This is all watchable at the official $5 Cover site – but I’m posting it here as we wind-down on the official launch and TV airings of $5 Cover.
This was an incredibly exciting project to be a part of, and has been a continuation of a weird intersection of my life and Memphis, Tennessee that started with my first-ever short film “The Knocking Box” playing at Indie Memphis, continued with $5 Cover, got deeper when “Address to Silas on the Occasion of the Retreat at Los Angeles County” won best …

Another passed-on idea that I’m reposting because I still think it holds water: a game show that rewards players for their ability to lie convincingly, not about personal information (a la “what’s my line?”) but about facts. It’s pure bluffing – poker without the poker. It’s called “Million Dollar Bluff.”
As always, would love to hear what you think, whoever you are.

From Warrior Queen (a UCLA thesis film I produced – filmed in Ghana, Africa) Hezekiah Lewis (director), the other two producers, Heather and Yule and two real superheroes, Hiro and Robin.

“The English Lesson” tells the story of a wormy, closeted momma’s boy who gets his comeuppance from a Croatian gangster and his sex-starved wife. There’s not a likable character in it and a very large part of me wishes it had been my thesis project at UCLA.

You can download the pdf here or scroll down. I promise that (I think) it’s funny. I want somebody to make this film.

A while back, I was invited to participate in a think tank about mobile/entertainment put on by Nokia. I pitched to them an idea that I still really want to see happen: the idea that an intelligent video camera (like Nokia’s N95) could become the filming media and platform for self-generated first-person documentaries.
First-person documentary is a bit of an obsession of mine. I’m making a documentary on my friend, Fi, and 90% of the footage is stuff he shot. His self-filmed DV is far more interesting, raw, …