(Photo: Lance Gross in "The Last Fall") On our 80th epic episode of The Double Down Film Show we run through the unique journey of self-taught Writer/Director, Matthew Cherry. In the span of just a few years Matthew went from NFL Player for the Jacksonville Jaquars to Production Assistant to direc...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show, we’ll be talking to Mark Benjamin the co-executive producer and co-director of the riveting and popular Sundance Channel documentary series, Brick City, which has been described by TV Guide as “A real-life version of The Wire”… This gritty d...read more
Trailer HBO is premiering a new doc on the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that sparked the modern Labor Movement. I was very struck with this story when I first read it in a third or fourth grade history book. You learn a hundred little lessons along the way, but this story always stuck with m...read more
Check out my homey Darius Clark Monroe's award-winning short film, Train, which was just named a Vimeo staff pick. Waiting for that first feature to drop now, man! ...read more
So, this is not filmmaking-related, but felt I just had to share my perspective on one of the most popular topics in entertainment at the moment...So last night I went to see Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, the infamous new Broadway musical. I wanted to see it despite all the negative pre-publicity i...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be having an in-depth conversation with celebrated Screenwriter, Playwright and Professor - Richard Wesley.Richard is the comic mind behind the iconic 70’s smash hits Uptown Saturday Night and Let’s Do It Again starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and ...read more
Hey good people, after a busy winter hiatus I am back on the blog scene. I've been spending some much neded time with the family, finishing up some projects for some of my corporate clients and getting deep into writing my next book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelancer's Guide which I'll be sharing exc...read more
I'm sure I'm not the only one who can relate to this very funny video about clients.Stay tuned for my next book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelancer's Guide (working title) where I'll be giving tips on managing these types of encounters with clients amongst other concerns for those of us that make mone...read more
Life imitates art. Witness a real-life Tron Light Cycle built by the creative geniues at Packer Brothers Choppers. For a cool $55,000 you can finally ride something to make the macho guys who ride superbikes feel inadequate when you pull up next to them..."You call that a bike? This is a real bike...read more