RSTMPA : What initially drew you to filmmaking? Allan : I have always been interested in film. Have been a collector of classic films and TV series on DVD for many years. Started at an early age with cinefilm. Through my profession in music it became natural to start making music videos for my own music. From there it was not a long step to also producing short films. RSTMPA : Who...
Read MoreRSTMPA: What initially drew you to filmmaking? Mario: Telling stories. I have always loved feeling and emotion. RSTMPA: Who are your filmmaking influences, and how do they inspire your work? Mario: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Gene Roddenberry, and Vince Gilligan. These four filmmakers could tell any story with any character. The talent and body of work of each of these filmmakers is incredible. RSTMPA: What are some of the biggest challenges you face...
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RSTMPA : What initially drew me to film?? Timmy : When I was young, I always liked films, I would come home everyday and I would watch about two to three films a day and also I loved to write. I'll write short stories and I have one diary that I'll write my thoughts about everyday and every time. I'll write all day everyday, even when I'm in class. RSTMPA : Who...
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RSTMPA : What initially drew you to filmmaking? Curtis : I was born in 1974 in England, and my mother was a single mother. Once a week she would do the groceries, and I would go to the cinema alone from an early age. It was the blockbuster era, I saw Superman, Grease, The Empire Strikes Back. Alien and Jaws. That set me up to see the quality of the silver screen...
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RSTMPA: What initially drew you to filmmaking? Sybil: It was the ancestors that drew me into this endeavor, because I am not trained as a filmmaker, it is all passion, and spirit led. RSTMPA: Who are your filmmaking influences, and how do they inspire your work? Sybil: I truly admire, documentary films. When I have viewed various subjects and themes, I gain inspiration from the filmmaker and the story they bring forth to...
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RSTMPA : What initially drew you to filmmaking? Guilia : I was a photographer first, then little by little I started to explore the possibility of filming. I have always seen video as the possibility of creating moving photographs! In fact, this background as a photographer is clearly visible in the filming of my documentary. RSTMPA : Who are your filmmaking influences, and how do they inspire your work? Guilia : I never...
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RSTMPA -What initially drew you to filmmaking? John - I've been a film fan for my entire life and grew up in front of a television or in a movie theater—and even a drive-in movie theater! RSTMPA -Who are your filmmaking influences, and how do they inspire your work? John - I'm a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick, but there are so many other directors I admire like Billy Wilder, Blake Edwards, Mel...
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I would like to thank you for the lovely trophy you sent me for our movie “Transition”. I really appreciate your choosing our documentary for your film festival and one of your favorite films. RSTMPA - What initially drew you to filmmaking? Sas - It wasn’t the film making that I was drawn to, I really wanted to show the Mongolian nomadic life before it disappeared. First came the topic. Then the...
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RSTMPA : What initially drew you to filmmaking? Samantha : I think a sort of "chain reaction" was triggered. At the beginning came the love for literature, then for art, until one afternoon, I was a child, I saw a film by Ingmar Bergman, “Winter Light”. Cinema conquered me that day. RSTMPA : Who are your filmmaking influences, and how do they inspire your work? Samantha : I admire many directors but I...
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RSTMPA: What initially drew you to filmmaking? Zsolt: The good films. When I was a teenager, we didn't go to the cinema to see giant gorillas jumping or sharks circling, but to watch films with value and talent. In Europe, in the seventies, eighties and nineties, there were many good Italian, French, English and Hungarian films. They were shown in cinemas. Even in Indian cinemas at the time, many Hungarian films...
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