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It's OFFICIAL y'all. I'll be joining the team at @ It's OFFICIAL y'all. I'll be joining the team at @usccinema Spring 2023 to help shape some young doc filmmaking minds. Psyched to be teaching directing (and to be asked by the legendary Mark Harris no less) in the graduate doc film production course. πŸ™
Joshua Tree, CA // Nov 2022 Joshua Tree, CA // Nov 2022
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Kokopelli sighting in the skies over Monrovia, CA. Kokopelli sighting in the skies over Monrovia, CA.
Dug up this old pic for a masterclass I did at @la Dug up this old pic for a masterclass I did at @lachsacinematicarts @lachsa_official a couple of weeks ago (which was a blast). A decent festival run, a screening at Independent Film Week, and 7 Best Doc Awards led to a handful of offers. I'm not sure what possessed us to sign the film over to (the now defunct) GoKart Films... but seeing your DVD on store shelves back in those days – in this case Tower Records, the biggest music store in the universe in the mid 2000s – was pretty epic, kind of like hearing your song on the radio for the first time. I didn't have any grand expectations of stardom but I did think I'd at least be able to pay my rent and maybe take one or two fewer freelance gigs that year. DVD sales weren't great (maybe 5,000 or so?) and we had to threaten legal action against against GoKart to get paid. It wasn't until it landed on Netflix and Hulu several years later - where it collectively racked up at least 1 million views - that it really began to find its audience. Rent still had to be paid however (and investors too) and Netflix's $2k fee and Hulu's $.04/view was eye opening to say the least. #flightfromdeaththequestforimmortality #firstfilm
[upcoming screenings] @newportbeachfilmfest + @stl [upcoming screenings] @newportbeachfilmfest + @stlfilmfest
Excited to be mentoring some more doc filmmakers t Excited to be mentoring some more doc filmmakers this time as Creative Advisor with @filmindependent #globalmediamakers. Thx to my pal @anayansi_prado for recommending me for the gig. πŸ™πŸΌ
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A sketch inspired by something Nathaniel Dorsky on A sketch inspired by something Nathaniel Dorsky once said about his early films; he described them as "prenatal" with a womb-like quality, the world before language shaped everything we see and experience. See more monthly sketches at patreon.com/patrickshen (link in bio). #sketch
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