Filmmaker Taylor Giddens Bets on Himself
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...
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Film Connection mentor Mark Leisher isn’t Scared of Extreme
One of the hallmarks of a true filmmaking professional is the number of stories they have. Do they have stories about being rained out or having to solve problems quickly with little or no...
Film Connection apprentice Ronald Reid Grows a Deeper Understanding of Filmmaking
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...
Film Connection Mentor Dean Baker Gets Apprentices Working on Reality Show Retool
Dean Baker of Post FX Digital Studios in Orlando, Florida is the type of guy who wants to get stuff done. He wants to start projects and finish them. He wants to surround himself...
Film Connection apprentice Jamie Reed: Anything is Possible
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: On the Path She Wants!
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...
Film Connection apprentice Nelson Kelkar joins mentors in The Philippines!
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 grad Steve Pitts talks Passion Projects, Relationships and Ego
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...
Joe Paciotti Brings his A-Game with Film Connection
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...
Aspiring Action Filmmaker Ofu Obekpa on Taking Film Seriously
Ofu Obekpa earned a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from The University of Maine at Machias. The business education he received there was solid and Ofu was perfectly poised to embark on career...
