For Producers & Investors
Original feature films, proof-of-concepts, pitch materials, and production-ready development packages.
Independent Gorilla Productions
Stories with muscle. Images with memory.
Independent Gorilla Productions is an Omaha-based film, television, and new media company creating original stories, commercial media, and community-centered creative events.
Film
Television
Commercial Media
Community
For Brands & Clients
Commercial videos, photography, music videos, web media, and cinematic campaign storytelling.
For Writers & Actors
Table reads, community spaces, and creative development rooted in respect, clarity, and craft.
Active Development / Production Packaging
Original stories and living creative systems.
Independent Gorilla is built around projects that can move across screen, stage, community, and campaign — each with a clear audience promise and a practical path toward production.
Feature Film · In Development
Ol’ Blues
A grounded Omaha-set story about retired police officers, civic responsibility, loyalty, justice, and the strange deadpan humor of people who have seen too much to be impressed by chaos.
FeatureCrime DramaOmahaPG-13 Tone
Short Film · Ol’ Blues Proof-of-Concept
Quiet Hours
A tense proof-of-concept short based on Ol’ Blues, built around late-night moral pressure, retired-law-enforcement perspective, and the quiet hours when old instincts refuse to stay retired.
ShortProof of ConceptOl’ BluesCrime Drama
The People
A company is only as strong as the people holding the frame.
Meet the creative and community leadership behind the Independent Gorilla identity.
Founder · Director · Producer
Jonathan Lanz
Jonathan Lanz leads Independent Gorilla as a filmmaker, storyteller, and creative technologist focused on cinematic storytelling, production culture, and original project development.
Partner · Community & Creative Support
Debora Lanz
Debora Lanz brings warmth, community awareness, and a grounded creative presence to the Independent Gorilla story and its public-facing work.
Production Services
From first spark to finished frame.
Commercial work, branded storytelling, pitch materials, photography, and AI-assisted visual development — all shaped with cinematic discipline.
Film Production
Feature film development, short-form proof-of-concepts, directing support, production planning, and cinematic storytelling from the first spark to the finished frame.
Commercial Production
Brand films, local business campaigns, civic messaging, promotional videos, and commercial storytelling designed to feel human rather than disposable.
Music Videos
Rhythmic visual storytelling for artists, bands, and performers who want more than coverage — they want a visual world.
Community
A studio should leave fingerprints on its city.
Through local collaboration, table reads, and artist development, Independent Gorilla helps create the conditions where writers, actors, filmmakers, and crews can grow together.