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Meet the Filmmaker: Andrew Ellsworth, “Entropy”

“Entropy”

12095010_1058744844166206_3898473601619574047_oQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?
AE: When I was nine years old I saw Ridley Scott’s “Alien.” Despite the fact I was too young to understand the themes or events that were taking place within the film, it still evoked a very visceral reaction out of me and I found myself enthralled in the universe that Scott had created. It was fascinating that this world that drew such a real emotion out of me was completely fictional and created by a team of people with Scott at the helm. I knew at that moment that I needed to do for others what he had done for me.
Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
AE: “Entropy” is Kate Lowell (fellow young filmmaker) and my first venture into collaborating with one another on a film. It happened to coincide with Kate’s first production class at the Colorado Film School so it seemed like a prime opportunity to partner up on her film as a producer/director duo.
Q: What else are you working on?
AE: I’m currently slated to direct a film written by Thomas May within the next couple of months as well as producing three other short films in the Colorado area.
Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
AE: Everyone asks me about my New York accent. I’ve lived in Colorado my whole life. I don’t hear it.
Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
AE: Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.ellsworth.98?fref=ts
Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
AE: It’s an honor to be featured and I look forward to meeting everyone present. You guys have something truly unique and inspiring going on at the EFP. It’s such a great environment to spend an evening at.
“Entropy” will be screening at the January 21st Emerging Filmmaker’s Project. 
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Meet the Filmmaker: Guillermo Roques, “The Big Sell”

“The Big Sell”

www.guillermoroques.com

photo2voiceQ: Why did you become a filmmaker?
GR: I finished my Degree in Journalism at the same time there was a big Media crisis and newspapers were closing down. I had a lot of free time and I gave it a try.
Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
GR: ¨The Big Sell¨ is a video that I did for the Denver Voice. Once a year, the Board members go out to the streets with the vendors trying to promote the newspaper. They asked me to film it. This is the result of a few hours of a cold morning in Downtown Denver.
It has been used at different fundraising events by the Denver Voice.
Hopefully, in the future it will be part of a broader project about the many faces of homelessness.
Q: What else are you working on?
GR: I´m working around a couple short documentaries about homelessness, and also an experimental piece about The Sand Creek Masacre.
Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
GR: I usually edit very fast and I get a rough cut in a few hours. I spend 3/4 of my time looking for background sounds and trying different color corrections.
Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
GR: My website is www.guillermoroques.com
Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
GR: Good place. Cold beer (sometimes). Great people.
“The Big Sell” will be screening at the January 21st Emerging Filmmaker’s Project.