L.W. Hodge (born Logan Wesley Hodge; March 28, 1987, died March 9,
2018) was an American filmmaker, musician and sometimes actor best
known for directing and appearing in short films that have found major
success on video sharing sites like YouTube. As co-founder of
HodgeStansson Productions, he managed to amass over 69 million
viewings of various videos on YouTube in which he directed and
starred.Hodge was born in Bowie, Texas, the son of Glen and Debra. In
2005, he graduated from Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas.
While growing up, he spent most of his time playing video games and
watching movies on VHS. Since childhood, Logan has had an interest in
international film masters. His love of David Lean, Michael Curtiz,
and Barry W. Blaustein have managed to show up as references in his
work.Along with high school classmate Gunnar Stansson, Hodge started
collaborating on short films. At first, they made films for their own
enjoyment. Without any hopes of success, the two teenagers uploaded
several videos to YouTube in 2006 and were met with an outpouring of
praise by internet viewers and bloggers alike. The videos were quickly
watched millions of times. In years since, Hodge’s short films have
become so successful that American retail chain Hot Topic made an
agreement to sell HodgeStansson merchandise in their stores. Justin
Bieber, Diggy Simmons, and rapper Soulja Boy have all come out as fans
of Logan’s short films.Logan was a lifelong fan of hip hop music and
culture. Following his internet success, Hodge took up residence in
Oakland, California and became active in the Bay Area hyphy rap scene.
Hodge had the chance to work with Main Attrakionz, Julian Wass,
Friendzone and Silkky Johnson. L.W. had also made many appearances on
photographer Brandon Tauszik's hit GIF project
"famouspeopleofoakland".
2018) was an American filmmaker, musician and sometimes actor best
known for directing and appearing in short films that have found major
success on video sharing sites like YouTube. As co-founder of
HodgeStansson Productions, he managed to amass over 69 million
viewings of various videos on YouTube in which he directed and
starred.Hodge was born in Bowie, Texas, the son of Glen and Debra. In
2005, he graduated from Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas.
While growing up, he spent most of his time playing video games and
watching movies on VHS. Since childhood, Logan has had an interest in
international film masters. His love of David Lean, Michael Curtiz,
and Barry W. Blaustein have managed to show up as references in his
work.Along with high school classmate Gunnar Stansson, Hodge started
collaborating on short films. At first, they made films for their own
enjoyment. Without any hopes of success, the two teenagers uploaded
several videos to YouTube in 2006 and were met with an outpouring of
praise by internet viewers and bloggers alike. The videos were quickly
watched millions of times. In years since, Hodge’s short films have
become so successful that American retail chain Hot Topic made an
agreement to sell HodgeStansson merchandise in their stores. Justin
Bieber, Diggy Simmons, and rapper Soulja Boy have all come out as fans
of Logan’s short films.Logan was a lifelong fan of hip hop music and
culture. Following his internet success, Hodge took up residence in
Oakland, California and became active in the Bay Area hyphy rap scene.
Hodge had the chance to work with Main Attrakionz, Julian Wass,
Friendzone and Silkky Johnson. L.W. had also made many appearances on
photographer Brandon Tauszik's hit GIF project
"famouspeopleofoakland".
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