Zarathustra Studios

Hey there!

I'm

Phil Rice (zsOverman)

Filmmaker / Composer

Latest Release:

Chapuza Mexican Grille

Our days of foodborne illnesses are but a distant memory!

Male Restroom Etiquette

OBIT

99 North of 34 Hundo

ChatPPT

Being Single Ain't Easy

Lobachevsky

How to Treat a Lady

I Hate Tomatoes

SingSigns Volume 1

Lance the Freelance Ambulance Driver

Sweet Nothingness

Google Stooge

What I Love About Xmas

Bodysnatchers

Intervention

Check out more on our YouTube channel

Bio

I make animated movies by repurposing and modifying video games, and using a variety of real-time animation tools, and I've been doing so since before there was a name for it ("machinima").

Between 1998 and the present, I’ve made over fifty short films in a variety of genres and with a variety of tools, and have done sound design, musical score, and voice acting for dozens more.


My work has been featured in film festivals and exhibitions all over the world, and I have made some wonderful friends along the way.

“Male Restroom Etiquette” is my best known work, which has racked up over 6.5 million views on YouTube. It’s been used as an entertaining instructional aid in college Psychology classrooms around the globe, earned an entry in the Guinness World Records, and has been screened at over twenty film and animation festivals in ten countries.

When I’m not making films, I enjoy other creative outlets like writing, music and podcasting.

This site has a sample of some of what I think is my best or most interesting work so far.

I hope you enjoy - and spread the word!

Phil (a.k.a. zsOverman)

I make animated movies by repurposing and modifying video games, and using a variety of real-time animation tools, and I've been doing so since before there was a name for it ("machinima").

This site has a sample of some of what I think is my best or most interesting work so far.

I hope you enjoy - and spread the word!

Phil (a.k.a. zsOverman)

Support Z-Studios

Exciting plans are underway - more of the shorts you love, as well as series and feature-length productions!

You can help make that happen with your support.

Access hours of exclusive behind-the-scenes video, and take part in key production decisions which shape the future of our content.

It would be amazing to have you be part of that, my friends.

overman@z-studios.com

+1 601-617-7040

Southwest Florida, USA

YouTube @zsoverman

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