Shady Brady’s In Post Production

My comedic short movie Shady Brady's, based on my short story Diridon Station, has been shot (more about that adventure here) and is now in the editing process. This process has been challenging for my editor because of the rush job I employed when we were shooting on location in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. The camera work … Continue reading Shady Brady’s In Post Production

Adventures In Short Movie Making

I recently finished shooting all the scenes for my next short movie Shady Brady's, a comedy based on my short story Diridon Station. I shot one scene on Friday August 22 in a house in Santa Cruz. The scene will be about a minute long and shooting took just under an hour, which is light speed … Continue reading Adventures In Short Movie Making

Adventures In Table Reading

I recently completed a feature length screenplay titled Second Time Around, an adaptation of my stage play Electric Serenade which was performed at Theater for the New City in East Greenwich Village New York in September 2022. As soon as I returned home to California after its premier I began turning my stage play into a … Continue reading Adventures In Table Reading

Second Short Movie Challenges

My latest short movie project is a comedy titled Office Supplies. It is a story about an office worker looking for a certain office supply, but in his search discovers that his co-workers are insane. Movie has five speaking roles, and so far I have four actors but the fifth role will be the hardest … Continue reading Second Short Movie Challenges

TWENTY To Premier On April 11

TWENTY, a sci-fi drama I co-wrote with the director Hilary Davidson, will be premiering on April 11th at the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival in Morgan Hill, CA. Screening time will be 10:00AM, and more information about the festival can be found on their site. https://pjiff.org/ TWENTY is about four friends are on the way … Continue reading TWENTY To Premier On April 11

First Day Of Making My Short Movie

On April 28th I shot the first scenes for my short movie Sunset Memories, which I'm going to chalk up as a learning experience. I wanted to begin shooting last January but then we got deluged by multiple atmospheric rivers which put off shooting for a long time. Once we entered spring and the weather … Continue reading First Day Of Making My Short Movie

TWENTY: Interview With Director Hilary Davidson

The director of the film Twenty, Hilary Davidson, with whom I co-wrote the screenplay, was interviewed last March 13th on KSQD radio. She was on the program Exploring Santa Cruz discussing Twenty with show host Mathilde Rand. Here's link to interview: https://ksqd.org/hilary-davidson-twenty/ For more information on Twenty here's the link: https://nineteen85films.com/twenty/

Twenty: An Update

The independent movie Twenty which I co-wrote with the director Hilary Davidson has filmed some of the scenes last year and is now launching one last fund raising campaign to complete filming later this spring. It's been exciting to watch Twenty grow from a rough draft script into an in production movie project and I'm … Continue reading Twenty: An Update

Cast For TWENTY

Twenty, a film project I'm co-writing for filmmaker Hilary Davidson, now has actors for the four main characters! Twenty is about four friends who go to a Roaring '20s party and end up in an alternate universe in an unexpected adventure. More information about Twenty can be found here: https://nineteen85films.com/ And here are the four … Continue reading Cast For TWENTY

Twenty: A Film Project

Welcome to this very novel project, the brainchild of Hilary Davidson, and for which I'm helping to write the screenplay. In a nutshell it's about four friends who end up in an alternate reality while on their way to a Roaring '20s party and must find a way back to the real world. More details … Continue reading Twenty: A Film Project