Pete
27 years old
Los Angeles
Male
About
I graduated from Nyack College in NY with a film degree almost two years ago, and am currently working for a small media company, Sideshow Media Group. In the past three years, I've directed five short films, one feature length, and worked on several short pieces as a part of Sideshow. I enjoy directing, but I'm also partial to screenwriting, editing, and shooting my films.
My most recent film took home the Judges Award at the Through the Glass Darkly Film Festival presented by Tribeca Cinemas in NYC. In 2005 I edited and shot a short piece (Do You Love Me?) that took home gold at the 2005 Telly Awards. This past August I made the move with seven friends across the country from just north of NYC to just east of LA.
I believe that visual media is one of the most powerful forms of communication in the world. Films start trends; they begin and end eras. I'm a fan of honest storytelling, and I'm pretty sure that your beliefs are always evident in your art. I feel like more honesty-and less extravagence-is needed in Hollywood. The feature film industry's declining, frankly, because of a lack of originality; a lack of tangibility. Back in the late sixties, Bob Dylan said, "The times, they are 'a changin'". We should probably be keeping that up.
Films That Have Changed My Life
The Fountain, The Prestige, Stranger Than Fiction, Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You For Smoking, Lady In The Water, Serenity, Garden State, The Big Lebowski, Me And You And Everyone We Know, The Squid And The Whale, Bottlerocket, V For Vendetta, Fargo, Donnie Darko, The Royal Tenebaums, The Life Aquatic, Oldboy, Battle Royale, Requiem For A Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Sin City, The Weatherman, Tombstone, Romeo And Juliet, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Alien, Alien 3, Closer, Crash, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Bottlerocket, Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, Time Bandits, Hustle And Flow, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Anchorman, Batman, Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Mind, The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, Office Space, Snatch, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Mean Machine, Touch Of Evil, Shaun Of The Dead, Match Point, The Wizard Of Oz, Good Night And Good Luck
Music That I Listen To In The Car
Sufjan Stevens, The Arcade Fire, Iron & Wine, Boy Kill Boy, Dave Matthews, The Shins, Snow Patrol, The Carey Brothers, Elliot Smith, Portishead, Radiohead, The Ghetto Boyz, The Flaming Lips, The Twilight Singers, Death Cab For Cutie, Johnny Cash, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Coheed And Cambria, Zero 7, Counting Crows, Clint Mansell, My Brightest Diamond, Shiny Toy Guns, Rage Against The Machine, The Cure, Boston, Panic At The Disco, She Wants Revenge, Buck 65, Oxcarts, Duplex Housing Committe, Josh Ritter, My Chemical Romance, The Smashing Pumpkins, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Riddley, Guster, Nirvana, The Zutons, Interpol, Coco Rosie
TV That I Don't Watch On TV
Arrested Development, The Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, Six Feet Under, Rome, Scrubs, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen
Books That I Read While Sitting By My Fireplace Wearing My Smoking Jacket
The Bible, The Irresistable Revolution, Sex God, Lord Of The Rings, Timothy Zhan's Star Wars books, Thumbsucker, 1984, Animal Farm, The Chronicles Of Narnia, Velvet Elvis, The Brothers Grimm Fairytales (you know, the gorey ones)
EvenlyRose, Aug 1, 2007:
cool profile picture
Pollyanna, Jul 31, 2007:
I'm glad Im not the only one to notice the mispelling ,I use a dictionary constantly. and I even noticed that one.
Chris Flew, Jun 26, 2007:
if you have any spare footage on the cutting room floor, feel free to put it alongside my music. keep up with the creativity sir. cfx
Derek Halet, Feb 22, 2007:
ahhh, thats one way to become my friend.
thanks for just coming out... truly, I hope you enjoyed it.
the comment is more than kind.
Aubrey, Feb 7, 2007:
Truly one of the better bands from yesteryear. I wish I could catch them live...I only saw them once for free at Amoeba in one of my favorite acoustic shows of all time.
Aubrey, Jan 31, 2007:
Don't forget to add yourself to www.whatstoeatla.com ...all the cool people are doing it. And really...there's also something slightly "inner-nerdy" about knowing the secrets of LA.
Aubrey, Jan 29, 2007:
I have friends that should write comedies...you are one of them.
Aubrey, Jan 29, 2007:
How in the world did "The Prestige" change your life?
starmack, Jan 28, 2007:
i have a question! your virb skills baffle me. how'd you get that player to work...?
Aubrey, Jan 26, 2007:
The times they are a changin'...I do beleive that with the nucleus of friends that are shared that great works should be flowing from it...continuously. Discipline and persistance should abound in leaps. Please don't be lazy (not saying you are) in pursuiing nothing short of pure imagination and excellence. Now get to work.