It’s late and I’m up rendering/compressing two episodes of the Young At Heart series that I’m cutting for Fox Searchlight. Jen, who’s asleep in bed, just rolled over and started mumbling to herself, obviously in the middle of some deep dream-conversation. I wonder what she’s dreaming about. Yesterday, Jen was telling me she has sides [...]

Jen and I cruised up north to hang out at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where “A Plumm Summer” was screening (to a sold-out crowd). It was the first time I had seen the finished version of the film (I watched a previous cut in the editing bay with Caroline Zelder, the director, and [...]

Jen and I are in line to see “A Plumm Summer” at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival!! Woo hoo!!

I was talking to my friend (dubbed “Long Island Larry” for the sake of this post) on AIM and he said something that struck me as being slightly racist. When I called him on it, we ended up getting into an IM debate. I think both of our point-of-views come across in this [edited for [...]

I placed this ad on Craig’s List and the RED User Forum, late last night: I’m a filmmaker looking to connect with someone that owns a RED ONE Camera to shoot some tests and take the camera for a spin. I’m open to shooting whatever; I just want to connect with someone that is passionate [...]

I was reading an interview with writer-cum-director Shane Black, where he said something that really inspired me. He said he hates writing. Let me explain. Shane Black is one of my favorite screenwriters and shot to fame in the early 80′s with the script for “Lethal Weapon,” which reinvigorated the action-buddy-comedy. He’s also the writer [...]

When I first saw the “Cloverfield” teaser trailer that ran in front of Transformers, I was definitely intrigued. I loved that J.J. Abrams and Co. had the balls to cut a super scary, super vague trailer and then withhold the title of the film. Marketing genius. That night, Jen and I went home and, like [...]

Since Jen and I were fumed out of our apartment yesterday (from the fresh paint recently applied to the hallway floors), we decided to take the opportunity to go out on a mid-week date. So naturally, we decided to see the romance-drama and recent Golden Globes’ Best Picture winner, “Atonement.” Weak. The film, mostly set [...]

I delivered the first episode of the “Young At Heart” series to Fox Searchlight a few days ago and got some feedback: they really dig it so far. They really, really love the story-structure that I came up with and the editing style (very fast, high-energy, VH1-ish). Due to some clearance issues concerning the music [...]

I let my chin whiskers grow so I could be a total badass when I walk on the beach with Jen. By the way, it’s 80 degrees today – in January, oh yeah.