The Chicago press just caught wind of THE WHITE CITY, the wonderful NEW Thodos Dance Chicago stage production featuring incredible original choreography by Ann Reinking AND Melissa Thodos, music by amazing American composer Bruce Wolosoff, and film design by… Chris Olsen! (Wheee!) It’s such a thrill to be involved in a full blown theatrical stage
Breaking News! Whether you are already attending the Miami Short Film Festival, or are simply a lover of film in the Miami area, make sure to come out to BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables Tuesday Night, November 16th at 5PM for an early evening roundtable discussion on “The Art of the Short Film!” Join
Here’s an animated short film introduction to one of my favorite characters, Ursula The Uber-Girl. Now, I’ve been working with little toddler Ursula for more than twelve years, and she’s gone through a number of incarnations, from 2D, to 3D and back again, but she’s always been extremely dear to my heart, and its
Unlike many filmmakers I’ve met, it’s pretty rare that I begin developing a film with a completed script in hand. Blame it on my visual arts orientation, but most of my stories start out in my mind as a series of illustrative images with very little dialogue. This is one
Breaking news! Looks like FANCY gets an extended stay in Florida this fall, having just been officially selected to play as part of the Miami Short Film Festival November 13th -20th! This is one of a very select list of heavily pro-filmmaker events that are also a blast to attend,
I had a blast on LA Talk Radio’s “Indies In Motion” Program this week! Rick Mizuno (the show’s creator and host) is an all around remarkable guy, and it was great to be part of such a fantastic show. I shared the air with Krista Lee & Dean Dichoso of
As you may have gathered from this weeks posts (or lack thereof…), I’m neck deep in production on my latest project, which I promise to start talking about REALLY SOON. And while this has been a truly magnificiently creative week, its also kind of knocked me back on my butt. For example,
It’s been three years since I first began work on BUTTERFLY, and two years since the film first premiered at the Chicago International Film Fest. But it’s taken me till now to finally dig through the scads of pics, rehearsal images, and pre-production tests in order to share some of
Wow, it’s been a grand year with Fosse:Prelude! From the initial inspiring lunch with Melissa Thodos of Thodos Dance Chicago at Vong’s Thai Kitchen last Fall, to the first days of production working with Ann Reinking and the dancers, to the national tour the film took as it accompanied “the
I’ve never maintained a very “purist” view of photography. Yes, I can often be found with a 35mm still camera in hand, but my personal fascination has always been in the capture of “motion-over time-with design.” As such, I’ve moved fluidly between cinema and still cameras for over 20 years,