Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The True Adolescents Experience


I have worked on a dozen independent films wearing many hats on all of them. Two of the short films I have produced and managed have gone on to win awards at the Florida Film and Musica Festival (First Date dir. Alesia Glidewell), Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Twin Rivers Media Festival (Courage Doesn't ASK dir. by Joe Acton) but none of the features I have ever worked on have gone on to screen at festivals in competition. That was until Yesterday when SXSW posted this years lineup announcement. True Adolescents written and directed by Craig Johnson and produced by Thomas Woodrow is the little indie film that could. Craig is originally from Bellingham WA and ended up in NYC attending NYU where he met Thom. Together they flew out to Seattle met Sean Porter and Laurie Hicks and the rest is history. I worked as the production coordinator on this project and met and have made some of my greatest friends on this film set. As any low budget indie does, you have your days. Ours had to have been when the camera truck caught fire and the entire crew spent the day cleaning the camera equipment as apposed to shooting when one of the lead actressess was schedule to fly away in 2 days. Although this day was awful, the NYC & Seattle crew bonded, pulled it out and made it happen. I loved working on this film and I love the crew. I'm so excited to reunite with my TA family in Austin for the world premiere. Thank you Thom, Craig and Jenny Lee for all your hard work in post production. This amazing news speaks loudly of your determination and dedication to this project. Thank you Gil Holland, Emanuel Michael and Stu Pollard for supporting the project. Look out Austin, here we come. xoj

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