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About Me

CRUISING IN THE VAN PRODUCTIONS is a film production company based out of Stoneham, Massachusetts and New York City, NY thatâ€™s mission is to make high quality motion pictures using cost-effective measures. Conceived in 2000, CITV has its roots in student film, but has recently expanded outward into more professional productions.Co-founders ERIC GREEN and MATTHEW NERNEY grew up in picturesque Bedford and became fast friends in their high school years. Upon graduation, their film journey began working together on several diverse film and television projects. Creating a film production company was an idea they had from that point on.They split up when it came time to choose a college. Matthew went to Westfield State College, and Eric studied at Fitchburg State College. Then in the summer of 2000, when Matthew graduated from WSC, they joined forces to create CRUISING IN THE VAN PRODUCTIONS.The inaugural production was TO BE JOHN WOO written and directed by Eric. The short was put together for a relatively low-budget, the cast was made up of SAG and non-union talent. The 16mm short film, which was completed in the Fall of 2001, has had a successful run on the film festival circuit (a big hit at festivals in Massachusetts, California, New Hampshire, Florida, and Texas, as well as Canada and Australia).In 2004, CITV completed their newest short film MUSICIAN FOR HIRE, their first New York City shoot. Shot on DV and in a very short amount of time, MFH tells the story of Joe, a struggling rock musician. The award-winning film has already been a hit on the film festival circuit (in Texas, California, New York, New Hampshire, Florida, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington state, Minnesota, and even CANADA!).CITV is currently in pre-production on LIFE ON THE V: THE STORY OF V66 (www.lifeonthev.com and www.myspace.com/v66documentary), a co-production with Breaking Branches Pictures.The next step for CITV will be a feature-length film that is currently in development, a music video, a concert collaboration and some surprises!I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Film Production, music

I'd like to meet:

Other filmmakers, collaborators, actors, actresses, comedians, investors, musicians and friends.

Music:

Shout out to our pals The Trembling Turncoats, Dreadnaught, The nODD, The Dents, and Dave Fox. Also big fans of Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Radiohead, The Donnas, The Clash, The Ramones, The Beatles, Beck, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Green Day, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, The Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Matthew Sweet, U2, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dinosaur Jr., The Breeders, The Pixies, Jeff Buckley, The Dandy Warhols, Hole / Courtney Love, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Neil Young, Fountains of Wayne, Beastie Boys...the list goes on

Movies:

PRODUCERS OF: To Be John Woo, Musician For HireBIG FANS OF: Richard Linklater, Martin Scorsese, Jean-Pierre Jeanet, Cameron Crowe, Sam Mendes, Tim Burton, Spike Jonze, John Woo, the Coen brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Jonathan Demme, Ted Demme, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Sidney Lumet, Wong Kar-Wai, Stanley Kubrick, George A. Romero, Ondi Timoner, Spike Lee, Richard Kelly, Phil Joanou, Steven Spielberg, Sam Raimi, David Fincher, Allison Anders, Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, Sophia Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Clint Eastwood, Penelope Spheeris, Alexander Payne, Terry Gilliam, Danny Boyle, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Michel Gondry, Eli Roth, Christopher Guest, Michael Moore, the list goes on

Television:

The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, SNL, Conan, Entourage, Twin Peaks, The Ben Stiller Show, VH1 Classics, 30 Rock, The Office, Daily Show, Colbert Report, The State, Current TV

Books:

anything by Nick Hornby, Jack Kerouac, J.D. Salinger, beat poets, Ayn Rand, Kurt Vonnegut

Heroes:

Ted Demme, Richard Linklater

My Blog

Watch our SKP segment on Current TV’s website

Cruising In The Van Productions is proud to present our profile of the NYC sketch comedy group Slightly Known People, entitled Getting To Know Slightly Known People. It can be seen on Current TV's we...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:52:00 PST

2007 Wrap Up

2007 was another year of tremendous progress for our small but prolific film production company. It was particularly a big year for us on the internet and taking advantage of the possibilities of new ...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:46:00 PST

Cruising In The Van on Revver

STONEHAM, Mass., December 3, 2007 Cruising in the Van Productions is proud to announce that short films "To Be John Woo" and "Musician For Hire" are now available for viewing on the video-sharing p...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:37:00 PST

Our Next Movie

We hope this email finds you well!For those of you who don't know, we are currently in pre-production on a documentary about V66 called LIFE ON THE V, co-directed by Cruising In The Van's Eric Green a...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:58:00 PST

TBJW version 2.0

Cruising In The Van Productions is proud to announce the newest incarnation of our hit short film To Be John Woo, which had a great run on the film festival circuit from 2002 - 2004. We have re-cut ou...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:48:00 PST

Monument Ave - 10 Years Later, A Look Back

In April and May of 1997, I worked as a Location Intern on the independent film MONUMENT AVE, a crime drama that shot in Boston. This was the first time I had ever been on a real movie set and I think...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:07:00 PST

Season Greetings from CITV Prod!

To our friends,2006 was quite a year for our small film production company. We're still growing, but this year we jumped leaps and bounds! It's hard to believe it's just about over.Our award-winning s...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:02:00 PST

MFH plays Canada!

Cruising In The Van Productions is proud to announceour award-winning short film "MUSICIAN FOR HIRE" isnow an official selection of the Blue Mountain FilmFestival, which is taking place Thurs. Oct. 12...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:57:00 PST

MFH returns to Staten Island

Cruising in the Van Productions is proud to announceour award-winning short film MUSICIAN FOR HIRE is anOfficial Selection of The Directors Chair FilmFestival 2006 taking place Sat. August 5 through S...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:32:00 PST

MFH plays Miami

Cruising in the Van Productions is proud to announceour award-winning short film MUSICIAN FOR HIRE is aShort Film Finalist of the Miami Independent Film andMusic Festival taking place this Sat. July 2...
Posted by Cruising In The Van on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:19:00 PST