🎬 Sh*t I Should’ve Done #3: The 47-Min Short That Should’ve Been 15-min behind the scenes career mistakes film directing learning by doing producer life self-taught filmmaker sh*t i should’ve done (series) short film production writing

Recently I was telling a story about happy accidents on set, and I brought up a short film I directed called Minor Blues. It was my second film, and I was (and still am, I guess) learning how to tell a story.

I wrote the script with my writing partner at the time — and she’s a really great writer. ...

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🎬 Sh*t I Should’ve Done #2: Cast My Grandmother Without Making Her Audition behind the scenes detroit filmmaker family stories filmmaking lessons independent film journey self-taught filmmaker short film production women in film

Every filmmaker has that one story they wish they could redo — not because the film turned out bad, but because life had bigger lessons waiting behind the lens.

For me, that story starts with my grandmother.

Family Is the Original Studio

I come from a big family — the kind where family reunions a...

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