Disco Calls

SHORT FILM

 Writer-Director, Producer, Editor


Graduation Thesis Film at Wesleyan University
An ageing lactose-intolerant milkman confronts his disco past.
Shot on 16mm and edited by hand on an old fashioned Steenbeck editing bay.
Link available upon request.

Starring: Geoff Brooks, and Colin Bates

Writer-Director: Alex Pabarcius
Director of Photography: Meg West
Assistant Director: Jefferson Randall
Producer: Kira Newmark, Alex Pabarcius, Hannah Cooper, and Eliza Wilkins
Assistant Camera: Ranja Armbruster
Gaffers: Julia Levine, Andrew Callahan, Daniel Osofsky, and Tony Liu
Costume Design: Clara Von Turkovich
Production Design: Ray Miao
Monster Costume: Emma Graham
Sound Recordist: Jake Byers, Joey Chipman
Script Supervisor + Monster Double: Caleb Zakarin
Production Assistant: Alea Laidlaw, Liam Trampota
Bodee’s Stunt Double: Daniel Osofsky
Editor: Alex Pabarcius
Composer: Eric Poretsky & Jakob Shaw
Graphics: Seamus O’Malley
Sound Designer: Will Freudenheim
Sound Mix: Christopher McDonald



Alex Pabarcius

Born in London, England
Lives and works in Los Angeles

 



 



About

Alex is an English-American filmmaker and creative producer based in Los Angeles. A Film Studies graduate from Wesleyan University with experience across studio marketing and independent production, he specializes in bold, visually driven work that merges classical filmmaking with innovative approaches to media and storytelling.

Alex has directed and produced the award-winning shorts Code Rouge (2025) and Hot Springs (2024), and produced Death and Ramen (2023), which reached 1M views in its first month online. In branded work, he’s directed Atum Works’ launch video — used to raise an 8 figure round — and cut Bryce Anderson‘s creator campaign for NOVA.

Alex spent three years at IMAX across Post-Production and Marketing departments, supporting global campaigns for studio blockbusters including Avatar 2, Oppenheimer and Dune 2. He has also worked across production with Psycho Films in Los Angeles, Studio UNI in China, The Ink Factory in the UK, and served as Associate Programmer at the Sun Valley Film Festival.

Currently, as Creative Director at Eyes and Ears, Alex leads projects across branded storytelling, short-form narrative, and early-stage startup launches.