(in no particular order): Eric Rohmer, David Lynch, the city of Berlin, Matthew Barney, Fassbinder, John Cassavettes, Great Lakes bar (Park Slope), Robert Altman, Jim Jarmusch, Ingmar Bergman, Alan Moore, Patrick Suskind, Frank Miller, Julee Cruise, Francoise Hardy, Wanda Sah, Bjork, New Yorker Magazine, Rebecca Moore, Bjork, Adrian Tomine, Spartanburg, SC, Fellini, Godard, Frances Gall, Iceland, Wong Kar-Wai, Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Nina Simone, Cat Power, mini-comics, Six Feet Under, New York Times, keeps going and going
Festivals
South by Southwest,
Sarasota Film Festival,
Denver Film Festival,
Hamptons International Film Festival,
Woodstock Film Festival,
Atlanta Film Festival,
Raindance Film Festival,
Coney Island Film Festival,
Global Peace Film Festival,
LA Shorts Film Festival,
Big Apple Film Festival,
Rooftop Films,
Brooklyn Independent,
University South Carolina
Columbia,South Carolina
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Minor: Creative Writing and Screenwriting
About me: Back and Forth Films is a creative collaboration between James Israel and Jeff Israel.
Their projects include short films and feature length screenplays. They just completed Face Value, a new short film that will premiere on the festival circuit in 2007. Other short films include: The Tourist, which had its world premiere at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival and is available on the DVD anthology The Journal of Short Film They are currently in development on a feature, "That Woman".
Who I'd like to meet: Filmmakers, Actors, Actresses, Producers, Film Festivals, Musicians, Creative Types
The 12th Annual LA Shorts Fest returns to Hollywood August 15-21, 2008 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 theatres. LA Shorts Fest will be honoring Shane Black, writer/director/producer, with the prestigious Maverick Filmmaker Award” on opening night, August 15, at 7:30pm. Shane Black’s credits include Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, as well as the films The Last Boy Scout, starring Bruce Willis, The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
The festival also includes celeb directorial debuts: Josh Brolin’s X, Kirsten Dunst’s Welcome starring Winona Ryder, Rita Wilson’s film The Trap starring Janine Tripplehorn. Other short films star Adrien Grenier, Jenna Elfman, Bodhi Elfman, Kelly Preston, Ed Begley Jr., Robert Redford, David Koechler, Laura Kightlinger, Mickey Rooney, Adam Corolla, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Whoopi Goldberg.
The festival will also feature a handful of music videos, including the U2 music video for Window in the Skies. We received over 42 original creative commercials submitted by top ad agencies, including CAA, Arnold Worldwide, Fallon and Leo Burnett.
Our esteemed list of jurists includes Sandra Oh (Actress, Grey’s Anatomy), Andrew Reimer (HBO), David Bossert (Disney Animations), Seth Cohen (Comedy Central), Alex Meenehan (Smoke House), J. Sikura (Robert Evans Company), Susan King (LA Times) and Ernest Hardy (LA Weekly) www. lashortsfest. com
Entering some 12 hour film contest that starts on August 18th. I'll send you a video file when it's done. Hope all is well. Giants are going to the Bowl this year. ::::cough cough:::::
Hi,
Thank you for the add!
I like your work too.
It was funny to see Rebecca in your short movie. We met her in NY in 2004.
Don't hesitate to watch our work too!
Bye bye.
i really enjoyed the 2 for 1 happy hour last night. special thanks to jimmy for picking up the tab. i didn't get a chance to thank him for riding me like a drunk sailor all night long. HAHA
hi hot stuffs. I'm bringing Max up there for you to watch him. I'll bring his straightjacket.
i'm gonna be in nyc may 2-6, but this is my "girls gone wild" trip. the July 25th-30th is dedicated to some twin action in the Slope. schedules aligned? activate.
