Our purpose
To create engaging feature films and strategically work towards using our resources and platform to bring important topics of interest relevant to the future of humankind into active topic of conversation.
There are many ways to contribute to the growth of human civilization. Using film and a medium, we are creating entertainment that has Purpose. With each feature film, we will work to use different mediums to create places where we can discuss important topics related to humankind.
Our Mission
About
Digital Astronaut is a Los Angeles based film production company. Founded by Julian Habib in 2021, Digital Astronaut’s mission is to create entertaining content that brings important issues relevant to society out into the light where they can be freely discussed. Everything is about creating a better future for humankind. How do we get there? How can we use our platforms and networks to do so?
why us
Through filmmaking, we recognize the opportunity to do something positive for society. When one discover’s Purpose in life, everything changes. For Digital Astronaut, this is Purpose.
our services
At Digital Astronaut, there’s no such thing as an impossible task. Our experienced team is willing and able to tackle any project, always on deadline. Check out our list of services below and contact us if you can’t find what you’re looking for.
Our team of producers is skilled at both creating & aquiring original Intellectual Properties and taking them from idea to screen. We have almost 1 dozen IPs available to us including several original in-house works.
Creative development
In order to make the production a reality, our team will take the appropriate measures to plan out the logistics of the project during the pre-production stage.
Having spent the appropriate time and resources on pre-production, we now assemble the full production team and bring the project to life on set.
Once everything is shot, we take all of the footage and production elements and craft them into a story that sells and takes the audience through a wide range of human emotion.
Pre-Production, Production & Post-Production
our projects
We have a wide range of original Intellectual Property (IPs) available at our disposal. The two feature films at the top of the queue are:
| TITLE: | Amore Means Love |
| Genre: | Romantic Comedy |
| Location: | Italy |
| TITLE: | The Five Hole |
| Genre: | Sports Comedy |
| Location: | USA |
The Team
Julian Habib
Noel Vega, pga
David van Es
Jason S Nagy
Brad Rushing, csc
Will Leong
Jamie Christopherson
At the age of 24, Julian became a network executive when he co-founded MCB Network 55.4 KTBU, a broadcast television network based in Houston, Texas. MCB Network was a groundbreaking business venture as it was one of the earliest television networks created for Latinos in English in the United States. This opportunity was made possible by Texas billionaire and telecom trailblazer, Mr. Lee Cook. During that time, Julian produced hundreds of hours of content, created and strategized the network’s 24hr program scheduling, sent out contracts & acquired shows, and essentially learned to run a television network from the ground up.
After leaving MCB Network, Julian ended up at one of Houston’s leading Hispanic advertising agencies, Concepts in Advertising. After a year, Julian became Production Manager and oversaw all of the agency’s commercial work, having written copy, producing and editing hundreds of television and radio spots in a Top 10 Market. Additionally, Julian developed working relationships with media buyers, station contacts, and clients with budgets upwards of $1M+ per year.
At the present time, Julian has jumped headfirst into producing with several IPs at various stages of development. He is also a Los Angeles based feature film editor and member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Additionally, he is a member of an invitation-only mentorship program run by Q DeChambres and Emmy Award-winning editor, Mary DeChambres A.C.E. Julian is being mentored in the pursuit of the chance to one day be invited to join the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.). On the Post-Production side, Julian has worked on 16 feature films and counting, including Top 3 Netflix hits “A California Christmas: City Lights” & “That’s Amor” (Ranked #2 in the USA / #3 Globally in Aug/Sept 2022). In December 2023, two films Julian worked on “A Hollywood Christmas” (#1 HBOMAX) & “A Christmas Mystery” (#4 HBOMAX) reached the top of the HBOMAX chart.
As Video on Demand and streaming services have taken a swing at traditional television networks, Julian decided to switch from his plan of launching a new television network to creating scripted content such as feature films and television shows. Those original projects have become Julian’s new mission.
Combined with his love for the creative, Julian has the “go-get it” business attitude of creating the films and shows that he would love to work on and fervently makes them happen.
With over 20 years of domestic and international production experience, Noel Vega works in film, TV and video games, primarily as a Producer, Line Producer and Stunt coordinator/Action Choreographer. Examiner.com voted ‘The Citizen’, a movie he produced, a Top 10 movie of 2013. Yahoo.com named ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ as the Best Movie on Netflix of 2015. He has worked on a #1 scripted Network TV show and a #1 reality show Deadliest Warrior, Spike TV). The video games he has worked on have sold over $15 billion to date and include franchises like Call of Duty, UFC & several Marvel titles. Noel has worked on live shows, events, scripted, and reality TV, but his forte is the independent feature film. Noel develops and produces entertainment projects and provides worldwide production services specializing in rebate/tax incentive territories. Past collaborations include Wanda Pictures, Emperor Motion Pictures, Disney, Fox International, Eros International, etc. Noel is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, SAG/AFTRA.
A graduate of both the International Film School of Australia and Australian Stunt Academy, David van Es has honed his storytelling skills over the last 20 years. He has been involved with many aspects of the industry, directing and producing many shorts, long-form shows, commercials, documentaries, and feature films.
David has strong ties to the Australian Film and TV industry where he got his first break and is working towards bringing international feature film production back to Australia.
Most recently, David served as a Co-Producer and Editor on the feature film “Sanitatum,” which had a theatrical run. David is also an award-winning Editor as well.
