Founded in 2010 by Partners Jake Hulse, Mike Haas, and Wade Wofford, Happy Wasteland Studios is a small team of highly-skilled filmmakers who have collectively made four feature films, a dozen commercials, half a dozen short films, and documentary and music projects. 

OUR CORE TENETS:

• Create unique stories outside of what Hollywood traditionally produces. 

• Employ top-notch production values.

• Explore themes that make our viewers think, ponder new perspectives.

• Work with very limited budgets, to maintain authenticity. 

• Stay small, to be flexible, nimble and versatile.

• Build film family, one shoot at a time.

• Create work that every cast & crew member are proud of.

• Employ diversity: of color, preference, mind.

• Make set a fun, nurturing place.