Glamhag

is a director, production designer and multimedia artist making work in Chicago. Glam spends their time collaborating with their friends making films and music videos, fabricating objects and building sets. Glam is the founder of Glamhag Productions.

Glamhag Productions

is a production company fueled by DIY spirit and sensibilities. Comprised of talented makers in Chicago, GP focuses on queer run productions that pay attention to detail. We have lighting and camera equipment in-house and our own shop/studio space “The Beef Stu”.

Glamhag Productions is open to inquiries from ANYONE, we will always listen to a pitch or idea no matter how small the budget!

Most recently Glam has written and directed two music videos for the band Dehd- “Mood Ring” and “Dog Days”. A music video for artist Ellen O entitled “Orbs” and a music video for the band Finom “Not God”.

In March 2023 Glam was the prop master for the pilot of at TV show called Dilly’s World created by Jackie Smook. The show is currently in post production and Glam will be continuing on as prop master and co-director.

It Takes A Village is a short film directed by Glamhag and written by Sarah Sherman and Glamhag. It is about two pregnant cult members rushing to make it in time for a big ceremony. It premiered in 2022 at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and has screened as festivals such as Final Girls Film Festival in Berlin and Wench Film Festival in Mumbai. It is now available to watch online via this website!

Holy Trinity is Glam’s feature debut about a Dominatrix who can speak to the dead after huffing the contents of an aerosol can; the film was produced in part by Full Spectrum Features and Forager Films. In 2018, they received an Illinois Arts Council grant, a Chicago individual artist grant and was listed in the Newcity’s Film 50 Screen Gems of 2018. The film premiered at Outfest Los Angeles July 2019 and had its East Coast Premiere at Newfest 2019. The Chicago premiere was a sold out screening at the Music Box boasting 700 seats.

Glam has adapted the film to be a scratch and sniff interactive film. Its debut sold out the Nitehawk theatre in Brooklyn June 2023.

When Glam is not directing music videos and shorts they are often involved in different facets of production design, from prop and set design to fabrication. For the past 3 years Glam has built and designed the stage decor and Pride Fest Chicago for Peach Presents

Holy Trinity is currently looking for distribution and a home online, in the meantime you can watch it via the link below

Their short film Maggie's Problem was an official selection of the Chicago Underground Film Festival and the Olympia Film Festival 2015. It won Best Art Direction at the North Portland Unknown Film Festival and is now distributed by Troma.

Glamhag played the role of Mary Woah in E. Esperanza’s short film Make-out Party (2018). They worked on production design along with Esperanza, the film received Best Production Design at the Las Vegas Queer Arts Film Festival 2018.

Glamhag’s work and lifestyle align with the dismantling of white supremacy, the liberation of trans people, the decriminalization of sex work, abolition of police forces and prisons and the liberation of Palestine ✌️