Owning many companies in Australia including Logic Plus, Jason is a very well-connected and successful parallel entrepreneur. His broad vision continues to lead the company’s culture of technical innovation and quality customer service. Logic Plus has grown rapidly into one of the leading IT Support Businesses in Adelaide. Jason has an MBA awarded from Adelaide University. Jason is the co-founder of Carlisle Health, an investment consortium rolling radiology practices across Australia. Jason has close relationships with the Australian Film Commission, in addition to top-tier film production and post-production vendors in Australia
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Brad expressed an aptitude for art and science from a very early age. He majored in fine art at Houston’s prestigious High School For The Performing And Visual Arts and also college where he added filmmaking for a double major. Upon completing his education, he shifted focus to filmmaking full time.
Roger Corman’s Concorde/New Horizons film studio afforded Brad some of his first feature film opportunities as Director of Photography where he learned valuable skills for innovation and economy and made fast friendships with many people who have become influential filmmakers.
After a number of years concentrating on indie feature films Brad began to shoot high end music videos photographing award-winning, iconic clips for artists like Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Nelly and Eminem. Brad’s ground-breaking work on Moby’s “We Are All Made Of Stars” won an MTV Video Music Award “Moonman” for Best Cinematography in a Video, and many of the other music videos he shot have won awards such as VMAs, MVPAs and Grammys for Best Video. Brad also won a Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Video for the Alsou video “Always On My Mind.”
Brad has also achieved a reputation as a gifted commercial cinematographer. His work includes a NASCAR Superbowl spot, notable high-profile national and international campaigns, branded-content and promo work.
Brad was the cinematographer for the Jay Roach-directed “Dustin Hoffman – Master Class” acting workshop, his second collaboration with director Roach.
Brad continues to photograph indie feature films including “Cook County” which won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and the Audience Award at SXSW. Brad was cinematographer on the Warner Brothers/Wonderland/Bandito Brothers web series “Aim High 2” starring “Twilight”‘s Jackson Rathbone, Aimee Teegarden and Beverly DeAngelo, which was directed by Academy Award-winning short director Ari Sandel.
Brad recently photographed the feature films “Doolittle’s Heroes,” about the WWII Doolittle Raid retaliatory attack on Japan following Pearl Harbor, which was shot in the U.S. and China, and the upcoming science fiction television series starring Casper Van Dien “Salvage Marines.”
Brad’s most recent work is the feature film “A California Christmas” which filmed in Petaluma, CA in July 2020, one of the first film productions to start under stringent COVID-19 safety protocols. The film will debut on a major streaming platform for the 2020 holiday season.
Brad’s body of work features a tremendous amount of experience with visual effects and he is a full member of the Visual Effects Society.
Brad Rushing is known for being well prepared, organized, fast, efficient and always friendly and cheerful.
His commercial brands include: ABC, Aguila, Belkin, Blue Diamond Almonds, British Telecom, Comcast, Coors, Cricket, Disney, Fandango, Fox Sports, Fruco, Fuel TV, Geico, Glad, GSN, Hallmark, Heineken, Hotwire.com, Macys, McDonalds, Miller, Monster.com, National Geographic, NFL, NASA, Nascar, Pepsi, PlayStation, Pop Tarts, Sketchers, ROKA Sports, SC Johnson, Schweppes, Sebastian, TBS, TLC, TV Guide, Velocity, Veria Network, Vodafone, WeTV
To date, Will has performed action and fight choreography on well over 350 Feature Films, Television and Commercials. He has had the pleasure of working with some of Hollywood’s top action stars: Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Gerard Butler, Johnny Depp, and Keira Knightley, just to name a few. Will also performed the intense role of stunt double for the “Keymaker” in the highway chase scene in “The Matrix: Reloaded.”
As a teen, Will began studying fight choreography from movies of legendary fight specialist such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung and of course the legendary, Mr. Bruce Lee.
After becoming a professional Stuntman, he began to expand his sights and goals to include Fight Choreography and Wire Work.
He has been inspired by and has worked with such amazing Directors as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, John Woo, Brett Ratner, The Wachowski Siblings and Gore Verbinski. Will has also worked with Chuck Norris on his hit show “Walker Texas Ranger.” Will is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado.
Whether it be writing evocative orchestral music, recording world instruments on location in exotic places or programming cutting-edge modern synths, multi-award-winning composer Jamie Christopherson has built a reputation for consistently delivering unique, fresh and unexpected scores. He constantly experiments with new ways to create music that gets to the heart of a project, while always infusing his signature style into the vision of the director and producers.
Known for his interest and expertise in multiple media and genres, Jamie’s music can be heard in feature films, video games, television shows, documentaries, theatrical trailers, commercial spots & webisodes.
Jamie also created the original score for the #1 Netflix hit “A California Christmas,” which was #1 worldwide for the entire month of December 2020. A year later, he did the same with the #3 ranked sequel, “A California Christmas: City Lights.” After this, Jamie went on to score the Netflix hit “That’s Amor” which was ranked #2 in the USA / #3 Globally in Aug/Sept 2022.
why Invest in digital
astronaut?
Australia:
With Australian producers on the ground, we have the option to create Australian projects with local tax incentives. Coupled with the exchange rate and stellar vendor relationships, our Australian productions are an incredible investment opportunity.
New Mexico:
For productions in the United States, our contacts in New Mexico allow for maximum flexibility in shooting locations and sets. With the New Mexico tax incentives being top tier, it’s a great opportunity for investment for production in the United States.
How to participate
We are looking for like minded individuals that believe in the mission. There are many ways to help, on the film side ranging from private equity and investor relations to organizing and working with platforms outside of film.
Contact us
Use Contact Form Below or Phone: 234.421.1843
IMDB Pro – https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm4591580
