by Colin McCormack | Jan 5, 2022 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
As a young actor, some of FRAN KRANZ’s earliest roles found him working for such esteemed directors as Antoine Fuqua, Ridley Scott, and M. Night Shyamalan. From his big-screen debut in the cult classic Donnie Darko to a lead role in The Cabin in the Woods, Kranz... 
by Colin McCormack | Nov 18, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
The last time we spoke with JUSTIN CHON, he was riding high off the release of his second feature as actor/director, the Sundance Award-winning Gook. In the following years, Chon returned to Sundance for his next directorial effort, Ms. Purple, continued acting in... 
by Colin McCormack | Nov 3, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
HANNAH MARKS has quickly made a name for herself as an in-demand actor (in features such as Slash, Southbound, and I Used to Go Here; and series including Awkward and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), though she has almost just as quickly risen to the ranks of... 
by Colin McCormack | Sep 23, 2021 | indieBlog, Miscellany
The film industry is mourning the loss of a cinematic rule-breaker who epitomized the indie spirit, MELVIN VAN PEEBLES, who passed away on September 21. Born in 1932 in Chicago, Van Peebles served nearly four years in the U.S. Air Force before he began making short... 
by Colin McCormack | Jul 23, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
Actors/filmmakers/spouses ZOE LISTER-JONES and DARYL WEIN did what a lot of people said they would do during the early lockdown days of the COVID pandemic: they got productive. Collaborators for over a decade (including the features Breaking Upwards, Lola Versus,...