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Flyover!

Posted on: May 25th, 2011 by wmapother 5 Comments

A few years ago some friends and I started Flyover Film Festival in Louisville, KY, and the third annual one is coming up this June 10-12.

Ryan Daly, our festival director, has assembled a fantastic line-up for this year. The details are here.

And Another Earth (trailer here), which doesn’t open in NY & LA until July 22 (the release after that is still t.b.d.), is opening the festival. It plays at 7pm on Friday, June 10, at the KY Center for the Arts.

This may be the only chance to see it in Louisville on the big screen. I’m just sayin’..

Posted in Film Festival, Louisville & KY

Interview for Flyover Film Festival

Posted on: May 12th, 2011 by wmapother 4 Comments

It’s that time of year again: Louisville Flyover Film Festival is set for June 10-12. In anticipation of it, I did an interview about the festival and Another Earth, which is playing at the festival, on Louisville.com. The link is here.

Posted in Film Festival, Interviews and Q&A's, Louisville & KY, Press

Oh, Sault Ste Marie!

Posted on: February 27th, 2011 by wmapother 7 Comments

So I’m shooting here in chilly Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, just a quick swim across the border from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The movie is Citizen Gangster, about the infamous Canadian bank robber and prison escaper, who operated from about 1949-52.

Scott Speedman (Felicity, Underworld, etc.) is playing Edwin, and Kevin Durand (Martin Keamy of Lost, etc.) is playing one of his gang members. My role is Detective Rhys, who arrests Eddie and then pursues the gang after their escape.

I’ve had little time to explore the area, but it’s beautiful (the pic is from my hotel window), and the people are preternaturally friendly — as one expects from Canadians..

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, Photos by Wm, Places

Dwight Schrute and Me

Posted on: February 7th, 2011 by wmapother 4 Comments

Back in the Stone Age of 2002, before Facebook, before Obama, before recorded history, nearly, I shot a short film called Self Storage that was written and directed by my friend Peter O’Brien.

One of the most fun parts of this business is never knowing whom you’ll work with, or who you’re working with will become.

In this case, my co-stars were the lovely and talented Catherine Kellner and…Rainn Wilson, long before he became known to everyone as beet farmer extraordinaire Dwight Schrute of The Office. He’s definitely no beet farmer in this film..

Peter has posted the short film online, and you can watch it here: http://vimeo.com/19624198

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, News & Events, Random, Video (Online & Home)