Media 2 | Area 86 Pictures

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Our Beginning

Clampdown is how our story begins.

The epic song by The Clash blasting through an open window in the West Point central barracks during a Saturday afternoon while walking disciplinary tours on “The Area”. Founding partners Tom Voris and Brian Drinkwine met at West Point over thirty years ago and forged a friendship around a mutual passion for alternative music and classic movies. Upon graduation, we each embarked on separate paths filled with life-altering experiences.

When our beloved friend and classmate Kevin Moore was tragically taken from us without warning, in our shared grief we realized that life is a precious gift and is often too short. We reignited our friendship and passion for music and great films and decided to forge forward in Kevin’s memory and as a small way to honor those who have served and fallen defending our freedoms and rights for free speech.

Area-86 is dedicated to creating and producing powerful stories that need to be seen and heard.

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Team

Tom Voris

Co-Founder/Producer/Writer/Music Supervisor

Tom Voris "I’ve worn many different hats though out my years on this earth and I’ve seen and experienced enough to share my stories. I hope to change the world, one movie at a time, which some people think I’m crazy. Maybe I am and that is good!"

An '86 West Point Graduate that grew up in Southern California, Tom has run his own Record Label, Fun1One Records for over 15 years, and is the founding member of the successful Ska-Punk Band, The Fabulous Rudies.

While living in LA, Tom dabbled in some acting, mostly commercials but had a lead part in an indie film and a few plays (also played cop in an Ice Cube video, Wicked). Tom's passion for music and movies came together when he placed music in a popular Disney show, In a Heartbeat, having his band open for the then Pop Star, Hoku (Don Ho's daughter).

He continued to place music in films until his high school, after-school program became the subject of a major motion picture called Music High (released in 2012). Tom placed 15 songs from bands and musicians he was working with, including his own, and worked in many capacities on that film. Tom continued to work for Independent Movies until he wrote the story and

Brian Drinkwine

Co-Founder, Writer, Producer

I have been lucky enough to serve my country and honored to serve alongside some great heroes. Along the way I was consistently amazed by their stories as well as the stories of the indigenous people I met and interacted with around the world.

I came to love reading through Salinger’s word’s in “Catcher in the Rye” and Kerouac’s travel musings in “On the Road.” My first love for great film came by the way of Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mocking Bird” and the wonderfully acted “Dr. Strangelove.”

Sometimes you need the words or lyrics, and sometimes you need the music or film. It is my hope to find compelling stories that will inspire our audiences.