Life's Passing Me By

Shot on a budget of under a thousand dollars and made in 14 days - This film is an incredible example of what can be done with limited resources. So far it has played in a half dozen festivals and won three awards. The DVD includes a video journal- which chronicles the behind the scenes of each day of filming-

When I started writing the script for “Life’s Passing Me By“ I based it on some of my experiences with giving friends and co-workers advice about their problems. I worked in an office and people often stopped by to get their assignments.
Some of them would confide in me about various personal aspects of their lives and I would tell them what I thought, and give them advice. What struck me as amazing, was some of these people actually followed my advice, and came back to compliment me on how it had worked for them, and wanted more! This was the seed of the idea for “Life’s Passing Me By”.

When I started writing the story, the main character was a man, but by the end of the first act I realized it wasn’t working. I changed the character to a woman, imagining an actress I had recently worked with doing the role, and everything just clicked, practically writing itself. Scenes that I had imagined happening when I wrote it, translated seamlessly when we shot it. I’d originally thought that making the film would be a cathartic experience for me, but it became much more than that. Instead, it turned into the tremendously satisfying experience of working with a talented group of professionals who made, what can often be the difficult journey of turning life into art, possible