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Just months into his filmmaking externship, Nelson Kelkar traveled to the Philippines with Film Connection mentors, Bayou Bennett and Daniel Lir to learn documentary filmmaking hands-on! So how did it all come about? Nelson...
Mentor and co-owner of Las Vegas’s 1905 Film Studios, Nelson Ramirez, knows a thing or two about the differences between learning film at a traditional film school and teaching Film Connection students the inner...
Film Connection mentor, producer and writer Ron Osborn, has a career that spans three decades. He’s written for Mork & Mindy, Moonlighting, the 90s cult-classic Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man and the films, Radioland Murders...
Sandy Stern is a producer, known for Being John Malkovich (1999), Saved! (2004) and Velvet Goldmine (1998). He is also a screenwriting mentor for Film Connection. Here’s an excerpt of a recent interview we...
Meet the powerhouse filmmaking duo, our mentor Dream Team Bayou Bennett and Daniel Lir. Based in Hollywood, California, Bennett and Lir are creative, driven and passionate about the work they do and boy oh...
Working in the film industry often means putting in long hours to meet tight deadlines while having the resolve to not let technical difficulties and a whole host of other potential challenges stand in...
One of the major things that sets Film Connection apart from traditional film schools is our ability to provide our students with direct access to dedicated, experienced and interesting mentors like professional screenwriter John...
Writer/producer Ken Aguado (The Salton Sea, Crazy As Hell), recently visited us at LA Center Studios for not one, but two informative pitch workshops for Film Connection apprentices. Ken Aguado offered lots of helpful,...
We’re happy to welcome two more mentors to our Film Connection family: Bob Willems, Owner/Creative Director of Champion Entertainment in Houston, TX and Ryan Koral, Owner/Producer of Tell Film & Video in Detroit, MI....
The Film Connection is proud to welcome Such Much Films to our program! Producer Judi Levine and Writer/Director Ben Lewin have more than 20 years experience in the business and creative enterprise of making...
