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Meet the Filmmaker: Alan Wartes, “I Once Ate a Pepper”

I Once Ate a Pepperwww.alanraywartes.com

1396668_242881279203711_910622417_nQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?

AW: Having produced and directed theater for the stage for a number of years, the leap to film was a natural one for me. I love the power of the camera to put the audience right in the scene and right in my characters’ lap. Animation represents a whole new level of storytelling potential that I’m having fun exploring.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?

AW: I Once Ate a Pepper began as a poem I wrote many years ago when my kids were young. It languished in my slush pile until the digital revolution made it possible—and affordable—to play around with animation right in my own office. It’s an unpretentious film that exists only to bring a smile to as many faces as possible.

Q: What else are you working on?

AW: I have plans to produce an animated music video for a song I wrote for a library summer reading program called “97 Bazillion Books.” You can hear it at https://soundcloud.com/alan-wartes/97-bazillion-books

And I have a couple of new live action shorts in development.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?

AW: I really don’t give a crap about “success.” So I come at filmmaking like a toddler in a room full of toys. I play with something while it interests me and then I toss it over my shoulder and move on to something else.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?

AW: You can see my writing and many of my films at www.alanraywartes.com.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?

AW: Fun. Cool. The indie filmmaker’s friend. Be there.

I Once Ate aa Pepper will screen June 19th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Kate Lowell, “The Wolves”

The W532683_163460457150427_1034368496_nolveswww.katelowell.weebly.com

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?

KL: I became a filmmaker because life was too easy. Haha. Nothing, I repeat NOTHING, is more stressful than making a film. I love a good challenge!

Q: What are we going to see at EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?

KL: You will see my attempt at being a first-time director. This was my first ever short film and the experience was so gratifying that I intend on there being many many more! The Wolves has screened many times before. It took home Best Drama and Best Overall Film at the Steamboat Student Film Festival, Best Drama and Best Overall Film at the Colorful Colorado Film Festival for Youth, and Best Drama at the Pi Awards. It is also included in the official selection for Intendence Film Festival taking place at the end of this month.

Q: What else are you working on?

KL: I’m currently working as the AC for local web series Inner Dimension created by Kasha Fauscett. I will be filming a documentary following a group of backpackers in Hawaii at the end of this month. I will also be entering pre-production for my next short film (I’m addicted!) shortly as well.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?

KL: This film is quite dark as you will see. I always tell myself I should do a comedy for once, but each time I have a new idea, it always end up having shades of a dark conspiracy theory film. I think it’s ironic because I’m quite a bubbly individual!

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?

KL: Follow me on Facebook is probably the best way! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kate-Lowell/456456247771770
Or you can visit my site www.katelowell.weebly.com

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmaker’s Project?

KL: I love it! And I absolutely love the board! I am eternally grateful for Patrick Sheridan and Mark Mook– they have both taught me so much! Thank you EFP!

The Wolves will screen June 19th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Richard Weimer, “Paper”

Paperwww.RichWeimerFilms.com

Richard WeimerQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?
RW: I watch a lot of movies. I became curious how they were made. It seemed easy enough so I started making my own.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
RW: It’s an off-kilter stop motion video about paper. I have no immediate plans for this video. The EFP seems like a good place to figure them out.

Q: What else are you working on?
RW: I am working on an experimental animation project. It’s called Terror. Its hard to explain but it is about 400 drawings of a terrified man running. The pictures are stenciled and then taped to the wall one at a time. (one picture for one frame) Each new picture overlaps the previous picture leaving a trail of the previous frames in each new frame. A camera and dolly track the trail of pictures around the wall.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
RW: I’m compulsive. When I have an idea, I just start filming it and see where it takes me. There is not a lot of planning involved. Sometimes it’s a good thing and other times it’s not.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
RW: RichWeimerFilms.com. I also have a film that is playing in the New Belgium “Clips of Faith” film tour. They’ll be in Boulder this month.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
RW: I don’t know many filmmakers in Denver. The Emerging Filmmakers Project seems like a good place to meet some.

Paper will screen June 19th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Nancy Fingerhood, “Middle Aged Women Gone Wild”

Middle Aged Women Gone Wildhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX1iS6J2ChemYzS-IA7BzQ

Nancy Fingerhood head shotQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?
NF: I felt like I had some funny stories to tell and I enjoy the process of seeing an idea from my head come to life.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
NF: Middle Aged Women Gone Wild, a parody of girls gone wild. It screened at the Oriental Theatre on Open Screen Night and won first place. I would like it to go viral on YouTube!

Q: What else are you working on?
NF: A sitcom pitch for NBC for my show Mile High Nancy.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
NF: My daughter gave me lice over a year ago and I shaved off all my hair and wore a wig.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
NF: Just search my name Nancy Fingerhood on YouTube.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
NF: Thank you to the EFP for the opportunity to support local filmmakers.

Middle Aged Women Gone Wild will screen June 19th at The Emerging Filmmakers Project.