Or a journalist? And you thought you were out of luck! You thought you were out of money – I didn’t. That’s why the money came back to me and I bought some new equipment. Where were you making the money? I worked at a local newspaper called The Morning Call in Oakland, California. We […]
It’s an interesting question. You don’t really know. It’s like being a professional musician. You see people doing amazing things, and when those things finally happen it seems unreal. But when I started doing documentaries and short films, they are almost like fairy tales. You’ll always be asked to be ‘the good boy’ of documentaries. […]
That’s a tough one, especially since I only had one movie after being broke as a teenager and being in a series of bad marriages. We were really into the same things and just trying to make it work. There was one day I was at a restaurant, and I saw something about a local […]
The first question you have to ask yourself is, how are you portraying a character? Do I know all the rules of that character? Or have you given any attention to the person under the circumstances? Are you looking for a connection or are I merely looking to fill up my own story? Are they […]
No Who is a producer? Production is a group of people who provide the production value and/or the services required for a film to reach critical mass and to be successful. It includes writers, filmmakers, editors, cinematographers, actors and more. People involved in the production often have distinct jobs, roles and responsibilities for specific aspects […]
Do you start with a documentary? Would you want to, would you be willing to do that? The answer is no. It took more than ten years for me to even do a documentary on my father. Do you want to make documentaries? There is always a risk to doing it and to do it […]
Or should you be living your dream or at least working every single thing out to the best possible results? This is a difficult question. I like to work out. I work a lot. I always have been. I think I’m probably one of those people who have done nothing but stand around in the […]
(source) This is an interesting question as well! While an estimated $10 million might seem like an unreasonable amount to pay a single person, it’s actually a reasonable amount for a good director like Alejandro González Iñárritu. His 2012 film, Alejandro González Iñárritu, told the story of a fictional artist (Iñárritu) who leaves his job […]
This is probably the more complicated question to answer. To determine what film makes the top 10 and the next 20 is a bit harder. We’ll use some rules that I think will help: The film must have $150M in global box office (the top 10 is $100M+). The film must hit every single one […]
a. A filmmaker is one who wants to make films and can make films. b. A Director of a film does not make films. A Director of a film is one who is responsible for making films or who is responsible for the direction of the film. The Director of a film is someone responsible […]