Career Advice

Denzel Washington Breaks Down the Key to Achieving Your Filmmaking Dreams
- Acting, Candid Advice, Career Advice, Motivation and Inspiration
- May 12, 2014
(photo: Black Enterprise)I know it's been a long minute since I last put up a blog post here. I actually have a few dozen things I've wanted to write about and share for some time now, but had my nose to the grindstone completely revamping and updating the brand-new 2nd Edition of my first book, Th...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Denzel Washington, Inspiration
My Short (But Memorable) Encounter With "Fast and Furious" Star, Paul Walker – R.I.P.
- Acting, Career Advice, Motivation and Inspiration
- December 3, 2013
Like many of you I was recently saddened by actor Paul Walker's untimely death. It was way too soon and sudden. While I didn’t personally know him, I did get to very briefly meet him and in that brief encounter he unexpectedly taught me a little showbiz lesson that I never forgot, so I wanted ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: celebrity deaths, Paul Walker, The Fast and Furious
PEEP THIS: My Vintage Interview w/ George Lucas (circa 1998)
- Career Advice, Interviews
- December 21, 2012
So some 15 years later, I finally got around to digitizing my old Beta Demo reel and came across this little blast from the past I wanted to share with y'all. This is a short video clip from "CORE" a teen show I worked on as a Segment Producer for The Education Channel, shot at the opening of ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: CORE, George Lucas, Star Wars, The Education Channel
L.A. Splash Interview and Review of "The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide"
- Book Reviews, Career Advice, Corporate Video, Interviews
- February 16, 2012
The reviews are coming in for my new book The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide, the sequel to my first film book and the early buzz is very good. After reviewing the book L.A. Splash magazine contacted me for an interview. I spoke with them for over an hour about learning the craft of fil...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: L.A. Splash Magazine, Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide
The Original "Mad Man", David Ogilvy Gives You 10 Tips for Better Writing
- Career Advice, Writing
- February 13, 2012
I just came across this blog post at Brain Pickings that features a quick bit of golden wisdom from the Godfather of modern advertising, David Ogilvy, whose personality and legendary ad firm, Ogilvy and Mather, are the inspiration for the wildly popular tv show "Mad Men". More than any other skill ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: advertising, David Ogilvy, Ogilvy and Mather
The Jerry Maguire-like Mission Statement that Every Filmmaker Should Read
- Candid Advice, Career Advice
- January 25, 2012
So I just came across this remarkable memo courtesy of a tweet by filmmaker Chris Jones of Living Spirit Pictures (also author of one of my favorite filmmaking books not written by me - The Guerrilla Filmmakers Handbook ). The memo - really a mission statement moreso than mere memo - is from Disn...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Jeffrey Katzenberg
REALITY CHECK: Your Filmmaking Job vs. Your Filmmaking Dreams
- Animation, Career Advice
- January 25, 2012
The Huffington Post is running a new series called The Sundance Diaries where a handful of 2012 Sundance filmmakers are guest-blogging their experiences. I wanted to share one of those posts from Stephen Neary, a young man I first met when he was just in high school and touring my area, The Produc...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Dr. Breakfast, Stephen Neary, Sundance
How to Train Your Clients…in 30 Days or Less
- Career Advice, Corporate Video, Film Books, Freelance Video
- November 16, 2011
If you shoot video as a freelance filmmaker, chances are high that you've had at least one client nightmare, so I thought I'd share this very funny spoof on the art of training your clients. It's an ebook/audiobook entitled How to Be a Better Client by the creative studio ID29 who clearly have an...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Double 7 Images, Pete Chatmon
Episode #79- Al Thompson – Actor / Writer / Director / Producer
- Acting, Career Advice, Directing, Double Down Film Show, Interviews, Web Series
- November 5, 2011
On the this episode of the Double Down Film Show multi-hyphenate actor/writer/producer/director Al Thompson of ValDean Entertainment will break down the web series game and how actors and content creators can take charge of their own career and cut out the middle man. Al has been a feature...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Al Thompson, Johnny B. Homeless, Lenox Ave, Odessa
Spike Tells It Like It Is to Young Filmmakers
- Candid Advice, Career Advice, Directing
- October 31, 2011
(AP File Photo) Just saw this posted by our friends at Shadow and Act and had to share also. This man is one of my inspirations. Shortly after seeing "Do the Right Thing", I officially switched my major to filmmaking and never looked back...Listen and learn. ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Spike Lee

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