I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts.
To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.
I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.
The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.
I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.
Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.
The kind of films I want to make are struggling to get made. And if they are getting made, they're getting made on shoestring budgets with not enough time.
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.
I want to write a script, but before that, I am planning to compile a book of short stories.