Welcome

So where did I get the name for this blog?  From Films to Film School is the trajectory of my career: thirty years of writing, producing, acting, and directing low budget independent films, kind of making it up as I went along, sometimes with considerable success, always having a fair amount of fun, and then 9 years of full-time teaching at a premiere arts conservatory. 

From now until only God really knows, I will attempt to make regular postings.  Some will be “would of”, “should of” war stories about many of my past productions.  Some will be my musings about where I think the business is going and how to confront those challenges -- indeed, we live in “interesting times.” And many others will examine, with good humor, I hope, what I’ve learned about film school and film students.

And if I get lucky, a few students from the past may weigh in on how I’ve helped or scarred them for life.  So please old students—drop me a line.  I’ll set up a special section.  Sort of a Hall of Fame or Shame!

I’ve also put up a few trailers of past work.  I must admit I’ve never been very good at saving my work.  So as I find things on the Internet (since everything seems to be there—legally or not) I’ll put them up. 

Anyway, that’s it for now.  I’ll be back in a couple of days with—“How I Produced My First Film for $20,000, Shot on Film, Got a Theatrical Release and Made Money—When I Didn’t Really Know Squat!”  Truly inspirational…wc