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Looking back on the past couple of years, Film Connection graduate Rob Chiola of Orlando, Florida almost can’t believe how his life has changed—from working in a dead-end job to doing cinematography full-time. “I’m...
When Michelina Friss decided she wanted to pursue a career in film, she admits she was something of a “blank slate.” She says she was interested in producing, but with no real prior experience,...
Timi Gray of Bowie, MD, is a special education teacher for children with autism. She also loves film. “I’m a school teacher, and that’s my first passion and I’m not giving that up,” is...
The movie making business is a hard one so it’s perhaps understandable that so many people outside of the business view it as a gamble. It’s a gamble that you’ll even be able to...
Sometimes you’re tired. You’re exhausted. Then, you look around and you find yourself in a field with 100 other people at 2:30am. It’s precisely at that moment that you remember– you’re a filmmaker! This...
Jamie Reed has been fascinated with making movies for just about as long as he can remember. “Growing up, I would make tiny movies with a crappy camera that my parents had…I liked film...
Kellie Koford of Austin, Texas was what many would consider the “right track.” At 29, she had a great job in the healthcare industry and was bound to move up the ladder in coming...
Just months into his filmmaking apprenticeship, 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...
Film Connection graduate Steven Pitts is clearly dedicated to building the film career he wants to have, brick-by-brick, project-by-project each and every day. Knowing that where there is a will, there definitely is a...
Ever since he was a kid, Joe Paciotti has always been a self-starter when it comes to filmmaking, getting his start when he was just 9 years old “messing around” with a Sony Handycam...
