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,...
by Colin McCormack | Jun 23, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
If you watched any comedy on the internet from roughly 2003 to the present, you’ve likely encountered a JOSH RUBEN production. From his early online sketch group Dutch West to the Upright Citizens Brigade to being a founding member of CollegeHumor Originals,...
by Colin McCormack | May 5, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
As far as acting résumés go, they rarely get more impressive than the one belonging to DAVID OYELOWO. A Golden Globe, BAFTA, Emmy, and SAG Award-nominated actor – not to mention an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) – he has worked with some...
by Colin McCormack | Feb 12, 2021 | Filmmaker Resources, indieBlog, Interviews
More often than not, a filmmaker is only as good as their closest collaborators. So it must be comforting, then, if your closest collaborator is a person you have known for literally your entire life. Sibling filmmakers SARAH SHERMAN and ZACHARY RAY SHERMAN put their...