First Location: Mansion

I was wondering where we were going to get a mansion for the shoot on our budget. This was going to be one of the more difficult locations to find. Talk about lucky! This is near Laguna Beach. Also, Aimee and I were both born in the year of the horse. I took this as a good sign.

First Production Meeting Held, Mopitz on Board

We met at La Creperie Café in Long Beach to get the basics organized. Yummy crepes by the way. Michelle Opitz comes on board to help produce the film. We have previously worked together on Aimee's doc about Amy Holden Jones. Michelle graduated from AFI in the directing program and went to Chapman for her undergrad. We're thrilled to have her.

Aimee Holguin comes on board as producer.

Aimee Holguin comes on board as producer. Aimee and I went to filmschool together and worked on the documentary about Amy Holden Jones when we interviewed Roger Corman. Principle Photography set for September.

"Baghead" gets picked by Sony Pictures Classics

My Project:Involve mentor Jay Duplass just sold his film to Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance. Congrats to the Duplass Brothers!

Hamlet 2 gets picked up.

Having previously collaborated on Donnie's Tree, Justin Pearson completed sound editing on Hamlet 2 which just got picked up at Sundance for $10 million. Congrats Justin!

RED completed

The camera test for Justify that turned into a short film is now complete and and submitted to a few festivals. Back onto Justify!

Holidays! Holidays!

Been eating like a pig, but who's complaining? Nothing gets done between Christmas and New Year's day. It's just an unsaid rule. Well, I broke it (just a little) working on a short, short film called "Red." It started out as a camera test for Justify but found a story in there. Waste not. Well, add some sound, music, chop it up, and voila!...a short film. Shoot, now there's a deadline for a film festival.