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Introduction

For my mid-life crisis I've decided to reinvent myself as a writer/director. After taking all the available film classes at the local community college I'm out in the Real World making contacts and working on my own silent movie project.

What do you do (or want to do) in film, TV, Internet, etc.?

I believe in film as an agent of change– stories of courage, redemption and love are the kind I would like to tell. The power that the movies have to sweep the audience into other worlds and affect them deeply is what attracts me to a career in film. My videos on Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iEeFm...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwSz1m...

What do you want out of this group? (i.e.: networking, collaborators, education, show-and-tell, presentations, etc.)?

Filmmaking is a collaborative medium and I'd like to meet others in the same situation as I am- full of ideas and skills but needing people to work with. Right now I work with my two sons who are my editing, music, animation, sound design team. Right nowI'm making a no-budget silent movie with my dinky little Samsung S850! I plan to present it as a if it were long lost film that has been recently restored and am using static compositions to emulate the style of the times. You can find the fan page on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/groups/173995202667837/

What is your favorite film/TV genre?

Film Noir; Screwball Comedy; Pre-Code Hollywood; Fantasy Epics; Animation; Science Fiction; Gothic Horror; Westerns; Sword and Sandal; Pirates; German Expressionism etc etc etc...

What Leslie Stem is saying about this Meetup Group

There seems to a lot of lively, intelligent and talented people in the group. And it is great to not have to drive to the Westside or the Valley!