Tag: femalefilmmakers
Writer, Director, Mother, Superhero?
Hey! I am a writer, producer, and director — primarily in film/video. I have produced a feature, directed a documentary series and many short films, and have written and directed live theatre. I’ve written feature films, short films, and several episodes of an About.com web-series. I’m also currently directing and producing a documentary about the…
Minimalist Filmmaking: On the making of my short film, Jerry & Diane
So I just wrapped production as a writer-producer-director on another short film! It’s a 7-page comedy about a guitar lesson gone wrong, called “Jerry & Diane”. I’m really happy with the performances from my actors and excited about how it looks! We had the stupendous and fearless Chris Domig playing Jerry. And the delightful dry and quirky Margaret Rossi Copeland playing…
Building Sustainability… On Location and In Education!
When we shot “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher,” we did our best to produce the film in a sustainable, green-minded way. Some of the things we attempted include: Using Bio-Diesel Reusing Clothes for Costumes Eco-friendly Flatware Shooting On-location Shooting Digitally Being Carbon Neutral Using Bio-Diesel We secured a bio-diesel donation from Tulsa…
On Being A Better First AD
Back in May, I was the First AD on a series of commercials for Microsoft – specifically, for several computers that sport the new Windows 7 operating system. We shot in a studio for four days and to be honest… It was my best experience as a First AD ever. I’m not sure what the…
Sonny: Pete’s Blue Chip
Our second last location was Pete’s Blue Chip on Colorado Blvd in Eagle Rock, CA. They were such awesome people and very cool to work with! It’s an Eagle Rock institution, having been around forever, and when you walk in, that been-here-forever nostalgia is thick in the air. We shot at the empty lot during the day on…
