philostophist Professional member

Favorite TV Shows

Entourage, The Office, How I Met Your Mother

Favorite Books

The Stranger

Favorite Quotes

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

Bio

Aspiring filmmaker born and raised in the New York area. I have obtained a Bachelor's degree in English Creative Writing & Literature with a Minor in Film Studies & Production from Hofstra University.

I've created several small projects, including two student short films as well as a short web series. Most of these can be found at my YouTube page (www.youtube.com/philostophist) and my Myspace page (www.myspace.com/keithbattista).

Interests and Activities

Well I HATE movies.

Joke. Humor is good.

The arts: music, photography, film, literature. Very much into it all. I'm an English creative writing major / film minor so creativity is in my blood. I'm very blunt and to the point, telling you like it is. It may not be what you want to hear, but because it's the truth, it's something you must hear, and that's all I could ask from others in return. I'm also interested in being extremely open-minded, and I'm probably one of the most open-minded people you will ever, ever meet.

Favorite Music

My tastes are very broad, as I like to consider myself a fan of all music, not simply one genre. In addition to the bands I list below, I'm also a fan of classical music (I should be, since I'm a filmmaker right?) I will listen to anything and give it a chance, and chances are I'll find something to like about it rather than find something to hate about it. Here's a list of who I like: Mellowdrone, Thrice, A Perfect Circle, Jimmy Eat World, Depswa, Taproot, Disturbed, MetallicA, AudioVent, Blindside, Blink 182, Brand New, TOOL, Three Days Grace, All-American Rejects, System of a Down, Slipknot, Sugarcult, Something Corporate, Boy Hits Car, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Chevelle, Ludacris, Bush, Collective Soul, Cypress Hill, Cranberries, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Mathews band, DEFTONES, FINGER ELEVEN, Trapt, Fuel, FINCH, EVE 6, Evanescence, Eminem, Dispatch, Fefe Dobson, In Flames, Green Day, 311, INCUBUS, Jay-Z, Korn, Linkin Park, Lit, Zepplin, Lostprophets, Maroon 5, Michael Jackson, Nickelback, Radiohead, Oasis, Ra, Our Lady Peace, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, The Victory, Arctic Monkeys, Imogen Heap, RX Bandits...to name a few....

Favorite Talent

Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Ed Burns, Richard Linklater, Gus Van Sant, Michele Gondry, Charlie Kaufman