$$$?  Doesn’t it always seem like we always need more of it, no matter what else is going on in our lives?  Well, as we embark on our newest expedition, it seems that very thing is going to be our most challenging obstacle.  When we funded “Dreams Awake” it was mostly friends and family, and [...]

We are getting all geared up around here to get our latest project, “One Hand Clapping” off the ground.  And we realize the mountain we have to climb is much higher than the one we climbed when we shot “Dreams Awake” on Mt. Shasta several years ago.  We are a few years older, and wiser, [...]

Piracy.  Right off the very term evokes all kinds of images and feelings.  On the one hand you’ve got romantic figures like Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Long John Silver, Captain Hook, and yes even Jack Sparrow, swashbuckling their way across the seas on all types of great adventures.  On the other hand you have thieves, scoundrels, [...]

Several people over the last couple years have asked me why I did a film like “Dreams Awake.”  Usually my initial thought (or question) is, why not?  I actually replied that to people a few times before I realized that answer doesn’t go over too well, as if I am questioning a person’s question right [...]

I recently had the good fortune to attend a couple enlightening, multi-day events back to back early this month, one in San Francisco and the other in Los Angeles (actually Santa Monica).  And they both could not have been more different in their content, ambiance and attitude. The first event was the Story World Conference [...]

“Nearer than breath and blood, closer than hands and feet; what is the sound of one hand clapping?” We are moving forward, albeit a bit slowly, on our next film project, “One Hand Clapping.”  As you can well imagine it takes quite a bit of time and energy (and of course $$$) to get a [...]

Most films have pieces of many ideas, and thus themes, spread within their fabric.  After commiserating with some of our fans, it seems they have identified five main ones, which I will present here.  Now of course when I wrote the screenplay for this film project, I did have some thematic premises in mind.  And [...]

I wanted to pass along some items that I thought might be of interest to some of you out there.  Yes, as the title says, we are giving away some free items from the film. First, because we’ve received so much praise about the soundtrack and requests to make it available, we figured it was [...]

I think one of the most difficult things for indie filmmakers to do is to find their audience.  Or is it that it’s difficult for their audience to find them?  Either way it is not an easy situation.  In going through the whole process, the first thing we have to do is figure out who [...]

A few days ago I was hiking on Mt. Shasta, and a couple things happened that just remade my day, and my attitude.  I was actually coming down a trail towards the top parking lot late in the afternoon when I overheard a couple of young men talking as they were going up.  Just before [...]