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Making YOUR Own Path In The Film Industry with Moonlight Actor Edson Jean
Edson Jean, an emerging Haitian-American actor, writer & director joins for a conversation about making your own path in the film industry. He is well known for directing Grown, Complex's first web-series, and in acting in movies like Moonlight and War Dogs and TV shows such as HBO's Ballers and Bloodline. Here's everything we talked about:
0:50 - Introductions
2:55 - How an actor got into the film game
4:44 - How Edson got connected to Hollywood and Barry Jenkins
10:47 - Why it’s important for filmmakers to stay local
18:12 - Is Hollywood going to disappear?
20:37 - How to balance business and art
25:27 - How the Joneses may be destroying your film dream
28:41 - The inspiration behind Edson’s first film, Ludi
31:45 - Shooting a feature film in 10 days
34:41 - Edson’s distribution plan
35:36 - The downsides of Film Festival circuits
40:29 - Filmmaking is not for the faint of heart
43:12 - Be a craftsman, not a lottery winner
45:32 - Is Sean Baker the prime example of the indie filmmaker?
48:22 - Don’t be at the mercy of others
Edson's Reel: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6211068/
To follow along the Make Your Micro-Budget Feature series go to: https://www.wishcreative.co/makeit
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Edson Jean, an emerging Haitian-American actor, writer & director joins for a conversation about making your own path in the film industry. He is well known for directing Grown, Complex's first web-series, and in acting in movies like Moonlight and War Dogs and TV shows such as HBO's Ballers and Bloodline. Here's everything we talked about:
0:50 - Introductions
2:55 - How an actor got into the film game
4:44 - How Edson got connected to Hollywood and Barry Jenkins
10:47 - Why it’s important for filmmakers to stay local
18:12 - Is Hollywood going to disappear?
20:37 - How to balance business and art
25:27 - How the Joneses may be destroying your film dream
28:41 - The inspiration behind Edson’s first film, Ludi
31:45 - Shooting a feature film in 10 days
34:41 - Edson’s distribution plan
35:36 - The downsides of Film Festival circuits
40:29 - Filmmaking is not for the faint of heart
43:12 - Be a craftsman, not a lottery winner
45:32 - Is Sean Baker the prime example of the indie filmmaker?
48:22 - Don’t be at the mercy of others
Edson's Reel: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6211068/
To follow along the Make Your Micro-Budget Feature series go to: https://www.wishcreative.co/makeit
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Tik Tok @wishcreativeco
Read our blog at https://www.wishcreative.co/blog