01 / CONNECT THE TEAM
Across continents.
Coordinating travel from the United States to the United Arab Emirates, bringing the production team together for the international shoot.
Rich City Productions / Featured international production
Beyond
the Likes.
Across continents.
Go from the official trailer to the production behind it.
Chris Nichols · Producer · Los Angeles · Chicago · Abu Dhabi · Dubai
The movie / Official trailer
Friendship. Ambition.
A world beyond.
Watch the official Beyond the Likes trailer, then explore the cast, locations and behind-the-scenes production.
Watch on YouTube ↗
Official trailer · Full-screen playback available
About the film
Big dreams.
New worlds.
Five friends in 2008 Chicago chase their ambitions as influencer culture begins to emerge. When aspiring model Cam Weston falls for Nefertari, a wealthy heiress from Abu Dhabi, their connection draws the group across borders into a comedy-drama of friendship, romance and family expectations.
Featuring Don Benjamin, Matt Rife, King Bach, George Lopez and Stephanie Nur, among an international ensemble.
Explore the film at The Film Makers ↗
Chris Nichols / Global production leadership
Chris Nichols served as Producer, coordinating on-set operations and day-to-day production details across filming in Los Angeles, Chicago, Abu Dhabi and Dubai—bringing Beyond the Likes to life as a global project spanning four distinctive locations.
The journey
behind the frame.
02 / BUILD THE PRODUCTION
60 crew members.
Hiring and managing the crew, coordinating budgets and schedules, and connecting the moving parts needed to get the film shot.
03 / EXECUTE ON LOCATION
Abu Dhabi & Dubai.
On-set leadership across the UAE production, with a behind-the-scenes look at the film set, racing location and team at work.
The production in motion
One project.
A global perspective.
A curated visual sequence: on-set execution, the racing location, the team, and the producer at work.
24-SECOND BEHIND-THE-SCENES HIGHLIGHT REELSILENT VISUAL EDIT · ORIGINAL CLIPS BELOW
Explore the production
Behind
the scenes.
Four original clips, organized by what they reveal about the production. Select a clip to watch with its original audio.
Production leadership / Chris Nichols
Lead the crew.
Connect the world.
For this international feature, Chris Nichols hired and managed a 60-person crew, coordinated production budgets and schedules, and organized travel from the United States to the United Arab Emirates.
- CREW HIRING & LEADERSHIPBuilding the production team and managing a crew of 60.
- BUDGETS & SCHEDULESCoordinating the resources and timing required to execute the production.
- INTERNATIONAL TRAVELCoordinating U.S.–UAE travel for the production.
- ABU DHABI & DUBAIInternational production experience across the UAE.
The people & the place
A production
worth exploring.
Cast and location visuals alongside a group photograph from the international production.
Title artwork, skyline graphic and racing-location photograph from The Film Makers’ Beyond the Likes page. Production clips and group photograph supplied by Chris Nichols.
Your next production
Think beyond
the borders.
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