“Necessity really is the mother of invention, and people found ways to achieve things that you wouldn’t believe if you knew what their budgets were” Richard Rowntree is a British indie film director who, yes, started watching horror films FAR too young. But he’s put that early cinematic exposure to the darker side of life to very good use – Dogged,… Crowdfund, Collaborate, Never Stint On Catering: Indie Filmmaker Richard Rowntree Read More
Hippopotamus Filmmaker John Jencks On Directing, Diversity & Day 1 Jitters
“80% of people who finish their first film, do not make a second. There’s a variety of causes for this, but it’s at this stage that many people who aren’t white males drop out. I’m currently working with the East End Film Festival to set up a prize for filmmakers to fund the development of… Hippopotamus Filmmaker John Jencks On Directing, Diversity & Day 1 Jitters Read More
Director Matthew Kaplowitz: Films In 5 Days, Girl Fights & Festivals
“Honestly, I can’t say I totally understand my subjects when I first started filming them… It’s a process in life and if we take the time to do it, we learn things. That’s how these films all started with one idea, and ended with something totally different and real.” As a storyteller Matthew Kaplowitz has a knack… Director Matthew Kaplowitz: Films In 5 Days, Girl Fights & Festivals Read More
Myths, Melodrama & Swedish Meatballs – Q&A With Love Witch Director Anna Biller
“The style that a lot of people attribute to B-movies and melodramas is just classical, theatrical acting… and all of my actors were classically trained. So they have strong voices, they speak clearly and enunciate. I have a musical ear, so I like to listen to actors with beautiful voices” Anna Biller After watching writer/director Anna Biller’s 2016… Myths, Melodrama & Swedish Meatballs – Q&A With Love Witch Director Anna Biller Read More
Fire, Fear, & Favourite Stunts – Interview With Stuntwoman Jo Lamstein
“There’s a strange bond when you’ve done some crazy stuff together that ordinarily might get another maimed, and you’ve gotten each other out of it unscathed… you sort of just ‘get each other’. That is everywhere.” As a stunt performer for film and TV, Joanne Lamstein has been set on fire, fallen backwards through windows, been attacked by guard dogs,… Fire, Fear, & Favourite Stunts – Interview With Stuntwoman Jo Lamstein Read More
Interview With A Film Subtitler – Accuracy, Action, and Oldboy
“I subtitled one of the Rambo movies for broadcast and I think that had about 100 lines of dialogue so that was a pretty fast job!” Without a talented subtitler, whole swathes of foreign films would either not be available or would, literally, say something else entirely. Watching a subtitled film can be something of… Interview With A Film Subtitler – Accuracy, Action, and Oldboy Read More
Coming Out Of The Shadows – My Interview With Director & Rookie Stuntman Steve Koepfer
“A film set is a living organism. Something as simple as slowly driving a car 20 feet as part of this constellation of activity can be very intimidating if you have never functioned in that space before.” Steve Koepfer. Stunt men and women are the “shadow warriors”, in the background but pivotal to the scene. I… Coming Out Of The Shadows – My Interview With Director & Rookie Stuntman Steve Koepfer Read More