2010 January — AN INDIE LIFE

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My Open Letter to The Annapolis Pretentious Film Society — re: NY LATELY screening on Sat (Feb 13th)

NEW YORK LATELY screens this Valentine’s Day Weekend! Actors Jenn Dees, Mark DiConzo and myself will be in attendance for a Q&A immediately after screening. Date: Sat (Feb 13th) – 12:30 PM Venue: Rams Head Tavern (33 West Street Annapolis, Maryland 21401) Doors Open at 12 Noon Purchase Tickets Online Here – $8 in Advance $10 at the Door The cast and I are thrilled to be invited by Peri and Lisa Lewnes — founders of the Annapolis Pretentious Film [...]

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Find Your Audience — So They Can Find You

***This article was originally posted on The Workbook Project’s NEW BREED website on September 26, 2009*** Earlier this month, I posted a blog about making a film and facing its praise and criticism (you can read it here). The main question it led to was this: How do you find your audience — so they can find YOU? What I mean by this is we as filmmakers first need to find an audience (i.e distribution) to get our films out [...]

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A LOVELY Test Screening

For background history on the film project – visit my previous New Breed Article: “A LOVELY Filmmaking Process” Having achieved picture lock with WHAT’S UP LOVELY, I feel that I am now able to fully cover the details of the decision-making process during the editing stage — and how engaging with test audiences affected its final outcome. Mind you, we are still in post-production as of this writing (currently getting the score and sound work done) so never say never, [...]

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First DEATH OF THE DEAD trailer released

The zombie action/comedy I was hired to direct for STRANGE STUFF PRODUCTIONS has a trailer. Look for the film to be released in late 2010. DEATH OF THE DEAD – Teaser Trailer from Gary King on Vimeo.

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How To Be a Guerrilla (Lessons in DIY Filmmaking)

FOREWORD: In shooting “What’s Up Lovely” there were several techniques that I had to use in order to keep the costs down. Working with a micro-budget forces one to be very resourceful and aware of one’s limitations (sometimes in a good way….sometimes not). With this film, not having much money meant that the locations we chose either had to be in a place that someone could help us secure for no fee (i.e. a friend’s place, someone’s workplace, etc) or [...]

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Teaching an Acting Intensive (One on One Acting Studio)

I’m holding an acting intensive on Jan 26th (Tuesday) at One on One in NYC. Below are the details about the class and times from their website. I look forward to meeting some new actors and workshopping my new material from AMERICANA! AMERICANA Background: My Blog Kitchen Table Films – Projects in Development ————————————— Class Details (2 classes) – *** Please note you must be a member of One on One to sign up for this event.*** Date: Tuesday, [...]

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NEW YORK LATELY named One of the Ten Best of 2009

ROW THREE named my film New York Lately among their TOP TEN FILMS of 2009 — we made 2 lists! (critics Andrew James and John Allison). Click to see the lists here I’m very humbled by the company of films it’s included with. Thank you to both the critics and everyone who worked on the film with me! Visit the NY Lately Official Website NEW YORK LATELY – Theatrical Trailer (HD) from Gary King on Vimeo.

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Top 16 Films of 2009

My Yearly Top 16 List is a tad different — it includes films from any year that I just happened to catch for the first time during 2009. So here we go…. 2009 TOP SIXTEEN 16. Colore Non Vedenti (2009) 15. Pontypool (2008) 14. Ink (2009) 13. The Puffy Chair (2005) 12. Wendy and Lucy (2008) 11. Up (2009) 10. Sin Nombre (2009) 9. Broken Embraces (2009) 8. The Wrestler (2008) 7. The Double Life of Veronique (1991) 6. Fat [...]

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WHAT’S UP LOVELY – Director’s Statement

As a filmmaker I want to experiment, try different things and discover who I am. I feel that I am still early on in my development. Prior to shooting “What’s Up Lovely” I had just completed two films that more or less dealt with multiple characters. With this film, I wanted to scale back and tell a more intimate tale about one character — something that could be more personal to both the audience and myself. Influenced by the more [...]

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