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Rule # 7: Do Your Own Thing

Rule # 7: Do Your Own Thing

If you’re writing a screenplay or making a video or movie, the only way to be noticed is by crafting something that is unique. The many films that started careers, like Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Monster’s Ball or Boys Don’t Cry display the unique talents of their...
RULE # 5: Life Lessons are learned by living

RULE # 5: Life Lessons are learned by living

Even though I didn’t go to film school, the most important thing I gained at USC was an elective class called “Monday Night at the Movies.” The class showed new American and classic foreign films and the screenings were accompanied by a question-and-answer session...
RULE # 4: Hollywood’s still the Promised Land.

RULE # 4: Hollywood’s still the Promised Land.

Many union rules, location costs, traffic control and the lack of tax and cash incentives have caused production in Hollywood to plummet.  But it still is the hub of pitching, developing, talent management and deal making. Long before I’d ever made movies,...