Julie is one of my students. I would love to take credit for everything she has accomplished, but I can’t. I am her teacher, I guide. I’m a good teacher and a good guide. Hell, I’m a good writer, if it comes down to that. But. A guide can only guide someone willing to be guided who has drive to push through. I could be walking someone up Kilimanjaro, but Read More ...
This is a really wonderful interview with Director Jonathan Demme talking to Mark Cousins about Demme’s life and career. Watch Scene By Scene – Jonathan Demme in Entertainment |
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My hair is done, my nails are done, I am headed out for San Antonio Film Festival. Underbelly Blues is playing tonight too. Yay! See you on the flip side. *The 2013 Class Schedule is up.
If you look at us, we’re an odd threesome to be hitting a poetry slam. I disdain poetry. Except for Bukowski. Mostly I think poets are emotional masturbators. Drew, well I suspect Drew’s sneaking around to music clubs doing open mic night but not poetry clubs. Michael is the one who might do a poetry slam. But if he has he hasn’t told his filmmaker brethren about it. [We Read More ...
Someone on Twitter just posted, “I keep seeing things about filmmakers needing to brand themselves. Honestly, filmmakers need to make their contact info easy to find first.” That was funny as hell to me so I retweeted it. But it is also true. Which is maybe why it is so funny. Type your name into Google. See what comes up. Are you there? How many pages Read More ...
I find Kevin Smith enormously entertaining. He is enormously entertaining in general actually which may explain his notoriety despite being primarily an indie filmmaker with a relatively small stack of credits. The guy just goes out and does stuff. Here he is talking about protesting his own film, Dogma — and ending up on the news doing it. This so cracks me up. Also, if there is Read More ...
This is a hilarious mock trailer that pokes fun at British indie film. It is from (of course) Kevin Curtis. See more about him at his website KevinCurtis.biz. About || Classes || Projects || News || Gallery || Contact || Register || Letters ||
7 Women of Hollywood History Who Never Gave A F*ck ~ by Alex Cranz ~ original source: FemPop There are some pretty amazing women working in Hollywood today. Filmmakers like Katherine Bigelow, Kimberly Pierce and Lynne Ramsay. Actors/producers like Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Writers like the super contentious Diablo Cody. But before these women there were the trailblazers the women of Hollywood that made it acceptable for those Read More ...
Edgar Wright at the London Screenwriters’ Festival from Chris Jones on Vimeo. *see the original on chrisjones.com About || Classes || Projects || News || Gallery || Contact || Register || Letters ||
This is very cool the film I am in Underbelly Blues directed by Phil Messerer has been chosen as the first place winner in the Feature Film Category of this season of the LA New Wave International Film Festival. It will be screening at the festival on November 10, if you’re there be sure and catch it. *Update, it just won another prize, yay! Oh, and another. Read More ...