Category Archives: Movies

A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

To all of my wonderful friends, long-timers and newbies, in the blogging community: Thank you so much for your ongoing love and support! I want to apologize for my lack of attentiveness to your blogs–I miss reading them!–while things reach the boiling … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Fame vs. Flame “Fame! I’m gonna live forever, I’m gonna learn how to fly. I’m gonna make it to heaven. Baby, remember my name!”  Lyrics from the title song of a once-famous movie that, ironically, most…

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

So Much to Learn! When one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Rashomon) received a lifetime achievement Oscar, he seemed mystified, insisting that he hadn’t learned enough to deserve such an honor. He was 80 … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

Another Award! So this is cool: My last feature film Over-the-Rhine is now an Official Selection and Nominee at the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival, one of North America’s largest faith-based fests. We missed the cut last year, but this … Continue reading →

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Movie Mashups!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

Summer blockbuster movie season is here! And that means sequels, spinoffs, and remakes! What better way to generate fresh ideas (dubious term, perhaps) than a mashup? Here are some top contenders: And finally, my personal favorite (still in development, so … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Keep it Real. Even When it’s Fake Two years ago, on the verge of directing my first feature film, I wrote things that would seem irrelevant to my second feature (now entering pre-production). After all, the film we were shooting … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

 Official Trailer for The Tribunal I’ve talked a lot about my feature film Over-the-Rhine, and about Notzilla, my in-the-works monster movie spoof  But up until now I’ve said little about my executive producer Mike Mergler or St. Michael Movies, the production … Continue reading →

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