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I've been an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years. I first picked up a video camera as a teen when I would direct short-films with my buddies for extra credit that we needed to not fail our German class. To this day I don't speak a lick of German, but I passed, and kept my teacher and classmates laughing, so I guess I did learn something out of those classes after-all.
For the past decade I have been making a living as the owner of Paper Plane Group, Inc., a full-service film and video firm. We have the ability to take a film or video project through every phase of development through to final delivery. I have been involved in various capacities from Producer and Director all the way down the chain to PA on more than 40 commercials music videos, and industrial films for various clients around the Northwest. In addition, in 2008 I shot and released my first full-length feature film, "Harry Christmas," which is currently set for straight-to-DVD distribution nationally over Christmas 2009, and am deep in pre-production on my next movie, which I will be filming this fall.
When I'm not in production, I write about film for various outlets, including Videomaker magazine, my own website: www.filmethic.com, and of course, here at www.suite101.com. I hope you find my articles helpful, and if there is any particular topic that you'd like me to write on, please don't hesitate to drop me a note.