1) How did you get into directing?I was a director of photography during my time in college, and once I graduated I began working as a freelance cinematographer in NYC. My key visual influences all stemmed from commercial directors, such as Dante Ariola, Andre Stringer, +JacksonKarinja, David Fincher, etc., and soon I found myself gravitating…
1) How did you get into directing?I’m a big fan of photo books. The work of Alec Soth and his books are stories like a real film. A friend and I decided to take a camera and follow him to make a film. That was my first project. Advertising arrived after that. And it’s now,…
1) How did you get into directing?I became fascinated by film at a very early age. I loved going to the movies, I loved renting movies, but as a kid I never got the chance to experiment with a camera and make my own. I had the thought in my head that so many people…
1) How did you get into directing?Tank + Bunker is the directing partnership of Judah-Lev Dickstein and Justin Liberman. We met at Columbia University Film School and bonded over daily morning coffee and the ability of an image to send shivers down our spines. From a young age we were both mesmerized by film’s ability…
1) How did you get into directing?There was never a time when I wasn’t fascinated by the idea of making movies. I have been acting professionally for years, so I’ve had the benefit of being on a lot of sets with a lot of different directors. Luckily, even early on, I was never the type…
1) How did you get into directing?I’ve been an actress for several years. One day, a story kind of barged into my mind so I started to develop it. The writing process and eventual screenwriting classes began to awaken more ideas that I just couldn’t wait to bring to life. I realized that I wanted…
1) How did you get into directing?Years ago, while scouting locations in Nepal, I was abducted by mystical Sherpas. They made me swear an oath to travel the world and document people’s uplifting stories. Becoming a Director was the condition of my release. …Okay, so maybe I made up that story. But, hey! I’m a…
1) How did you get into directing?I studied Film and TV Production at NYU’s Tisch School. There I started directing music videos, and worked at Smuggler for two summers. In 2008, I formed Uncorked Productions with producer and fellow Tisch alum Andrew Corkin. Together we’ve had feature films premiere at Sundance, Cannes, and SXSW. After…
1) How did you get into directing?We both made short films in high school but didn’t join forces until college. We met in a dorm elevator our freshman year at San Francisco State University. Martin (the Strauss) had a projector in his room so we watched films on his wall. Justin (the Plummer) later forced…
1) How did you get into directing?My interest in directing really started when I enrolled in photography class my senior year in high school. I used to sneak into the labs after hours to develop my black & white film – it’s where I learned the foundations of the medium. When DSLRs started having video…