living films was founded by chris lowenstein in 1996. lowenstein studied film at beloit college in wisconsin and began his career as a production assistant for gus van sant working on the film "my own private idaho". he also worked as a production assistant for the thailand filming of "heaven & earth" in 1993. after similar work with the films "operation dumbo drop" and "the quest", lowenstein opened his own production company in chiang mai. living films produces feature films, commercials, still-photo shoots and television projects.