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mitchaleo Professional member

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Homebase
Buena Park, CA
Title
Director, Producer, editor

Overview

  • Interests and Activities

    Both human psychology and behavior fascinates me. I love watching movies of course. Good "cheesy" films impress me. Especially the ones that don't themselves too serious but I have no tolerance for B-films that actually try to be more than they actually are and wind up really sucking at it. I'm a parent so the time I spend with my children is incomparable. Yes, traveling abroad is fascinating but America is so diverse, traveling throughout this country still impresses me.

  • Favorite Movies

    Too many to list. But in the horror genre the Shining, Halloween (1978), Halloween IV and VI, Salom's lot, the Ring, Ju-on, Echoes (Filipino film), the Ordeal (French film), and Jeepers Creepers I

  • Favorite TV Shows

    Three's Company, Sanford & Son, Everybody loves Raymond, Good Times, American Justice

  • Favorite Books

    I mainly read "how to" and educational books. Not much fiction or bios.

  • Favorite Music

    80's classics, vintage soul, Psychedelic rock or funk, rare groove, musically inclined-creative Hip-hop

  • Favorite Talent

    Directing and talent scouting

  • Favorite Quotes

    "If the wine is sour, pour it out" Frank Sinatra

  • Bio

    Following the advice of one of George Lucas' college professors, I earned my degree is in Hospitality management instead film making. But did get a certification in digital film making from the Hollywood film institute. My earliest film education came from graduating from Art and Design high school majoring in cartooning and minoring in film making. My first industry gigs were interning at a music video channel and interning at Atlantic records marketing division in New York. Met a lot of people, got a lot of opportunities but pissed them away doing what most guys in their early 20's do; partying, getting high, and skirt chasing. Fast forward - In the fall of 2007 my second short film "Path to insanity" screened in New Film Makers festival at the art-house Anthology theater in NY. I finished the screenplay for my next project which is a character driven thriller something like "the Devils rejects" meets Ed Norton's "Down in the valley". I'll be shooting it in Orange County, CA next summer.

mitchaleo
  1. Gender

    Male
  1. Stats

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  2. Member since

    2/12/2008