Writing, watching and making movies. Listening to music.
Music
Split Enz; Crowded House; Neil Finn; Tim Finn; The Beatles; HIM; Blink 182; R.E.M; U2; The Darkness; CKY; Nine Inch Nails; Nirvana; Foo Fighters; Peter Gabriel; The Dresden Dolls; My Chemical Romance; Pacifier/Shihad; Greenday; No Doubt; Andrew W.K; Pearl Jam.
Movies
Influences range from low budget schlock to big budget blockbusters. Below are some of my influences in no particular order.
The Star Wars Saga; Garden State; Evil Dead; Evil Dead 2; Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3; A Nightmare on Elm Street; The Dollars Trilogy; Dawn of the Dead; Halloween; 28 Days Later; X-Men 1 & 2; 13 Ghosts; Superman 1 & 2; Halloween; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Spiderman 1 & 2; Labyrinth; The Princess Bride; Kill Bill Vols.1 & 2; From Dusk Til Dawn; Sin City; The Incredibles; Batman; Batman Returns; Batman Begins; Back to the Future Trilogy; Empire Records; Can't Hardly Wait; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2; High Fidelity; Gross Point Blank; Serial Mom; Cecil B. Demented; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Clerks; Mallrats; Chasing Amy; Dogma; Jackass: The Movie.
The Simpsons; Invader Zim; Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy; Justice League; The Family Guy; Futurama; King of the Hill; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Little Britain; WWE Raw & Smackdown; Smallville; Lost; My Name Is Earl; Firefly; Buffy; Jackass; Viva La Bam; X-Files; Battlestar Galactica.
Books
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson; I Am Legend by Richard Matheson; Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling; The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; and for research on a new script that I'm writing I'm about to start reading The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis and will follow that up with The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson.
Heroes
Any director who has started with nothing and become something. The likes of Peter Jackson, John Waters, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi and David Lynch are huge inspirations for me. I don't necessarily need to be rich and famous, but would easily settle for a career where I can make what I want, when I want and still live a comfortable life.
Also, anyone who has lived their dream and passion, and/or made a living from it.
Mysterious Ways is an independent film company located in Sydney Australia. We've already made 1 low budget horror, 'Dark Dreaming' and a couple of short films. I'm constantly writing new stuff and planning the next project. Drop by our web site, www.mysteriousways.au.com and check us out. I try to update the site weekly, but with making and developing films, sometimes it doesn't always happen.
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