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