Illumination Cinema LLC is a multimedia company in Wichita, KS with a strong focus on creating original animated films. The group consists of six members including: Tyler W. Moore, Christopher Strong, Beth Christine, David Wayne Young, Scott Reacher and David J. Cantu. The company was founded due to their mutual appreciation for the art of cinema.
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That’s the abridged version. If you want the long boring version: The group was started as a cloud-based team of filmmakers in 2013. Three writers attempting to get freelance work (Tyler W. Moore, Christopher Strong and Jamie Zin) all crossed paths while working on different jobs. Eventually, they were all brought together to work on what would become Illumination Cinema’s first project, BRIMSTONE TERRACE.

It was at some point during the production of this series that they all had the same idea: form a production company. They expanded their efforts to create short films, the ILLUMINATION CINEMA MOVIE PODCAST and their first live action feature, LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A couple years later, the team began recruiting new members and produced directorial debuts for each person. Including: ANOTHER DAY COLDER, HOW MUCH and FALLING OUT. It was also around this time that they mostly centralized in Wichita, KS and became an LLC.

Although the lineup has changed, the goal remains the same: to come together to bring each other’s visions to life and create new, original content in various mediums. Whether it be, animation, live-action, podcasts or comics, there is always something being produced.