Beat Jeremy Coon

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JC: I started out as an editor in school and then started producing out of necessity on short films. Editing was my first love and producing came second. My initial goal with ND was at the very least I would have a solid feature credit if I hired myself as the editor and I could save money doing it. Again, I did it more out of necessity. As for producer's getting credit, it totally depends on the situation. At festivals, the directors are king. The general public cares mostly about the actors. Producers get a lot of credit in the industry and with awards. When a film wins best picture, it's the producer that gets the award. There's a wide range of what a producer does, so some get less credit than they deserve, but most probably get more than they deserve.

Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) : If you thought your country was bad, you should see Brazil! This is the winner of the main documentary competition at Sundance. The reason I saw it is that it seemed like it could be inspiring for the next script I'm planning on writing after the one I'm doing now. And it was. So much so that I would want to develop my next script with this director. I talked to him about this after the screening, and he (who seemed very scared during our conversation) said to contact him through mandabala.com. Turns out, his email address wasn't on the site, but his producer's was, so I contacted that guy. I figured I wouldn't hear anything about it, but his producer emailed me back today, curious about my script idea. So I guess that is a contact of sorts.

I graduated from Berkner High School in Richardson (a suburb of Dallas, TX) in 1997. So did Jeremy Coon. Since then I've gone on to do a number of things. I went to community college for a year. I studied film at The University of Texas at Austin. I dropped out. I co-wrote and co-directed a musical that had a short, triumphant run in Austin. I made some short films, a couple of which got in festivals. I've had a bunch of media internships and some decent low-paying jobs. And I've written some blogs. What has Jeremy Coon done? Probably a bunch of lame stuff, but on top of that... he was the main producer of the smash hit Napoleon Dynamite. I have two years before our high school reunion. I know I'm better than Jeremy Coon. But in two years, I have to prove it. I have to beat Jeremy Coon.

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