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Don’t Wait

Posted on 17 December 2009

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written about what I’ve been calling the “Film Revolution;” the advent of cheap digital film-making tools that are democratizing the art by allowing stunning film work at an affordable price point. Continue Reading

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Philosophy

Me tell story. What you do?

Posted on 06 June 2006

Some people define themselves by their titles as writers or directors or editors or producers. Others like to broaden their scope and take on additional titles to maintain creative control or as often the case in indie films to fill a gap that may be missing. These folks use hyphenates like writer-director. Others take that [...] Continue Reading

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Philosophy, Random

Miss the Loach

Posted on 02 June 2006

Keeping going with my collaboration theme today, I’d be remiss if I didn’t spend a little time to talk about the Loach. Co-writer and director of GLAZED, producer of INHERITANCE, and co-founder of NOT AFRAID! Jeff Loach and I were writing and producing partners since 1998 when we formed Not Afraid! As true collaborators we practiced [...] Continue Reading

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News, Philosophy

Love the Doug

Posted on 02 June 2006

Speaking of collaboration, I just wanted to give a shout out to one of my frequent collaborators, Doug Delaney. He shot both Inheritance, and Glazed, as well as my new project which for now will remain nameless. Doug still manages to find the time to collaborate with me, even while moving up the Hollywood [...] Continue Reading

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Philosophy

There is no Auteur

Posted on 02 June 2006

Some people consider filmmaking the art of the Auteur, and while new digital technologies are certainly making it possible for a single person to create a film all on his or her own, I don’t subscribe to the Auteur Theory.Film is a collaborative art. It always has been, always will be. As I filmmaker [...] Continue Reading

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