009) and *[DIG!](/source/DIG!)* (2004), have won Sundance grand jury awards. The latter film was co-released by [Palm Pictures](/source/Palm_Pictures) and was acquired into the permanent collection of the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) in New York City. It showed at [Cannes](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival) and many other prestigious festivals.[1] *We Live in Public* is currently (as of May 2009) touring the festival circuit and will be appearing at many conferences including [SXSW](/source/SXSW), the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival) and will have a New York premiere at the [New Directors/New Films Festival](/source/New_Directors%2FNew_Films_Festival), sponsored by the [Lincoln Center](/source/Lincoln_Center) and [MOMA](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art).[2]

Over the years, the company has produced music videos for major artists such as [The Dandy Warhols](/source/The_Dandy_Warhols), [Leona Lewis](/source/Leona_Lewis), [The Vines](/source/The_Vines_(band)), [Lucinda Williams](/source/Lucinda_Williams), [Van Hunt](/source/Van_Hunt), [DMC](/source/Darryl_McDaniels), [Ben Lee](/source/Ben_Lee), [Vanessa Carlton](/source/Vanessa_Carlton) and [The Jonas Brothers](/source/The_Jonas_Brothers). Ondi Timoner earned a [Grammy](/source/Grammy) nomination for a music video she directed for [Fastball](/source/Fastball_(band)) in 1999.

Interloper Films has created national commercials for [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's), [Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company), [State Farm](/source/State_Farm), the [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) and [DeVry](/source/DeVry).

The next project on the docket for Interloper is a narrative feature film about the life of [Robert Mapplethorpe](/source/Robert_Mapplethorpe). Ondi Timoner is slated to direct the film and she will co-produce the picture with actress [Eliza Dushku](/source/Eliza_Dushku) in conjunction with Dushku's production company, Boston Diva Prods.[3]

## Selected filmography

**Documentaries**

- *[All the Walls Came Down](/source/All_the_Walls_Came_Down)* (2025)

- *[We Live in Public](/source/We_Live_in_Public)* (2009)

- *Join Us* (2007)

- *[DIG!](/source/DIG!)* (2004)

- *The Nature of the Beast* (1995)

- *Lollapallooza* (work in progress)

- *David LaChappelle* (work in progress)

Short Films

- *CNN Heroes:Viola Vaughn* (2008)

- *CNN Heroes:Yohannes Gebregeorgis* (2008)

- *The Greatest Gift: The Story of One Love Africa Schools* (2008)

- *Recycle* (2004)

- *Dam Nation* (2000)

- *Broken: The Story of Mother Tongue* (1996)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sidewalk_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sidewalk_1-1) No Author Listed (2004). ["Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival 2004 - Dig!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060116054020/http://www.sidewalkfest.com/2004/film-dig.htm). Sidewalkfest.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.sidewalkfest.com/2004/film-dig.htm) on 2006-01-16. Retrieved 2006-10-05. {{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: |author= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Home"](http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/). *weliveinpublicthemovie.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Siegel, Tatiana (2009-02-25). ["Eliza Dushku focuses on photog film"](https://www.variety.com/VR1118000588.html). *Variety*.

## External links

- [Official **Interloper Films** website](http://www.interloperfilms.com)

- [LA Alternative Press Article - Reel Music](https://web.archive.org/web/20061112023335/http://www.laalternativepress.com/v03n13/feature/antani.php)*

- [Join Us documentary](http://www.joinusthemovie.com)*

- [Dig!](http://www.digthemovie.com)*

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