"Cowboy Dreams" (short) 2009 Phoenix Film Festival 2009 Dances With Films
"Stabbing Stupidity" (short) Short Film Corner - 2007 Festival de Cannes 2007 L.A. Shorts Fest 2007 Phoenix Film Festival 2007 Dances With Films 2007 Longbaugh Film Festival 2007 Long Island Film Expo 2007 San Tan Short Film Festival 2009 Phoenix Comicon Film Festival
"The Long Shot" (short) 2007 Phoenix Film Festival 2007 Garden State Film Festival 2007 Pumelo International Film Festival (Mumbai, India)
"Envy" (short) 2007 San Tan Short Film Festival 2009 Phoenix Comicon Film Festival
The Falls (feature) 2003 IFP Market 2004 Garden State Film Festival 2004 Phoenix Film Festival 2004 Longbaugh Film Festival 2004 Dances With Films
Professional Affiliations
I'm now on the board of directors of the Phoenix Film Foundation, the non-profit organization that runs the Phoenix Film Festival and the International Horror and SciFi Film Festival. I'm also on the filmmaker advisory board of IFP/Phoenix.
PDeNigris's Interests
General
Film (duh), Science Fiction, Cooking, Jazz, Home Improvement, Real Estate, Investing
Music
Sting and Miles Davis are my two all-time favorites. On any given day I can jump from Frank Sinatra to Rage Against the Machine to classic instrumental jazz. That about sums up my musical tastes - I'm all over the map, anything but country.
Movies
To me, there are 5 films every filmmaker ought to watch once a year: The Godfather Part II is the pinnacle of American filmmaking. You can't make a better action movie than the original Die Hard. Citizen Kane still impresses me. The Matrix (the original!) is the myth for the new century (replaces '77 Star Wars). The documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll Generation Saved Hollywood is an essential portrait of the trends that shaped our current industry.
Television
Current: Top Chef; Iron Chef America; Throwdown with Bobby Flay; Mythbusters; Time Warp; Dirty Jobs; Primeval; Rescue Me
Past: Stargate SG-1; Stargate: Atlantis; The Wire; Homicide: Life on the Street; Twin Peaks; many, many others!
Books
Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Ernest Hemingway... you could say I like 'em hardboiled...
National University
La Jolla,California
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Digital Cinema
Minor: None
2005 to Present
Suny At Buffalo
Buffalo,New York
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Media Study / Filmmaking
Minor: Computer Science
Clubs: Phi Beta Kappa Golden Key National Honor Society
Who I'd like to meet: Fellow Filmmakers, Actors, Technical Crew, Other College Instructors Teaching Film and Video Production, Anyone Interested in Learning About Digital Filmmaking.
MyHotComments Happy Birthday Paul...Even though I know it was yesterday!!! I hope that you had a GREAT day and that all of your wishes come true now & always!
Hey Paul, thanks for the wishes! It's taken me a while but things are starting to come together.
I've locked down a deal already with a european game developer that signed me on to do their official game trailers for their game currently in BETA but nearing release.
How are things on your end? Haven't heard from you in a while. Looks like you're keeping busy!
