We believe movies are the great American art form.
In 2025, we are at a cultural inflection point. Everybody knows it.
Onset Creative is an independent film studio established in response to a landscape where media has become decentralized and old models are buckling under the weight of the times.
We produce thought-provoking films that reflect the mood of the moment - free from the constraints of a risk-averse establishment.
Our model is to cross-pollinate with partners and creators across the realms of Tech, Hollywood and the online cultural arena to bring good ideas into reality.
Film Slate 2025
Since our founding in 2023, Onset has built a formidable slate of three scripted feature films and three feature-length documentaries.
With each of our projects at various stages of execution: from development to production to post production. We are firing on all cylinders.
THE RASH
Scripted Feature
Screenplay Complete
Written by Walter Kirn
Executive Producer: Nicole Shanahan
Set at a Stanford-esque California university, the story follows the mysterious outbreak of a baffling skin condition known only as "The Rash."
In the spirit of Network, Wag the Dog, and Thank You for Smoking, this sharp contemporary satire takes aim at the collective craziness of modern life in the age of Big Pharma, social media spirals, political spin and ever-watchful surveillance.
$5,000,000 will fully fund THE RASH.
DO YOU DARE?
Scripted Feature
Screenplay Complete
Written by Kate Levitt and Alex Lee Moyer
Directed by Alex Lee Moyer
A dark comedy inspired by the bizarre true story of Nasim Aghdam, a video artist whose obsession with YouTube spiraled into chaos, leading her to shoot up the company’s San Bruno headquarters in April 2018.
This timely narrative explores frustration, alienation, and the surreal consequences of living in an era defined by online obsession.
$3,000,000 will fully fund DO YOU DARE.
PICTURE ME GONE
Feature Documentary
Now Shooting
Directed by Niall Trask
Starring Ariel Pink
On January 6th 2021, indie rock darling Ariel Pink saw his entire career come crashing down.
Mistakenly accused of being among the protesters at the Capitol, Pink—one of the most revolutionary musical minds of the past 20 years—was dropped from his record label and summarily cancelled, threatening his legacy.
$600,000 will fully fund PICTURE ME GONE.
THE TECHNOLOGISTS
Feature Documentary
Now Shooting
Directed by Alex Lee Moyer
The first in depth documentary about Silicon Valley and its denizens.
In 2025, everything is downstream of technology. The Technologists is an excavation of the ethos behind the forces driving civilization. Through candid interviews and uncensored perspectives with some of the tech world's most influential minds - this film seeks to bring into focus the human experience on the brink of the singularity.
$1,500,000 will fully fund THE TECHNOLOGISTS.
ALTERED DOMAIN
Feature Documentary
Now Shooting
Directed by JJ Eisenman
Executive Producer: Mike Cernovich
For nearly eighty years, strange objects in our skies have captured headlines and imaginations. From Roswell in 1947 to the New Jersey Drone Mystery of 2024, reports of unidentified flying objects have fueled speculation, disbelief, and wonder. Governments have investigated, the public has debated, and witnesses have sworn to what they’ve seen. Yet one question has endured through it all: What are they?
ALTERED DOMAIN is now fully funded. Thank you!
EARTH ANGEL
Scripted Feature
Screenplay in Development
Written by Madeline Cash
An adaptation of Madeline Cash's cult-classic short story collection Earth Angel, once called "too incoherent to be offensive" by New York Magazine, Earth Angel (film) is an absurdist coming-of-age story for the smartphone generation, poking fun at the godlessness and self-seriousness of modern life.
$3,000,000 will fully fund EARTH ANGEL
Founders
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Alex Lee Moyer
Co-founder of 0nset Creative, Alex is a critically acclaimed filmmaker who rose to prominence in recent years with two firebrand documentaries, TFW NO GF (2020) and Alex’s War (2022).
Her films have premiered at Sundance and SXSW. Characterized by a direct and immersive approach, her work tackles controversial topics with clarity and nuance, establishing her as a bold voice in independent documentary cinema. -
Nadav Eisenman
Co-founder, with Alex Lee Moyer, of 0nset Creative, Nadav comes from a multidisciplinary background in film, music, and photo production.
Since 2015, he has focused exclusively on new media and documentary filmmaking, serving as lead producer of TFW NO GF and Alex’s War. -
Jonathan Sidego
Jonathan has worked internationally directing and producing award-winning commercials and documentaries.
Formerly Creative Director at Numerai, Jonathan is a partner and producer at 0nset Creative.