Last night I burned the midnight oil working on new illustrations for my animated film project, The Legend of Billy Blin, about a mystical creature on stilts in search of his lost youth. I started to think about the various film artists who have had a significant influence on my work. If I had [...]

Much to my delight, two very talented filmmakers who I am happy to call my friends made it into Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM issue. They are Mike Tully (director of Cocaine Angel , who also writes a very entertaining blog for Indiewire, and Alex Karpovsky, the [...]

Though no digital photos are available as of yet, I can assure you in words that the third incarnation of the Woodstock in the City series at Makor was a success! Though it started off with some technical difficulties — due to a broken air conditioner in the screening room (and [...]

..is the title of the film I went to see recently at a press screening. The audience, packed with 80 year olds, a few of them in wheelchairs, seemed to enjoy themselves. More than can be said for the other half

Mary Kerr of Docuclub , who I had the pleasure of meeting at the closing night party of this year’s Full Frame Festival, is taking over the position of Executive Director of the Flaherty Seminar/IFS , one of the most respected documentary organizations in the country. The IFS is a non-profit that was [...]