triped Socks Productions represents the passion of collaboration in art and storytelling.  We love making films and telling stories to share with others. Our passion is film.  Above all, we believe filmmaking is an art and should always be personal to those creating the work.  All of our friends, supporters, contributors, and collaborators are Striped Socks Productions.  Keep thinking...Keep questioning...Keep creating...Keep learning...Thank you all for your help and support.

'Wednesday' was Striped Socks Productions' first feature film, made on a shoe-string budget and ambitiously shot all across the world (from Dallas, Texas to London, England).  The official DVD is now available online and in select stores.

Striped Socks Productions will go into pre-production on three exciting new feature films ('Pale Horse', 'Enoch', & 'Blue Like Isolation') in December 2006.  These features will shoot back to back to back (in Texas, Oregon, Prague, Rome, and London) early next year and will be completed by Fall 2007.  We are currently meeting with investors and developing the projects for pre-production.  If you are interested in investing or have general inquiries regarding these projects, please visit the Contact section.

Justin D. Hilliard & Ryan Hartsell (Founders of Striped Socks Productions)

Justin D. Hilliard was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He's been making films since the age of ten years old. After high school, Justin attended the University of Texas at Arlington and received his BFA in Film - Cum Laude. While attending the Film program, he teamed with classmate Ryan Hartsell and made numerous short films including: the award-winning 'Schism' (starring Ash Christian), the superhero dark comic satire 'Captain Freedom' (starring Phil Harrington), and the award-winning super-16mm short 'Confessions' (starring Arianne Martin and Lee Irving). Justin also served as a freelance photographer, editor, and cinematographer while going to UTA.

Immediately after graduating, Justin decided to continue his collaboration with Hartsell and began prepping their first feature film, 'Wednesday'.  He's recently finished post production on 'Wednesday' (now available on DVD). Post-production took place in Barcelona, Spain, Los Angeles, London, England and Dallas, Texas.

Justin is currently living in LA, writing and prepping his next projects: 'Pale Horse', 'ENOCH' (shooting in Prague, London, Rome, and Texas), 'Blue Like Isolation', and 'Elevators'.

Ryan Hartsell graduated, Cum Laude, with a Computer Animation degree from the Art Institute of Dallas in 2000 and was awarded "Best Compositing Demo Reel". After which the co-developed an online RPG called Crimson Legacy with Tim Harris. The game was active for a year and presented Ryan with guest speaking appearances, one of which was at DragonCON 2001. Ryan then received a BFA in film from the University of Texas in Arlington, graduating Magna Cum Laude. At UTA, he was the main illustrator for the newspaper, The Shorthorn, and was recognized by Columbia University for excellence. Ryan worked on the Miramax film, THE GREAT RAID, in Shanghai China as a production assistant. After graduation, Ryan joined the staff at Vision Wise, working as an animator/designer on projects such as the Star Wars Trivial Pursuit DVD, which won several Telly awards, DragonBall Z, and Fraggle Rock.

Ryan also continues to work on his own personal art. Currently he is working on a series of digital art called Consumption which has gained global recognition. One of his pieces in this series, "Original Sin," won 6th place in the 2004 Adobe International Digital Imaging Awards and has now been accepted to the International Digital Awards Exhibition 2006 (sponsored by SONY) receiving a Merit Award.

Ryan has also formed a collaboration through college with friend, Justin Hilliard, making films together through their production company Striped Socks Productions. They have made award-winning shorts and have recently completed their first feature film entitled, "Wednesday," that is highly reviewed.  Ryan continues to grow as an artist as his journeys have only begun!