1) How did you get into directing? Xu: I wasn’t sure about what I wanted to do when in film school so I took classes on almost everything (producing, special VFX, sound, etc.) and eventually graduated with a cinematography emphasis. It wasn’t until I entered the “real world” for a bit that I realized directing is…
1) How did you get into directing? I’ve always had a huge appetite for stories – specifically in film and television – which developed into wanting to craft my own. Naturally my curiosity led to film school, where outside of directing I focused on playing with as many different roles as possible. From producing to sparking;…
1) How did you get into directing? Directing was an organic extension of my passions and interests. I have spent a lot of time exploring the most remote landscapes on this planet. It seemed a shame not to document the impossible beauty of these pristine places, as they were often undergoing significant and rapid transformation. First…
1) How did you get into directing? It all began with writing. I consider myself a storyteller first and foremost and prose was my gateway drug. I quickly learned that directing allowed me to foster my love for more than just the written page, since it entails image-making, music, design, drama and beguiling narrative all…
1) How did you get into directing? I had done some acting as a child and went to NYU’s TISCH Theater program with the intention of becoming a professional actor. I studied at Playwrights Horizons, which was a studio that encouraged its students to try their hand at every aspect in the field. We had to…
1) How did you get into directing? My background is in film editing. I have been a professional editor at Final Cut USA for quite some time. A few years ago, I edited two feature documentaries that screened at several A list festivals around the world. The experience was life changing and I realized I had a…
1) How did you get into directing? Storytelling has always come naturally to me. In school, I would always daydream about different life situations and would find a way to create a compelling narrative around it. I’ve always enjoyed coming up with visual and audio techniques to tell simple stories that people can relate to. 2)…
1) How did you get into directing? The combination of being a director of photography and an editor really set me on the path to directing. It always looked like me and cut like me, but it wasn’t completely me until I directed it. I’ve been shooting and cutting since I was a kid but for…
1) How did you get into directing? In August of 2013, we had the opportunity to collaborate on writing an image campaign for the Disney XD Network. We had been working on a few original scripts to direct in our spare time, but it was really then that we realized how well we gelled as a…
1) How did you get into directing? My parents watched very eccentric films at home when I was very young – Wenders, Fellini and Antonioni – but I think the real plant was seeded when I saw “Stargate” in a movie theatre near Munich when I was eight years old and it literally blew my childhood…