tips from the top people
We asked some of the biggest names from behind and in front of the camera, to come up with tips for making a short film. Here’s what they had to say.
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Frank Oz - Live a life
Frank Oz is best known for voicing ‘The Muppet Show’s’ Miss Piggy and Yoda from the ‘Star Wars’ films. His directing credits include ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1986), ‘Bowfinger’ (1999) and the 2004 remake of ‘The Stepford Wives’.
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Kirsten Sheridan - Do it yourself
Writer/director Kirsten’s recent work includes ‘August Rush’ (2007), ‘Disco Pigs’ (2001), and ‘In America’ (2002), for which she was nominated for an American Academy Award. She is the daughter of BAFTA nominated writer/director Jim Sheridan, ‘My Left Foot’(1989).
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Robin Swicord - Above all, have fun
American screenwriter and filmmaker Robin Swicord wrote the screenplay for the award winning film ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ (2005). She also co-produced Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ (1996) and most recently, wrote and directed ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ (2007).
