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I initially did not dare to self-promote in this fine newsletter. Then I considered that maybe I’m just a lil bald lil bitchboy if I don’t mention the film which I spent years making. In Dogleg, I play an amateur director who loses his girlfriend’s dog at a gender reveal party on the morning of a big shoot. We just wrapped a string of premieres in L.A. and NYC and this summer the film will act like a band and go on a world tour. 🌎🗺️ Peter Jackson (LOTR) said in Esquire: “I’m still thinking about it a week later. It’s the best film I’ve seen in 2023.” Playing in your city soon.
May 15, 2023
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Directed by first short film this spring and I’m in the process of editing it now. Or rather working with my talented friend and editor to bring the screenplay I wrote to life. It’s been a summer of moving through it, like intentionally not getting bogged down by things that make me want to give up.
Everyone on my team and other filmmakers I chat with say that the most important thing is to ultimately release this film into the world because that’s the only way you’ll really learn and improve but, of course, that’s absolutely terrifying.
So I ride my bike and do some yoga and hang with my friends and try to just move through that fear which I suppose is how I’ve been with most of my emotional life this summer: receiving an emotion, letting it crash through me, and allowing it to recede back into the ocean of it all. It’s been a really good summer. All in all, I’m super proud to even be here.
Aug 13, 2024
I turned 30 in December. I'm living in Wisconsin with my wife and two children. I love my family - even the extended ones. We all just traveled to Arizona together for a week. It was my first time there. I couldn't believe how beautiful and relentless the desert was. Sprained my ankle on the first day.
Despite my wife and me working honest-to-God corporate jobs and making sure our infant and toddler survive, I managed to shoot an independent feature film last year. I wrote, produced, and directed it. It's called Creature Fear and we're hoping to release this year. (Not using this as solicitation, just proud of what the gang accomplished).
Intangibles: not afraid to cry tears of joy or despair; love people who do what they say they're going to or communicate in advance if it ain't gonna happen (it's my biggest personal pain when I don't do this myself); my fixations don't define me; if you have your health, you have everything.
Picture taken after the "martini" shot on the movie.
May 5, 2025
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I know this isn't a recc so @TYLER pls don't kick me off this platform.
But y'all are very cool and cinephiley and although I've always found self promotion so cringe here I am saying I'm making a film and any support from you all clicking this page, to re-recing, to donating, or sharing with your people would make you an angel in my book.
Peace + blessings upon you good spirits even if you just scroll past this <3 <3 <3 ^.^
Mar 16, 2024
Top Recs from @al-warren
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Popular where I’m from in Mississippi. In high school, every weekend my friends and I would listen to Dave Matthews and not drink alcohol. We’d drive to Bonsai, a Japanese steakhouse where they cook in front of you at your table.I don’t know why but going the fuck in on fried rice and teppanyanki chicken just hits kinda harder in the South.
May 15, 2023
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Mysterious band and one of my favs ever. “God Has Lips: Collected Recordings Vol.1” is the new album, their first release since 2010. This is that real shit I would like to listen to in a locker room before a game drinking blue gatorade dipping Skoal mint longcut kicking over garbage cans.
May 15, 2023
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The work of Italian musician and visual artist Lorenzo Senni is all about anticipation. His music ranges from angular, beatless-trance-buildups – it sounds like it reads – to orchestral deconstruction. His mixes, his film scores, his runway show scores, his albums – it’s very my shit. Very inspiring. He runs “Presto!? Records” in Milan and is also a super nice guy.
May 15, 2023