Angry Filmmaker Visits UCF!
Angry Filmmaker Visits UCF
Kelley Baker, aka "The Angry Filmmaker" made UCF a stop on his national tour for the first time this week, speaking to Rich Grula's sound design class and Dr. Mills' graduate seminar. Baker holds a BA and MFA from USC and has directed several independent feature films and documentaries. He was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant’s feature films including, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER. He also designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature film, FAR FROM HEAVEN.
Baker warned students against going into debt to make their films and offered advice on how to get people to work for free. "Be nice, be respectful, and feed them well," he told MFA students Wednesday night. "Build relationships. It's one of the most important things you can do."
"Baker was exactly the kind of energetic and inspirational cheerleader of this paradigm that grad students have wanted to hear," said MFA student Andrew Gay.
Baker tours universities and high schools every fall, living out of his van with his chocolate lab Moses. For more information, go to www. angryfilmmaker.com.
Posted at 8:51 AM, Thursday, November 05, 2009
by Tom Hurter
 
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