by riley harper
My friends at Deus Ex Machina asked me to be a part of a video / photoshoot directed by the infamous Jeff Zwart who is a hero to me and many others.
I was was lucky enough to drive Jeff’s personal Bellytank Racer, which is the centerpoint of the film.
Also, there is a behind the scenes that Deus put together from the shoot.
Enjoy!
by riley harper
I recently Directed a music video for the band AWOLNATION. We had a blast shooting in Malibu at one of our favorite places. We shot everything in one day and had tons of epic people on board in every department ! hope you guys enjoy the finale product!
enjoy!
by riley harper
Director: Riley Harper // instagram.com/lifeof_riley
Director of Photography: Gavin Ash // instagram.com/thegavinash
Produced by Trevor Thompson & Alexander Blackmon
Production Company: Elevated Media Productions // ElevatedMediaProductions.co
by riley harper
Last summer my good friend Mic Rogers asked me to stunt coordinate this BMW viral video for some producer friends working for BMW in Germany. We went to Cape Town South Africa to shoot and the video was a complete success. Hitting 14 million views in the first week. I brought out Rhys Millen, Rich Rutherford, Daijero Yoshihara, Samuel Hubinette and Conrad Grunwald to drive. Once we all landed in Cape Town we had a week to prep and rehearse as we only had 1 and a half days of street closure to shoot which is not much time at all for all we wanted to shoot. Here is the video and the behind the scenes video and photos of how we shot the video.
by riley harper
by riley harper
Had such an epic week in Tahiti. I have been prepping this project for 1 year now since a friend at Red Bull Media House contacted me about lighting Jamie O'brien on Fire in a wave.. Its something I've thought about how to do for years.. Safe to say i was excited to get to work on it ASAP. I was able to bring an awesome crew of friends to help with the fire set up and water safety to make sure everything went to plan. It was not an easy task, dealing with all of the elements of being at Teahupoo in 20 ft waves, but we got it done and are stoked!!! Huge thanks to Raimana for letting us into his home and helping us on all levels to make this happen! Enjoy the photos and video teaser that Red Bull put up on youtube.. The full clips will be coming out on Jamies show on youtube " Who is JOB 5.0" on August 7th.
by riley harper
A few weeks ago, Andy Bell and Sweatpants Media invited me to come do some driving for a Nitto Tire promotional video in Downtown LA. we drag raced a bunch of different user cars on the 6th street bridge. The girls from Buzz Feed stopped by to do some drag racing with Andy and myself as the drivers.. We swapped back and forth between a 1200 HP Nissan GTR tuned down, and a 600 HP Ferrari 548 Italia. Check out the video, and watch these girls scream! haha.
by riley harper
Behind the Scenes shots by Sinuhe Xavier and some shots are mine that I shot on 35mm film from a Collaboration Video shoot for The Mighty Motor. Dave Castillo was out on the Covert Camera Bike getting some really badass angles. I brought out my 74' Husky, my 69' Triumph Bonneville for fun, but we filmed with Sinuhe's Triumph Scrambler. Glad he let me cut her loose a bit. Finished the day with some cold Tecate's because its not a Sinuhe directed shoot without those at wrap!
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And here is a quick clip from the day !
by riley harper
Here are some of the Behind the Scenes shots from the Baxter of California video shoot. All photos shot by Stefan Wigand. Will post more later! Enjoy! (Click on photo to view larger)
by riley harper
I had an awesome opportunity to collaborate with the guys over at Baxter of California. This company has been around for 50 years specializing in mens hair/grooming products and they have a badass barber shop in Hollywood. They had my good buddy Sinuhe Xavier Direct a video of me and my thoughts on being a California Native since their company is a California lifestyle based brand. We had a complete blast shooting it at my house and in the Santa Monica Mountains where my house is located. Check the video out and I will throw up a bunch of rad behind the scenes shots while we were shooting once I get them!
"Here at Baxter of California we like to feature characters that are built into the grain of the California landscape. Men who embody the Baxter spirit and ethos and are fans of our products. This week we are excited to present to you “Life Of Riley”, a film tapping into the fascinating life of Riley Harper.
Riley Harper is a second generation stuntman living the California dream. Born and raised in the beautiful topography that is California, he embodies the California lifestyle through and through. If he isn’t jumping motorcycles as the double of your favorite super hero or rallying a muscle car with someone on the hood, he is on his hand built 1969 Triumph TR6 Trophy enjoying the perfectly paved bending roads of the Santa Monica mountains or scoring perfect waves at Malibu on his single fin—both “training for the job,” as he describes. He has lived a well rounded life and experienced many great things all over the world, but in his eyes “the best vacation in the world is just being home” in California."
Head over to their website to see more of what they do! Enjoy.
Directed by: Sinuhe Xavier
Director of Photography: Mike Svitak
Produced by: Clint Cowen
Original Score by: Todd Stopera
Ariel Photography by: Ben Grimes & Aaron Grimes
