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A wonderful night last night. Despite the blizzard, people came out to the directing seminar. There was beer, there was conversation, there were good times. We were supposed to be in the back room, but the place double booked us. So we held the seminar out in the open bar. It was strange because there [...]

I’ve just been told by the organizers at Chicago Filmmakers in Action that we’ve reached twice as man attendees for the seminar that we had last time. And we still have a week to go! That’s amazing. I believe there are two open slots left, but I’m sure they’ll squeeze you in if those slots [...]

Great news! I’ve been invited back to speak at Chicago Filmmakers in Action’s annual director’s seminar… at least I think it’s annual. I know that they’ve implemented a policy that if you want to direct a film with their group you will have had to attend the seminar. From what the organizers are telling me, [...]

Thought this was funny. Received this from a fortune cookie today.   At last! A guarantee! If it doesn’t happen now, I’m totally suing the gods of fortune.

The new business cards are here! With the new director’s reel and photo portfolio I figured it was about time to update the business cards too. Same “classic” dannyjive logo on front, but this time I wanted parts of my photography portfolio printed on the back. I went through moo.com which specializes in this kind [...]

A year and a half ago I moved to Chicago and set down the goal to rebuild my directing portfolio because I had taken a few years off from filmmaking. My goal was to direct at least three new short films or music videos, get back into the Chicago filmmaking scene, and network with other [...]

Last night I attended the CFAFF film festival hosted at the Portage theatre. It was my very first film festival where a film I directed was being played. I arrived at the theater a little late, (yes I was late for my own premiere) and missed all the cast and crew that had arrived before [...]

At last I can finally announce my good news. If you’re a friend on my Facebook account or if you follow my Twitter feed you’ve already seen this. The Scorpion & The Frog, a film I directed this past February, is an official selection of the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival! If you’re in the [...]

Back on October 10th (wow… two and a half weeks ago, already?!) I taught a writer’s workshop at Digital Bootcamp through Chicago Filmmakers in Action. It was a great turnout, sold out and even a little over capacity. The workshop lasted 8 hours, the first half was instruction on screenplay structure and character development. My [...]

Yes! It’s finally here. The play I’ve been rehearsing for the past few weeks will finally be put up on Tuesday Oct 20th and Wednesday Oct 21st (that’s tomorrow!). Here’s the details. If you’re in the Chicago area, come check us out!   n.u.f.an ensemble Table and Chairs 2009 Dates: Tues Oct 20th & Wed [...]