Danny Derakhshan is a writer/film producer residing in Silicon Valley near the computing companies he values most. When not in production or writing scripts, he watches movies and reads.
When people think of making movies, there is the misconception to move to Los Angeles and to a lesser extent, New York City. While big cities like these do provide a networking capability beyond anyone's imagination(imagine ordering...
1. Mass mailings to big lists of distributors, sales agents, and film festivals instead of carefully calculating which ones are actually appropriate for your film.
If you need...
Some filmmakers(Steven Soderbergh, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino) say the best way to learn film is to make short films and get any practical experience you can on-set. Others (George Lucas, Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola) contest that...
Art is a rebellion. A way of showing honesty of how great and/or ugly us human beings can be. Art is not about being, its about doing. What art does is more than what it actually is. What is...
The Arab Film Festival also known as AFF is having a call for entries to their 14th annual film festival in the bay area.
This excerpt below is taken directly from their website to give you more information about the...
A bay area production company is hosting a short film festival at the Bluelight Cinemas in Cupertino by DeAnza College. Its called the 3 Day Film Challenge and will be playing at Bluelight June 19, 2010.
The website http://www...
The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar this year? Nope. Its Ex-Husband vs. Ex-Wife.
So who will win? My guess is Avatar. Its not a great film, but its full of special effects and movies are eye candy. Though The...
Violet Monday is a writer, poet, filmmaker, and artist from the bay area in California. Danny Derakhshan: Where are you so far in your career? Violet Monday: I'm working on a script and filming a documentary about the...
This will not only help people in the bay area but if you have friends or family that are writers or filmmakers then pass this along to them. A strong but polite letter will do wonders in a film career...
To kick off the 20th anniversary celebration, Cinequest kicks off with Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox and emerging actor Paul Dano(from Taking Woodstock, There Will Be Blood among others).
The synopsis follows:
Jacques is as cantankerous as they...