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Film Connection mentor Buck Kahler has more than 30 years of filmmaking experience, starting with his career as a combat photojournalist for the U.S. Air Force, of which he is now a retired Master...
ON HOW TO DEVELOP TENSION IN A SCREENPLAY Los Angeles-based Film Connection screenwriting mentor Eric Abrams (Married…with Children, Liv & Maddie) has the following tip: “You always want to make it as difficult as...
An expert in commercial film production, Film Connection mentor Steve Carmichael has played a key role in mentoring a number of aspiring filmmakers in the Atlanta area, many of whom have gone on to...
The same month Film Connection graduate Jason Reinhardt was finishing his externship with film mentor Steve Carmichael at RITE Media Group, he got hired as a PA on the Black Panther production while they were...
Like many of our emerging filmmakers, Dakota Martin found the Film Connection when faced with the choice of pursuing a career in a particular field. “I was just about to graduate high school, and I...
“It’s been weird lately,” says Film Connection grad Joe Paciotti of Philadelphia, PA. “Like every time I turn on the TV, I see someone I’ve worked with before. It’s the weirdest feeling.” It’s a...
Based in San Antonio, TX, Film Connection screenwriting mentor Ana Bendaña is passionate about teaching her students how to make a script stand out—from character development to unique story arcs to knowing when and...
Based in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia’s booming film community, Film Connection mentor Jason Winn is an award-winning writer/producer/director with decades of experience and plenty of narrative films, music videos, commercials and documentary works...
Spend a few minutes talking to NYC Film Connection mentor Dean Ronalds, and you quickly pick up that his whole approach to filmmaking is to create and promote as much content as possible—a trait...
Like many of our emerging filmmakers, Noah Cook first found the Film Connection after getting discouraged with other film school options. “I actually almost went to a film school in Santa Fe, like a...
