Carlos J. Ramsey

Carlos J .Ramsey was certain, very early on in his life, that he would become a director, editor and producer. His interest and devotion to the film industry began in high school as he spent all of his extracurricular time in drama clubs, literary clubs and traveling to compete in literary events. Carlos soon garnered the interest of a talent agent at one of the largest agencies in the world, Endeavor, by winning dramatic interpretation competitions and several short film contests. Upon his graduation, and in response to that agent’s advice, Carlos was anxious to move from the small rural town of Thomson Georgia to Atlanta to attend art school and begin a career in film.

While at school, Carlos met and befriended Dwayne Beckless and together they founded Made You Look Films in 2002. Already having several national awards and honors under his belt at the tender age of 18, Carlos was given the nickname “Baby Hype” by his classmates in parity to director Hype Williams. With his new moniker he quickly began building a reputation for his company while still in college. Dwayne possessed an unparalleled work ethic and provided many networking opportunities for the fledgling company . While in the process of building an extensive portfolio, the duo was also active in the industry, gaining real-world experience on the set of big budget features such as STROKE OF GENIUS and THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, and TV shows such as AMERICAN IDOL.

Carlos possesses a unique ability to combine sleek dynamic visuals with compelling storytelling and propel both with music, this has made him a much sought after director and editor. The Baby Hype name stuck with him throughout the years and gained relevance as Carlos worked on several of Hype William’s videos and absorbed some of what had made Hype a renowned director. It wasn’t long before Made You Look Films was producing it’s own projects. On many of these projects, Made You Look Films was now hiring the same industry professionals that only a few years earlier were it’s professors.

In 2003, Made You Look Films co-produced it’s first SAG union film “Veneer.” During filming, Carlos met Pat “Parlay” Longworth through Karen Yelverton, a local actress involved with the project. , Pat was invited to become a partner in the company and brought with him his extensive knowledge of the entertainment industry and business connections. Pat became responsible for the marketing of Made You Look Films, and is the company’s liaison to celebrities, and key personnel in the hip-hop and R&B side of the entertainment industry. Pat has acted as executive producer on several music videos and EPK’s. The company continued to build a diverse body of work, as well as A-List crew resources when it came to production of any type. Made You Look Films has always attracted higher caliber collaborations out of respect and superior production standards. In early 2003, MYL Films was commissioned by the president of Atlanta based Fast Forward Management and the Vice President of Atlanta’s Tree Sound Studios, Nina Baldridge, to produce a music video for it’s hard rock artist Greedy White Citizens. The video was well received in the industry and MYL films became sought after for music videos as well, for all genres of music. This provided an even bigger link to the music industry connecting MYL films with some of the country’s music producers and top audio engineers. The video itself caught the attention of MTV and VH-1.

The years following, MYL Produced commercials for companies such as ARMANI EXCHANCE, and SONY RECORDS, music videos for various artists including a sophmore effort for Greedy White Citizens ” Addiction”, films, and marketing videos for companies such as CHAMPS SPORTS. In 2005 Carlos wrote and directed a film titled “The Test”, executive producers on the project were Carlos and Patrick Longworth. Filmed in Atlanta with Carlos’ signature style, it features brands such as Audi, Apple Computer, Motorola, and shows a very unique perspective of the city of Atlanta. The movie is lead by Sony recording artist/ Australian pop icon Selwyn and features cameos from techno king Moby and MC Safire. The film was shot as a prequel to the Spy Eyes movies trilogy. “The Test” has developed a cult like following with minimal advertisement and has captured the interest of major distributors and networks. Carlos’ latest film projects include “2 Saints of the Storm”, a twenty minute short film submitted to the prestigious HBO Short film competition and “Maid in America”, an action short written, filmed, and edited in 2 days for the 48 Hour film festival.

Aside from narrative film work, the company’s most successful avenue has been television. MYL films has produced 9 episodes of “ CHAMPS SPORTS TV”, that have aired throughout the US and Canada. MYL has also become a local production company of choice for AMERICAN IDOL, BET ACCESS GRANTED, BET MUSIC MAKERS, and ELEMI-DATE. TV pilots for TO EXTREMES, an episodic Sci-Fi series, URBAN FLAVOR, a hip-hop cooking show, ALMOST FAMOUS a music based reality show and THE MASTER HUNTER, a hunting reality show starring SURVIVOR THAILAND winner Brian Heidick, have all been completed and are currently being shopped to networks. MYL Films is also collaborating with TRACY BAKER SIMMONS and WANDA SHELLY, the producers of the successful “Being Bobby Brown” TV series on various other TV concepts.

At Made You Look Films we provide high production value standards for all of our endeavors. Our motto is “where professionalism meets creativity”. Today the company possesses the rights and options to several award winning screenplays which are currently in development for theatrical release features. Our goal has always been to create character driven and thought-provoking feature films that entertain as well as appeal to mainstream pop culture. We strive to marry time honored, industry proven work flows with cutting edge innovations and resources now available to the film and TV industry.