Who we are

CORE TEAM

Maria ALLRED, Founder/Director

screenWriter, DIRECTOR, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor

Maria Allred is an award-winning filmmaker interested in pushing cinematic boundaries, both with content and technique, while keeping the audience entertained. She is the founder of Allred Films, which specializes in groundbreaking, thought-provoking films and new models of marketing and monetization. Her "unapologetically bold" debut feature film, The Texture of Falling, garnered multiple awards during its festival run and then went on to a theatrical release across four major U.S. cities. Prior to directing her feature, she had three short films with television premieres on PBS. One of which became a part of a 30-minute episode, “Art Beat Goes to the Circus,” that was nominated for an Emmy.

Her sophomore feature, dark-comedy drama/thriller, Towed, has been accepted into the esteemed Stowe Story Lab. Principle Production is forecasted for summer 2025.

Since childhood, Allred has passionately studied painting, poetry, philosophy, and various forms of dance. Not coincidentally, her filmmaking is poetic, painterly, and philosophically-driven. She graduated summa cum laude from Portland State University with a BS in liberal studies.

Critic Maggie Stacu remarks, “What she has created is, simply put, one of a kind. Not only that, but it’s poignant to our time." Willamette Weekly writer Bennett Campbell Ferguson states that Allred is "daring Portland directors to think bigger, grander, and zanier."

Damien Genardi

creative PRODUCER, ORIGINAL MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHER

Damien Genardi heralds from an opera and photography background with highlights such as singing in the Portland Opera for 7 seasons and photographing for Rock and Folk Magazine (France). His photography subjects include Julian Casablancas and The Voidz; Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols and Clem Burke of Blondie; opera singer Richard Troxell; and author Paul Levy.

The prominent themes of his work include the human complexities of expression, passion, and vulnerability; the magnetism of personal sexuality; the resilience of the human spirit; and the drive for survival.

He made his debut as a film producer co-producing feature film The Texture of Falling (Allred Films), and has gone on since to produce music videos.