Looking Thru The Lens: Interview with Director Ian Harnarine

Continuing our look at the 2012 Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces of Independent Film I chatted with Director Ian Harnarine.  The NYU grad/professor gave us a real personal look at his Caribbean background with his short film, Doubles with Slight Pepper.  Click thru for our interview with the talented director.

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Looking Thru The Lens: Interview Director/Writer/Actor Patrick Wang

Filmmaker Magazine’s annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film is always one of the year’s most anticipated lists and PSD loves to further introduce some of those talented folks.  1st up in our look into this year’s list of talented people we chatted with writer, director, and actor Patrick Wang, whose film In The Family takes a unique look into the issues that revolve around gay marriage rights.  The film isn’t a voice of reason for either side, but rather a heart-felt look into the dynamics of how one family is impacted by a couple’s lack of rights to their child.  Patrick was kind enough to take part in an in-depth email questionnaire about his career so far, the film itself and about much more.  Click thru for our first series of chats with the 25 New Faces of Indie Film.

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Looking Through The Lens with Sheldon Candis

Filmmaker Magazine’s annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film has been an incredibly enlightening adventure into the up-and-coming talents of the filmmaker world.  Over the next few weeks we’ll showcase some of those talented folks that were highlighted by Filmmaker Magazine 2011 batch.  We start our series with Director Sheldon Candis.

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