Summerhaven: The Series
A strange small town high in the Rocky Mountains, where the dead walk among the living and can communicate with those from their past lives.
*Festival Winner: Best of Arizona Film, 31st annual Arizona International Film Festival (May 2023).
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Stacey CochranDirectorEddie & Sunny
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Stacey CochranWriter
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Susan Miller-CochranProducer
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Ryan Parker KnoxKey Cast"Andre Parada"
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Claire de la VergneKey Cast"Sophie Larson"
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Callie HutchisonKey Cast"Susan Parada"
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Carlisle EllisKey Cast"Older Sophie Larson"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:11 minutes 27 seconds
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Completion Date:March 31, 2023
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Production Budget:8,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Arizona International Film FestivalTucson, Arizona
United States
April 25, 2023
Official Selection
As a neurodiverse director born into a working class background, Stacey Cochran was the first in his family to earn a Ph.D. (University of Arizona, 2022). Probably best known as the author of the novel Eddie & Sunny, a story of a couple and their two kids trying to break the cycle of poverty, Stacey co-wrote the screenplay that was adapted into a feature-length film starring Gabriel Luna (HBO's The Last of Us; Terminator: Dark Fate) and Joanna Vanderham (Cinemax's Warrior).
Summerhaven: the Series marks Stacey's directorial debut. The pilot episode was awarded Best of Arizona Film on May 1, 2023 at the 31st annual Arizona International Film Festival in its first festival submission and official selection.
I am dedicated to diversity and inclusive excellence in filmmaking and honoring and respecting the history of the cinematic arts. My passion is creativity and teamwork and helping others to reach their greatest potential. My goal as a director is to make audiences think and to interpret what is real and what isn’t. While the inner workings of the mind and what might be called the supernatural can be unsettling, my main agenda as a director is to make audiences question the nature of reality… and of love. And to ideally come to terms with what those mean to them in order to deepen their sense of peace, wonder, and amazement with our world and with one another.