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FOCUS ON: No-budget filmmaking with Mark Thiedeman
June 21, 2011FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Mark Thiedeman, who has directed many short films and one feature film, The Scoundrel. His new feature, Last Summer, is currently in development and is scheduled to shoot in Arkansas in August.What is the least amount of money you've spent on a…
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FOCUS ON: Kim Snyder, Director of Welcome to Shelbyville
May 28, 2011FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Kim Snyder, whose documentary Welcome to Shelbyville, aired on Independent Lens. Why did you originally want to become a filmmaker and has that reason changed? I love film. I've always enjoyed storytelling and I felt a compelling drive to express…
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FOCUS ON: Chris Shellen, Producer of Marwencol
April 25, 2011FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Chris Shellen, producer of Marwencol, which airs Tuesday, April 26, on Independent Lens.When/How did you decide that you wanted to be a filmmaker? I decided senior year of high school to go to film school. I was one of those kids who’d make personal…
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FOCUS ON: Pedro Kos, Editor of Waste Land
April 16, 2011BTB is delighted to introduce a new feature called FOCUS ON — a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up first is editor Pedro Kos, whose Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land airs Tuesday, April 19 on Independent Lens. What was the first film project you ever edited? In 1996, I was a student in the New York Film Academy…