The Filmmakers

Stephen Seemayer

Director, co-producer

Over more than 40 years as an artist and filmmaker, Seemayer has distinguished himself in the fields of painting, performance art and multimedia.

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Pamela Wilson

Editor, co-producer

Wilson was an editor at the Los Angeles Times for more than two decades before becoming an author and documentary filmmaker.

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Michael Connelly

Executive Producer

Connelly is the best-selling author of the Harry Bosch detective novels, including “Two Kinds of Truth” and
“The Crossing.” He is also executive producer of the Amazon series “Bosch” and the documentary “Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story.”

Raymond Y. Newton

Director of Photography

A photographer and filmmaker, Newton has been documenting the Arts District for 40 years. He has shot portraits of everyone from Al's Bar denizens to the homeless of Hewitt & Traction.

Seemayer Studios LLC

Seemayer Studios LLC is a multimedia company producing films, visual art, graphic design and literature.

"Young Turks"

A feature documentary about artists who lived in the abandoned warehouses and commercial buildings of downtown Los Angeles in the late 1970s and '80s.

"Young Turks" is available now on:

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