“Acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott told young filmmakers Monday night that they had “no excuses” not to be able to go out and make a movie. Speaking at a special BAFTA: A Life in Pictures event celebrating his career, Scott said the availability of modern technologies, such as digital cameras and computer editing programs, meant many…
First Blog of a new Year….2018….very happy to still be here! Life ….. wonderful, exciting…. so full of possibilities, new adventures, new people…..new things to learn. Our world is changing very quickly..largely due to technology. I am getting ready to shoot a new short… About Andy…….we shoot this coming weekend…..excited…… it is a sort of…
Went to the Idaho premiere of JASON BOURNE last week and had the pleasure of chatting to Matt Damon for a short while. He lives up to his reputation of being one of the nicest people in the business. I met him first in Berlin some years back on the set of the Bourne film, he…
Big night tomorrow, The Oscars and although I am not a great believer of pitting talent against talent in awards shows, it’s been going on forever and won’t stop…too many of them now, but the extra money a Best Picture win always means more money at the box office, which puts a big smile on…
So the big nominations are now out…the Golden Globes a distant memory already. The Oscar noms are reasonably predictable…but I am seething that Director, Ridley Scott was ignored. THE MARTIAN is a near perfect film and that is largely down to the direction. Apart from his obvious skill as a Director, Ridley Scott has contributed…
So DOWNTON is in its final season. I think the driving success of the show apart from the obvious, is the love and compassion that Julian Fellowes has put into his stories and writing. Julian is an old friend, although I dont see much of him these days with the incredibly busy life he leads.…
Had a great day, a week ago shooting a new short film COUGAR, which I wrote and put together. The actual shoot went incredibly well, considering that it was more complicated than desirable, for a one day scheduled shoot with quite a few extras, a large restaurant location and a few location changes, but…
