Confessions of a Superhero

Three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard. Their daily routines reveals their hardships and triumphs as they pursue and achieve their own kind of fame. Superman lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Bonnie. His psyche is consumed by the Man of Steel. He has been portraying Superman on Hollywood Boulevard for 11 years. The Hulk sold his Super Nintendo for a bus ticket to Hollywood. He was homeless for fours years on the streets of LA while auditioning for television and movie roles. Wonder Woman grew up in small town Maynardville, Tennessee and was prom queen and a cheerleader at her high school. She came to LA to make it as an actress. Batman, originally from Texas, has been arrested several times on various charges. He works as a security guard on movie sets when he is not working for tips as Batman. Although the Walk of Fame is right beneath their feet, their own paths to stardom prove to be long, hard climbs.

Filmmaker, Ogens has worked on a variety of projects ranging from longformat episodic to commercials. Ogens directed the series Timeless for ESPN. For ESPN’s prime time series, The Life, he directed and produced episodes documenting the real life experiences of some of the top personalities in sports, including an episode chronicling the Angola Prison Rodeo. His interest in stylistic filmmaking kicked off with a fashion and beauty assignment from CBS, where he directed sequences of The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. For VH1, Ogens directed the pilot, PLAYERS, profiling hip hop superstar, Ludacris, and his meteoric rise to fame. Following Hurricane Katrina, Ogens spent three weeks as one of a handful of filmmakers brought in by the Red Cross to document the devastation.

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