The ‘Supporting Characters’ World Premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival may have been the most exciting, and satisfying week of my life. Below are a small sample of the glowing reviews we recieved. “Ultimately ending on a note of perfectly judged emotional ambivalence that’s almost worthy of a season-ending episode of Mad Men.” -…
So in honor of the announcement that we’ll be holding the World Premiere of Supporting Characters (which herefore shall be referred to as “SC” for sake of brevity) at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, I thought I’d publish the first of several blogs about making the film, starting with writing the script. For years I’ve…
MY NEW PROJECT GETS ANNOUNCED! From Variety: Fresh off his critically acclaimed turn in Sundance’s audience award winner “The Surrogate,” John Hawkes has committed to star opposite Yasiin Bey in the Elmore Leonard adaptation “Switch,” from writer-director Dan Schechter (“Supporting Characters”). The crime drama will serve as a prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown,” with…
I love cutting trailers and teasers. I’ve done about 10, mostly for free (though several for embarrasingly low fees), and mostly for friends with independent features I enjoy, but I never tire of editing them. My formula is fairly simple, amateur and redundant, especially for comedies: Joke, music kicks in, exposition, joke, music/tone shift, big…
In this first addition of Where Are They Now I wanted to post some awesome upcoming projects from former collaborators and pals! Michael Mosley (Goodbye Baby, The Big Bad Swim) is ABC’s lead pilot hunk on Pan Am! Mosley was previously seen on “Scrubs” and in the films 27 Dresses and The Proposal. Pan Am preems…
So in honor of wrapping up my Sundance submission cut, I thought I’d throw up our first teaser trailer online for Supporting Characters, the indie I shot in April. Feel free to share with friends and fam alike. Some of you may be wondering why the film isn’t called This Is My Girlfriend anymore… well,…