How did you get into directing?When I was young, I would do re-enactments of scenes from Star Wars with my action figures. I would make the Death Star out of cardboard and fashion elaborate elevators with string and Styrofoam cups. I’d take over the entire living room.And in my version, Darth Vader always bested Luke,…
How did you get into directing?I’m still trying to figure that out myself. It was never really something that I intentionally set out to do. My friends and I grew up making videos on rainy days–being from Portland that was more often than not–but I never really considered it as a possible career and went…
How did you get into directing?I made my first Pepsi vs. Coke commercial when I was eight years old. In high school it was ninja videos. And in college, I finally started to find my voice as a filmmaker. I got my degree in film and television and after that moved to New York where…
How did you get into directing?Got lucky at age 19 with production funding for my first short film script. Looking back, I’d kill to have a budget like that again. I probably blew a lot of it on unnecessary things due to being a naïve filmmaker. The experience, however, was priceless. What is your most…
How did you get into directing?I started as a commercial editor and photographer, but grew up wanting to become an inventor. I would deconstruct my mother’s electronics (in hopes to build robots), but soon realized robot building wasn’t quite the simple task as I envisioned and my time was mostly spent rebuilding the family VCR….
How did you get into directing?I think it all started around age 11, when my father granted me access to the family camcorder. I immediately began directing my two younger sisters (who were willing actresses) in a slew of silly stories and video experiments. What is your most recent project?I’m about a month away from…
How did you get into directing?As far back as I can remember I have experimented with creating alternate worlds. Whether it was by shooting on VHS as a young kid, drawing abstractions in class as a teenager or just by closing my eyes.I also used to be in the VFX/video game industry for seven years.It…
How did you get into directing?When I was very young, video cameras were as big as my entire body. As I grew bigger, they became smaller and at some point we became suited for each other. Because I had younger brothers, naturally I told them where to stand and what to do. Use of “extreme…
How did you get into directing?Even as a child, I’ve always had a camera in my hand. As I got older I got interested in design, editing, music, visual effects. Directing has been a natural progression. What is your most recent project?I’m currently directing a series of commercials for Yoplait, I recently shot commercials for…
How did you get into directing?I started as a graphic designer, and I got into motion graphics around 2001. I spent the next eight years or so working as a designer/animator for Superfad, Digital Kitchen, Brand New School and many others. Directing was something that was always at the back of my mind, my father…