An entertainment creative with a passion for music, film and other creative arts.
My start as a creative began in 1993, photographing clay animation stills, creative design (digital/print), and photo editing. After graduating Tulane University in Communications/Media Arts in 2005, I moved to Los Angeles to begin working with film companies, specializing in work with infomercials, commercials, music videos, and indie shorts. I won the "Best Local Music Video" award at the 2016 Outlaw Film Festival and "Best Music Video" at the 2020 Las Vegas Black Film Festival, for my work with Grammy Award winner Howard Hewett, which features music producer and touring artist (for Blood, Sweat & Tears and Smokey Robinson) Gary Foote, and my father performing under his namesake. Currently, I am acting CEO of Premier Musique Group, a division of Bungalo Records/Universal Music Group and am in pre-production for a film and TV series thru 825 Studios.
Best New Director
The Best Day of Your Life
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles
2022
Audience Choice Award
The Best Day of Your Life
Kansas City Film Fest
Kansas City
2022
Selected
I Can
Las Vegas Black Film Festival
Las Vegas
2020
Winner – Best Music Video
Two in the Morning
Hollywood South Urban Film Festival
Atlanta
2020
Winner, "Best Music Video"
Two in the Morning
Las Vegas Black Film Festival
Las Vegas
2020
Selected
Two in the Morning
Annual CPH Film Festival
København
2017
Selected
Two in the Morning
Near Nazareth Festival
Afula
2017
Semi-Finalist
Two in the Morning
Hollywood Screenings Film Festival
Los Angeles
2017
Selected
Two in the Morning
Broken Knuckle Film Festival
New York
2016
Selected
Two in the Morning
Feel The Reel International Film Festival
Glasgow
2016
Selected
Two in the Morning
The Monthly Film Festival
Glasgow
2016
Selected
Two in the Morning
TMC London Film Festival
London
2016
Selected
Two in the Morning
Shekino International Independent Film Festival
Tula
2016
Winner – Best Local Music Video
Two in the Morning
Outlaw Film Festival
Saint Joseph
2016
College
Tulane University
Marketing and Media/Comm
20002005
College
University of Leeds
E-MBA
20122015
High School
Rutherford High
General
19982000
High School
Bay High
General
1998
High School
St. Catherine's High
General
19961998
Birth Date
December 19, 1981
Nickname
Lonnie
Birth City
Madison, WI
Current City
Kansas City, MO / New York, NY / Panama City Beach, FL
Hometown
Madison, WI
Height
6'2"
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Mixed (African, Indian, Irish and Sicilian)
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Married To
Jessica Christman
Children
0
- Accepted to law school and likely will attend in the future.
- Former competitive athlete.
- Uncle works for Fox.
- Mother directed commercials in the US. Army.
- Nickname, Lonnie Crayton.
"We are all power brokers acting and dealing diligently or frivolously with our lives; choosing windows of opportunities to further or to capsize our ambitions." ~ Myself
An entertainment creative with a passion for music, film and other creative arts.
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