Cambodia, Living with Landmines
Risk Everything Graphic by Katerina Athanasopoulou
Imprinted Graphic by Mark Moorer
Destroying Angel graphic by Mark Moorer
8 Faces of Jane
Bare Hands Wooden Limbs
Maxximus G-Force
Centaur maxximus motion website

About Homunculus Productions

The word "homunculus" refers to a functioning system thought to be run by a "little man" that lives inside it. Such a system includes human beings, as some inner entity or agent is somehow assumed to be in our brains, making things run. One example of this was Descartes' use of the homunculus to resolve his theory of dualism, that the soul and the body are two completely separate entities. He posited a "little man" behind the eye to process visual stimuli. Of course, this immediately raises the question of who is behind the "little man's" eyes - another little man (or a little woman)? And so on, ad infinitum.

Homunculus Productions, LLC, produces training films, industrials, PSAs, documentaries, and occasionally, fiction films. We are the homunculus that translates the world from your eyes to your brain.

About Alison McMahan

Alison McMahan, President, Homunculus Productions, is a filmmaker and award-winning screenwriter. She has over twenty years of experience in film production, both in the U.S. and abroad. From 2001-2003 she held a Mellon Fellowship in Visual Culture at Vassar College where she built a virtual reality environment with a biofeedback interface for CAVEs.  Read more »

News & Updates

posted on Apr 9 2013 - 1:26pm by alison

 

 

Saw a great short doc last night by Pascal Depuhl,  a professional photographer who is adding video to his skillset. His first doc is On Wings of Hope, which tells the story of the people of Pactec, a humanitarian organization that provides "plane taxis" to people from aide organizations working in Afghanistan.

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posted on Nov 25 2012 - 3:15pm by alison

My screenplay, Imprinted, is a winner in the Artistic Vision category for the Gimme Credit International Screenplay Competition of 2012.

The people who run the contest work with winners for four months to refine the screenplay and then put them in touch with managers and agents. 

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posted on Nov 5 2012 - 11:00am by alison

 

Big news about my documentary, Bare Hands and Wooden Limbs.

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