Bio
Farlight Film Productions President and Founder, Harlow Schuman, is an award-winning filmmaker with an artistic propensity for operating cameras and creating projects with a driving humanitarian purpose. He attends the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in the Film & Television Production program, specializing in directing and cinematography. When he’s not making films, he surfs the California coast, hikes the Santa Monica mountains, and explores a plethora of food spots around the city. Harlow is an inspired motion picture storyteller and harnesses his lens of optimism and innovation to share rare and remarkable perspectives with the world.
Filmography
DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR
IDAC (USC CTPR-294) 2024
Where Do We Go? (short doc) 2022
Preservation (short) 2021
From Rescue to Love (commercial) 2021
Reflections (short) 2021
Holding the Rope (short doc) 2020
Wash, Rinse & Repeat (short) 2020
It Matters (short) 2019
PRODUCER
Love is F*cked (Short) 2024, directed by Sydney Lazare
Syncopate (short) 2024, directed by Xavier Davis & Daniel Epega
INDU Pony Hat (Mixed-media ad Campaign) 2023, directed by Andy Trinh
CINEMATOGRAPHER & EDITOR
Love is F*cked (short) 2024, directed by Sydney Lazare
Function at Strawberry Junction (short) 2023, directed by Kaleb Manske
Hardcore (short) 2022, directed by Maddy Case
The Last Comedian (short doc) 2021, directed by Benjamin Meppen
Laephlexa (short) 2021, directed by Maddy Case
Lemonade (short) 2021, directed by Colette Samek
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Perpetual Perfection (feature film) 2024, directed by Kaleb Manske
Days Until College (short) 2024, directed by Sam Rosenberg
Spaghetti (short) 2021, directed by Benjamin Meppen
Burning Within (short) 2021, directed by Derrick Leroy
Binary (short) 2021, directed by Julian Romano
Everything Changes (short) 2021, directed by Grace Rynerson
AWARDS
Honors
2021 Zaki Gordon Film Award, Viewpoint School
Function at Strawberry Junction
2023 Winner, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, (Silver) Independent Shorts Awards
2023 Finalist, BEST STUDENT FILM, Lift-Off Global Network Season Awards
2022 Winner, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, Los Angeles Movie Awards
Where Do We Go?
2023 Finalist, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, Malibu Film Festival
2022 Winner, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, (Gold) Independent Shorts Awards
2022 Winner, BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR, (Bronze) Independent Shorts Awards
2022 Winner, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, Los Angeles Movie Awards
2022 Gold Winner, SHORT DOCUMENTARY, Hollywood Gold Awards
2022 Gold Winner, STUDENT FILM, Hollywood Gold Awards
2022 Gold Winner, ORIGINAL SCORE, Hollywood Gold Awards
2022 Award of Excellence: DOCUMENTARY SHORT (Student), Best Shorts Competition
2022 Silver Winner, INSPIRATIONAL FILM, Hollywood Gold Awards
2022 Honorable Mention (Student Short), Indie Short Fest
Preservation
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT FILM, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT FILM, New York Cinematography Awards
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY, New York Cinematography Awards
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards
2021 Winner, BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER, Los Angeles Film Awards
2021 Winner, GOLD AWARD CINEMATOGRAPHY, Hollywood Gold Awards
2021 Winner, GOLD AWARD STUDENT FILM, Hollywood Gold Awards
2021 Winner, BEST UNDER 5 MINUTE FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Winner, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Bronze Winner, BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER, Independent Shorts Awards
2021 Bronze Winner, BEST ROMANTIC SHORT, Independent Shorts Awards
2022 Bronze Winner, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
2021 Grand Jury Award, DIRECTOR, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Award of Merit: Film Short (Student), Best Shorts Competition
2021 Honorable Mention, Santa Monica International Film Festival
2022 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Movie Awards
2022 Finalist, Student Los Angeles Film Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST SHORT FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST STUDENT FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Finalist, Indie Short Fest
2022 Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival
2022 Semi-Finalist, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
2022 Official Selection, Malibu International Film Festival
2022 Official Selection, San Diego International ShortsFest
2022 Official Selection, Glendale International Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, New York Movie Awards
Reflections
2021 Grand Jury Award, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Award of Merit, PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMMING / PSA, The IndieFEST Film Awards
2021 Honorable Mention, BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER, Independent Shorts Awards
2021 Honorable Mention, BEST UNDER 5 MINUTES, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Silver Award, ORIGINAL STORY, Hollywood Gold Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST STUDENT FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST SONG, Oniros Film Awards
2021 Finalist, BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER, Indie Short Fest
2021 Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, Open Mind Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, Reel Recovery Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, NewFilmmakers NY
2021 Official Selection, MHSA Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, International PSA Competition
2021 Official Selection, Awareness Film Festival
Holding the Rope
2020 Winner BEST STUDENT FILM, New York Movie Awards
2021 Winner BEST STUDENT WEB and NEW MEDIA, Indie Short Fest
2020 Winner Honorable Mention Best Young filmmaker, LA Film Awards
2020 Bronze Winner BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER & BEST WEB & NEW MEDIA, Independent Shorts Awards
2021 Quarter Finalist BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY, Student World Awards
2021 Award of Merit Special Mention, DOCUMENTARY SHORT, The IndieFEST Film Awards
2021 Finalist BEST STUDENT FILM, Oniros Film Awards
2020 Finalist BEST STUDENT FILM, Hollywood Gold Awards
2021 Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, Breckenridge Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, All American High School Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, San Diego International Film Festival
It Matters
2019 Winner BEST FILM, Wild California category, UCLA’s GreenShorts
2019 Winner Honorable Mention BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER, Independent Short Awards
Laephlexa
2021 Winner, BEST STUDENT PICTURE, Calabasas Film Festival
2021 Winner, BEST SCI-FI FILM, Los Angeles Film Awards
2021 Official Selection, Topanga Film Festival
Lemonade
2021 Winner, Outstanding Achievement in Writing, Calabasas Film Festival
2021 Official Selection, Topanga Film Festival