On Making In the Desert of Dark and Light – Part One

Beginnings * On New Year’s Eve 2019, also my mother’s birthday, I signed a contract for the option of a short script, In the Desert of Dark and Light. It was a proof of concept to help raise money for the feature. Jason Gurvitz, founder of Green Dog Films, had read a query I’d sent …

Adapting to the Screen

In Texas I taught film adaptation. We took a short story and adapted it for the screen and shot it. It was a great experience for most. Well you can’t please all the students and in the words of my old pal Wally Rovner: Writing is the only subject where the students think they know …