Tag Archives: fame

I Was (Almost) a 12-Year-Old Star!

Posted on July 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir By the time I was 12, my focus had shifted from drawing to storytelling. Although, in truth, even my art had been visual storytelling; I loved movies, after all, and what were movies but visual stories? The … Continue reading →

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A Worthy Life

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Christian Holzinger Thought for the Week No one who lived for riches or fame or power ever died satisfied. So live for what is worthy, what neither moth nor rust can destroy (Matthew 6:19). It may or may … Continue reading →

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Fame vs. Flame

Posted on June 15, 2020 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Four years ago on a June day like this we wrapped production on my first feature film as a writer-director Healing River (then titled Over-the-Rhine). Never dreaming it would take as long as it did for the … Continue reading →

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Rebel Without Applause

Posted on November 14, 2019 by mitchteemley

The first film I starred in, apart from home movies, was a cheesy low-budget Rebel Without a Cause knockoff called Eden Cried. And by starred in I mean, of course, that I was an extra. I’d just gotten out of … Continue reading →

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To be Immortal

Posted on July 26, 2019 by mitchteemley

High School graduation was a big deal. We were finally adults! En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, I threw an all-night party, … Continue reading →

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What the Academy Awards are Really About

Posted on February 23, 2019 by mitchteemley

The Academy Awards exist to sell tickets, particularly for Hollywood movies. Which is why American studios and American movie stars dominate the event. There’s nothing particularly evil about that; every industry promotes itself. Movies cost megabucks to make, after all, … Continue reading →

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To be Immortal

Posted on May 19, 2017 by mitchteemley

High School graduation was a big deal. We were adults, and underclassmen suddenly seemed so young. En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on June 9, 2016 by mitchteemley

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 people under 30 have never … Continue reading →

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