Today I start a mini-series on foreign filmmakers (i.e. filmmakers working outside the U.S.) When it comes to the world of filmmaking, the beautiful country of Austria has given us a wonderful artist. No, I’m not talking about the ex-Govenator of California. Of couse, I’m talking about none other than Mr. Nino Leitner. The son […]
Terrie Samundra: The Director of “Kunjo” on Crossing the 180 #34
Today’s guest is one of those passionate filmmakers that you could talk to for hours and not realize how much time has flown by. I met Terrie Samundra while I was filming the promo video for the SF Bay Area Windrider Forum (a sort of mini-Sundance designed to generate meaningful discussions around the films screened). […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: David Robin and His Viral Video Adventure (c180-033)
Today we interrupt our “Women in Film” series to bring you a podcast exclusive. An interview with event filmmaker David Robin. If you’re in the event filmmaking world, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of David. A 25 year veteran in the industry, David is a multi-award winning videographer, speaker, and filmmaker to the stars…literally. He’s done […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Karen Abad (c180-032)
Today we continue our women filmmakers series with cinematographer and editor at Zacuto films, Karen Abad. Karen is a filmmaker who knows her stuff. Starting out in celluoid during her time at San Francisco’s Academy of Art, Karen has a keen sense of story, a good eye, and knows what she does best. She has […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Jen Moon and Reagan Zugelter of POSH (c180-031)
What do you get when you take about 30 women visual artists (give or take) on a cruise to the Bahamas? Well, today we’re going to find out as my guests are Jennifer Moon of Northernlights Fillmworks and Regan Zugelter of Studio Z Films. They are the co-founders of The POSH Retreat, an exotic and […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Kristen Souders of Bliss Productions (c180-030)
The first time I ever met Kristen* it was like meeting a celebrity. It was around 2003 or so. Kristen* was the owner/operator and creative muscle behind Bliss Video Productions (now just Bliss Productions), perhaps the premier wedding and event film studio in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. When I had started […]
A Podcast with Inspiring Filmmakers from Hollywood to Bollywood
Yesterday I posted the 29th episode of Crossing the 180, the filmmaker’s podcast that breaks all the rules. I originally started the podcast January 2010, but stopped four months into it. So for the better part of a year it laid dormant. I re-energized it a couple of months ago and it’s going strong with […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Kirby Ferguson (c180-29)
In light of the past two days’ topics related to style, it seems only fitting that today’s guest on Crossing the 180 is a filmmaker who has created a film series specifically about how there’s nothing new under the sun. Kirby Ferguson’s “Everything is a Remix” is a 4-part documentary exploring how much of today’s […]
Crossing the 180 #28: Drea Cooper of California is a Place
One of the hottest film series on Vimeo is a set of short documentaries about interesting people in California. California is a Place looks at the lives of a wide variety of characters: from a washed up used car salesman, to a couple of die-hard patriots risking life and limb to protect our borders from […]
Crossing the 180 #27: Jesse Rosten of iPad+Velcro Fame
Have you ever wondered about all the amazing things you could do with your iPad if you just put your mind to it? Well, so did today’s guest, and that wonderment garnered him online video fame, as well as, as far as I know, the only non-commissioned personal video on Apple’s website touting one of […]