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Dava Whisenant, founder and president of Cactus Flower Films, is a master storyteller who has stories to tell, and she tells them with honesty and humor. For more than 20 years, she’s worked in narrative and nonfiction film as an editor — from The Late Show with David Letterman to the Emmy-winning and Oscar- short-listed documentary short The Flagmakers — and now as a director. The award-winning documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway, was her directorial debut, for which she won Best Director at the Tribeca Film Festival and a Writer’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Screenplay. We talk about her creative process, the necessity of a team, the financial challenges of a creative life, the value of being scared, and the importance of inspirational mugs!
Takeaways
Resources:
Learn more about Dava:
www.cactusflowerfilms.com
Completed films:
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Take That Step (finale song in Bathtubs Over Broadway)
The Flagmakers
Two Trains Runnin’
Butterfly in the Sky
Diane Warren: Relentless
The subject of her work in progress:
Thomas Jackson
Learn more about her co-writer Steve Young
Steve Young
And listen to him on No Time to be Timid!
My attempt at a film short:
How to Dye Your Hair at Home (During a Global Pandemic)
A useful book to discover where your gifts are:
The Genuis Zone by Gay Hendricks
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Dava Whisenant, founder and president of Cactus Flower Films, is a master storyteller who has stories to tell, and she tells them with honesty and humor. For more than 20 years, she’s worked in narrative and nonfiction film as an editor — from The Late Show with David Letterman to the Emmy-winning and Oscar- short-listed documentary short The Flagmakers — and now as a director. The award-winning documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway, was her directorial debut, for which she won Best Director at the Tribeca Film Festival and a Writer’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Screenplay. We talk about her creative process, the necessity of a team, the financial challenges of a creative life, the value of being scared, and the importance of inspirational mugs!
Takeaways
Resources:
Learn more about Dava:
www.cactusflowerfilms.com
Completed films:
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Take That Step (finale song in Bathtubs Over Broadway)
The Flagmakers
Two Trains Runnin’
Butterfly in the Sky
Diane Warren: Relentless
The subject of her work in progress:
Thomas Jackson
Learn more about her co-writer Steve Young
Steve Young
And listen to him on No Time to be Timid!
My attempt at a film short:
How to Dye Your Hair at Home (During a Global Pandemic)
A useful book to discover where your gifts are:
The Genuis Zone by Gay Hendricks
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