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14: Al Benoit -- Editor & Filmmaker, Breaking into Features, Finding Funding & Getting In the Cage
Editing, Directing, Screenwriting Justin Weiss Editing, Directing, Screenwriting Justin Weiss

14: Al Benoit -- Editor & Filmmaker, Breaking into Features, Finding Funding & Getting In the Cage

Al Benoit is obsessed with filmmaking. Little did his grandma know that by taking him to the movies on Sundays as a kid, she would create a lifelong soldier of cinema. Al’s done more short films than anyone I’ve personally met and has made it clear he is going to make it in this career no matter what it takes. Some might say he already has, but if you ask him, he’s just getting started.

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07: Joe Garrity - Filmmaker, On Working at Pixar, Screenwriting MFAs, Touring & Being The Messy Twin
Screenwriting, Editing, Concert Visuals Justin Weiss Screenwriting, Editing, Concert Visuals Justin Weiss

07: Joe Garrity - Filmmaker, On Working at Pixar, Screenwriting MFAs, Touring & Being The Messy Twin

Joe Garrity was studying Molecular Biology. Instead he ended up on Saturday Night Live. That lead to a job at Pixar. His coworkers helped him with his (award-winning) short, Twinsburg. Then he went on tour for a while with a Canadian pop band. Now he's getting his MFA in screenwriting.

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