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A Filmmaker’s Journal

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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Cloudzilla!

These pre-spring cloud formations are so cool it’s scary! A subtle thumbs-up from God, perhaps, about my new in-the-works feature film project Notzilla?

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Notzilla! I tried to write something deep this morning. Honest. But just couldn’t. Because I’m currently marinating in a heady mélange of comedic mellifluosity (gags and groaners scribbled on scratch paper). Most of which will end up in the next … Continue reading

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

My feature film Over-the-Rhine will have its World Premiere on June 13, in Over-the-Rhine, the historic urban core of Cincinnati, Ohio, where the story is set and was filmed. Since the last time I mentioned it, Over-the-Rhine has been nominated … Continue reading

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Production photo from my feature film Over-the-Rhine My Recipe for Humble Pie I was directing my first feature film and thought I knew everything I needed to know. I mean, heck, I have a master’s degree in theatre and have directed … Continue reading

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

(This is #2 in a series about my current feature film project. To read #1, click here.) We have a cast! And we meet next week to read through the screenplay together. So I’m deep in the throes of anxcitement … Continue reading

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Less than a month from now we begin shooting Over-the-Rhine, my first feature film as a writer-director. I want to share the experience with you, my bloggish friends, partly because I think of you as my extended family (aww) and partly because I’ll … Continue reading

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