From Richard Parkin, fellow UCLA Directing Candidate. Needed to take March off. April looks really good. Excited about the Made in Austin screenings at the Cinefamily and the Tindersticks/Claire Denis Concert. LACMA’s schedule looked a little incomplete. Check back in with them throughout the [...]
April 1st, 2011 - 12:38 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: DAAD Artist Study Scholarships
The DAAD is the premiere German Institution offering scholarships to live and study in Germany. For filmmakers they offer one year study scholarships to study at a German university/film school under the following terms: Study scholarships are granted for one academic year (10 months) with the possi[...]
March 6th, 2011 - 10:30 am § in Contemporary Short Films, Filmmaking
UCLA @ SXSW
This year we have two very talented filmmakers from UCLA showing their shorts at SXSW. One is a drama, the other a comedy, one is 10 minutes long, the other is 48 seconds long. It’s a great reminder of the diversity of films that some festivals show. I conducted an interview with the two filmm[...]
February 15th, 2011 - 2:25 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: FIND Screenwriters Lab
Film Independent’s Screenwriters Lab is an intensive five-week program running two to three evenings a week in Los Angeles in August and September. The Lab is designed to help screenwriters improve their craft, develop their voices as writers, and take their current scripts to the next level. [...]
January 30th, 2011 - 4:43 pm § in Film School
Great Directors And Their Early Films
I’m in pre-production and a bit too swamped to write a longer post, so I thought I’d share some early works by some now very notable directors. Everyone starts somewhere. For your viewing pleasure. Rian Johnson USC Directed “Brick”[...]