Filmmaker Fridays

Introducing filmmaker Jack Thomas Smith. Jack is the director of the 2014 horror film INFLICITION. In this #filmmakerfriday piece, Jacks tells us when he began his filmmaking career and the story behind his horror films.   1. When did you…

Introducing Sarah Sellman and Greg Grano, directors of the documentary AMERICAN BEAR. In this road trip film, Sarah and Greg set out to explore different states by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night.  Sarah Sellman…

We introduce filmmaker Mirra Bank, who directed the baseball documentary THE ONLY REAL GAME. The documentary focuses the importance of baseball for people in a remote and troubled place. Mirra talks about bringing this subject matter to film.      Mirra Banks (center) …

Today, we feature director Keva Rosenfeld as part of our #FilmmakerFridays series. In 1984, Keva filmed All American High, a documentary which featured the senior class of Torrance High School. Several decades later, the film was rediscovered, which posed the…

Meet Jenny Mackenzie, director of the documentary Sugar Babies. The eye-opening documentary focuses on the rise of childhood diabetes. Filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie tackles this issue by exploring and revealing the truth of this growing epidemic and how it is effecting…

We continue our Filmmaker Fridays series by introducing filmmaker Brent Hodge. Brent Hodge has directed many films including the documentary “A Brony Tale”, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last year. Since filming “A Brony Tale,” Brent has been working…

After walking the Camino de Santiago in 2008, Lydia became inspired to film and direct her first feature film about the Camino pilgrimage. Get a glimpse of what it was like to walk the Camino de Santiago by hearing what Lydia…

  Sabrina Lee and Shasta Grenier directed the documentary Not Yet Begun to Fight, a documentary about a group of veterans coping with different physical and psychological traumas who find healing through the art of fly-fishing. The documentary has won…

Introducing Saffron Cassaday, director of Cyber-Seniors​. Saffron directed the heartwarming documentary about a group of seniors who discover the world of the Internet with the help of teenage volunteers. In this #FilmmakerFriday piece, she talks to us about what inspired…

Director Angela Sun talks about her film she directed that was released on iTunes in August. Angela spent years researching and uncovering the plastic pollution crisis, which she then decided to film the documentary Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garage…