ronald_the_short Professional member

Interests and Activities

Filmmaking, spending time with my fiance Ami, watching movies, writing movies, acting, working at my campus' radio station, and enjoying life.

Favorite Movies

Kubrick is my homeboy.

I enjoy the works of Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Spike Jonze, Kevin Smith, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, P.T. Anderson, Sam Mendes, Martin Scorcese, Charlie Kaufman, James Gunn, Jim Jarmusch, Edgar Wright, David O. Russel, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Geore A. Romero, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Bryan Singer, Sergio Leone, Tim Burton, Terry Gillam, Steven Spielburg, Fernando Meirelles, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Gus Van Sant, Joel and Ethan Coen, Michel Gondry, Cameron Crowe, Danny Boyle, Alfred Hitchcock, Hayoa Miyazaki, Miranda July, Sophia Coppola, Noah Baumbach, Jon Favreau, Sam Raimi, Terry Zwigoff, James McTeigue, Chan-wook Park, David Cronenberg, Brad Bird, Ron Howard, George Lucas, Todd Solondz, Richard Linklater, Aja Alexandre, Dave Mckean, Takashi Miike, Jim Henson, Mike Mills, Victor Fleming, Judd Apatow, Kihachi Okamoto, Woody Allen, John Hughes, Gore Verbinski, Krysztof Kieslowski, Gotz Spielmann, M. Night Shyamalan, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Federico Fellini, Todd Field, Alfonso Cuarón, Craig Brewer, Giuseppe Tornatore, Jason Reitman, Robert Altman, Jean-Luc Godard, anything involving Seth Rogen and his crew of miscreants, and many many many many many more.

Favorite TV Shows

Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Arrested Development...you know, all the good shows that got canceled.

I also love Flight of the Conchords. Good God, that show rocks.

Favorite Books

Chuck Palahniuk, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Charles, Alice Sebold, Michael Moore, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Douglas Adams, Tom Perrotta, Nick Hornby, Dr. Seuss, any book on film, any X-Men comics, and various others.

Favorite Music

Daft Punk, The Hotwalls, The Moldy Peaches, Alice Smith, Elliot Smith, Man Man, Flight of the Conchords, Feist, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Sufjan Stevens, Wolfmother, Under the Influence of Giants, The Rapture, Sean Lennon, Modest Mouse, Johnny Cash, Kanye West, Cake, The Zutons, The White Stripes, Queen, Duran Duran, Led Zepplin, Tenacious D, The Strokes, Movie Soundtracks, Franz Ferdinand, Jet, David Bowie, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Of Montreal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fat Boy Slim, Hellogoodbye, Muse, Jurrassic 5, M. Ward, Gym Class Heroes, Regina Spektor, Outkast, Tapes n' Tapes, The Kooks, My Brightest Diamond, Grandaddy, Bright Eyes, The Who, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Wu Tang Clan, Imogen Heap, Sigur Ros, Willy Mason, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dick Dale, Cat Stevens, The Bird and the Bee, The Silent Years, Mika, Matt and Kim, Willy Mason, Cold War Kids, The Go Team!, Hojas Rojas, So It Goes, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, The Teeth, and many more!

Favorite Talent

Does this mean talent I can do? Um, I like drawing and, of course, making movies.

Favorite Quotes

"Damn, Bill Murray." -The RZA and GZA in "Coffee and Cigarettes"

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed." - Stanley Kubrick

"I always viewed life as material for a movie." - Noah Baumbach