Tell us your backstory. How and why did you get into filmmaking? I grew up splitting time between divorced parents. My mother lived in Illinois and my dad lived in Texas. I would spend summers with my dad in Austin. We had a hard time actually talking to each other, but we both loved movies, … Read more
Interview Questions Tell us your backstory. How and why did you get into filmmaking? My father, T.C. Christensen, has been a cinematographer for most of his career, so I was exposed to filmmaking at a very early age. He also was one of the few people in Utah who owned an Avid. (At the time, … Read more
You made the film. You spent months — maybe years — getting the story right. It’s a passion project, and now it’s finally done! But now it’s sitting on a hard drive. Meanwhile, you scroll through film festival submission pages, wondering if submitting your film might be worth the effort. Here’s the thing: it is. … Read more
I started out as an actor from a pretty young age, and got my first professional theater gig when I was 8. So right from the jump, I knew I wanted to be in entertainment. I was always trying to convince the other kids on my block to put on shows in the backyard. So … Read more
Chasing Time Filmmaker Questions: Jeff Orlowski-Yang I got into filmmaking through photography. My dad had a dark room in our house and gave me a Nikon FM camera when I was in elementary school. I loved getting our National Geographic magazine every month and saw photography as a great way to see the world. In … Read more
Meet the filmmaker: Isaac Hirotsu Woofter Filmmaker Interview Questions: Tell us your backstory. How and why did you get into filmmaking? I started as an actor, got my masters at Columbia University in acting. Some TV, Film, Commercials, tons of stage. I love Shakespeare, but my specialty was physical theater in the style of Vaudeville, … Read more
Meet the filmmaker: Wendy Bednarz Filmmaker Interview Questions: What are the specific qualities that, in your opinion, make a film great? This is a slippery but awesome question because what is great to one person isunwatchable to another. Still to me, a great film has emotional resonance – it can befelt by the viewer whether … Read more
Meet the filmmaker, Marius Anderson Director of 40 BELOW: THE TOUGHEST RACE IN THE WORLD. Filmmaker Bio: Emmy nominated filmmaker Marius Anderson was born in Germany, met his wife in Sweden and moved to her hometown of Duluth, MN. His work as a cinematographer, producer and editor has been featured on Amazon Originals, PBS, CNN, … Read more
Meet the filmmakers, Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev Co-Directors of PORCELAIN WAR. Filmmaker Interview Questions: Tell us your backstory. How and why did you get into filmmaking? Neither of us had made a documentary film before. We were collaborating on a projectthat involved animating the art on Slava and Anya’s porcelain figurines. When Russiainvaded Ukraine … Read more
How do you know when your story’s finished, when to walk away? I suppose it’s finished when you are ready to put it out into the world. I usually write multiple things at once, and then wait till something feels like the right thing to make into a film. A good script to shoot isn’t … Read more