After witnessing his mother commit a serious crime, Isaac is forced to deal with the tragic memory by himself. He shuts eveyone out of his life, even his own father. When his father tries to help, Isaac retreats to the woods where his mother used to play with him. There, Isaac's mind slowly reveals what had happened with his mother, leaving him unsure of what is reality and what is not.
"The mind heals itself"
After his mother disappeared into the woods, Isaac is left with no choice
but to escape within his own mind.
Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, Israel is the second oldest of a family of seven kids. His first experience with film was at the age of seven years old where he made moving pictures out of paper strips that were pulled through a hole of a shoe box. He studied cinematography at a young age and later went to college to study film. It was there that he discovered his true passion - filmmaking. Crafting images together to tell stories with camera and light brings out the quality and beauty of his work. He graduated from The Art Institute of Portland wiht a Digital BFA and currently works as a Director of Photography producing imagery for YouTube Ads, short films, commercial. His work can also be seen on Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Disney XD.
The concept for the psychological thriller A Boy Named Bellamy is originally modeled from the mind of Director of Photography Israel Arias. As well, his obsession and fear of his childhood memories. At a young age Israel grew terrified of stuffed animals after embodying several imaginary friends into each one and ultimately getting them taken away by his parents. His anger manifested as a child and to this day he can only recall little snipits of his childhood. A boy named bellamy started development in 2012 and was originally called Acre Woods later to be modeled after the dark psychological story of Christopher Robin and the Hundred Acre Woods . A "rough" version of the film was completed in 2013 having an early screening at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon and was completed in early June of 2016.
"Its amazing to see a film manifest itselft into its own living, breathing creature."