Film Courage: If I’m understanding this correctly Quentin Tarantino didn’t want to meet with you until the film [QT8: THE FIRST EIGHT] was finished? Tara Wood, Filmmaker: Yes, so part of that conversation with him and giving his blessing was that he made it very clear that he did not want to meet me and […]
Antoine Allen, Filmmaker: I just wrapped up my second feature film called LOLA. It’s a female boxing film and it came out beautiful. I’m so happy about it…but it wasn’t easy. The first thing we’re going to talk about is self-care. You’ve got to take care yourself. You can’t make all those beautiful projects if […]
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Film Courage: Mark, are you a Chicago-based filmmaker? Mark Harris, Filmmaker: Yes, I am Chicago (born and raised). Watch the video interview on Youtube here Film Courage: Whereabouts in Chicago? Mark: I’m from the Englewood community in Chicago which is next door to the Hyde Park community which is where the Obamas are from. […]
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Film Courage: Why have you made storytelling the focus of your life? Jason Satterlund, Filmmaker: Well you know…Plato said He who tells the stories rules society. There is a power in storytelling. Think about storytelling and how much of it is in our lives. When we get together we want to hear about what you’ve […]
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Film Courage: What are some common ways people get their own stories wrong? Barbara Seymour Giordano, Writer and Coach, StoryWorksLA: That is a very interesting question. I hadn’t really thought about the ways that people get their stories wrong. I would say that when it comes to getting your story wrong if you don’t have […]
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Orson Oblowitz, Filmmaker/Photographer: I had a college professor that used to say Making art is to incite discourse. I truly think that’s all that matters at the end of the day. Good or bad that’s your Chinese dinner. Was the food good? Was the food bad? Films are much more complicated than that, even films […]
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David F. Sandberg, Filmmaker (a.k.a. Ponysmasher on Youtube): It was always my dream to make movies and it was always my dream to be a Hollywood director. Erik Bork, Screenwriter/Author: I pursued being a film major in my undergraduate in Ohio which is my home state and got a four-year degree, a BFA in motion […]
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Film Courage: Can you explain the collaboration process between writers, directors and producers? Mark Travis: Okay, I would add another category which is actors. Writers, directors, producers AND actors. First of all, the whole process of making a film is a collaboration process, that if a writer didn’t want to collaborate they would write a novel. If […]
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Film Courage: Knowing that maybe you rushed into your first feature film and you have lots of things you might have done differently, do you think it’s better you did that, rather than still be talking about making a feature film 10 years out? Dui Jarrod, Writer/Director: It was the right decision to make. I […]
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Film Courage: When you were in film school what were some of the things teachers did where you said This really works for me. If I become a teacher, I want to emulate this and then the reverse (what shut you down)? Aleem Hossain, filmmaker and AR/VR creator, assistant professor in media arts and culture […]
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Student & Young Filmmakers FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival 