Interviews

DIY FILMMAKERS: JASON STEPHENS' "DECAY"

By | December 1998

DIY FILMMAKERS SERIES! Jason Stephens is an indie filmmaker who also happens to be a Deputy Sheriff. That sure makes it easy when it comes to securing locations. His $12,000 debut indie film “Decay” is a solid directing effort deserving of attention…

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DIY FILMMAKERS: JASON STEPHENS' "DECAY"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ I'm a Deputy Sheriff and a Filmmaker. People often think that's kind of strange. "You're a cop!?" It is shocking to them to learn...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JOE LA PENNA'S "GARGOYLE GIRLS"

[ What's your story ] ^ "Gargoyle Girls" is the story of a mediocre children's party magician who accidentally releases two thirteenth century female...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JASON MARKSTROM'S "DICK JOKE"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ We were three students at Northern Michigan University facing graduation and we didn't want to have to get real jobs so we made a...

DIY FILMMAKERS: TOM HOSLER'S "DR. BENDERFAX"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ It was a year after I graduated from college that I finally finished my first and only feature script worthy of production, a...

DIY FILMMAKERS: KARL T. HIRSH AND "GREEN"

[ THE FILM: "GREEN (AKA WHATEVER)" ] ^ 16mm b/w, color, animation. Four slackers in Phoenix explore their internal problems while under the influence of...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JEssE PERETZ' "FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES"

Jesse Peretz, the director of the indie flick "First Love, Last Rites", started in music videos doing those hilarious cab driver spots on MTV. He also...

DIY FILMMAKERS: TODD E. FREEMAN'S "REYNARD THE FOX"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ Basically I dropped out of school a year and a half ago to shoot my first feature. Two years into film school you know how to...

DIY FILMMAKERS: ARTHUR BORMAN AND "SHOOTING LILY"

"Shooting Lily" is the second feature from award-winning filmmaker Arthur Borman. Borman's now cult classic "And God Spoke" was a ratings grabber for the...

DIY FILMMAKERS: ROCKY COLLINS' "PANTS ON FIRE"

"Pants on Fire" is the feature debut of award-winning documentarian Rocky Collins. In making "Pants on Fire," a black comedy about adultery, Collins calls...

DIY FILMMAKERS: THE "REALLY STRANGE STORIES" OF PETRUCHA AND HOLTZ

"Really Strange Stories of the Totally Unknown," a sixty minute unauthorized video satire of popular paranormal television, features THE X-WIVES,...

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