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Well, Simon, Fernanda's topic is now open so be among the first to fire away with your questions or comments.

Hi Ya'll
Looking forward to getting to know the D-Word community and after hearing about the late night fun at Full Frame this year... meeting other D-Worders in the future! I just wish I had joined years ago. Now that I've done some festival and many grassroots screenings of my documentary film LOVE LIVED ON DEATH ROW (I directed/edited/produced), I'm now hoping that some of you can give me guidance and advice as I venture into national and foreign markets & DVD sales.

I'm a 2005 graduate of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University certificate program and soon after started production on LOVE LIVED. I laugh that it's hi-jacked my life the last few years, but it's also led to amazing experiences and meeting so many remarkable people. You can see a trailer & more about the film at www.lovelivedondeathrow.com. It's about forgiveness, healing, restorative justice and the capital punishment system. I also program a local film series and I'm always looking for regional work (NC connections is the theme.)

Thanks for such a great forum,
Linda

Great to have you here, Linda. Forget Full Frame, it's late night fun 24/7 here at The D-Word. After years of hanging out on death row, I bet you could use a little fun, too.

Hello everybody, just found this forum and totally love it!!!
I am a feature film editor working in L.A., Moving in to directing & producing my own films.
Born in Mexico city,citizen of the world, happy to finally have somebody to ask questions too.

Good luck and a lovely day to everybody

A

oh yea: you can see some of my work @ www.adriansalinas.com

; )

Welcome, Adrian. From my informal calculation, you posted from LA around 5:30am your time. Very impressive. You already understand that The D-Word is either the first or last thing you should do every day (or both!)

Anyway, good luck with your rise to mogulhood and glad to have you aboard.

Hello everyone,

I teach documentary production at Indiana University and recently completed my first feature length doc "My Vietnam Your Iraq" that tells the stories of nine families with a parent that served in Vietnam and a child that served in Iraq. www.myvietnamyouriraq.com

Ron Osgood
www.iu.edu/~videoz

Welcome, Ron. Feel free to sign up for full membership here. You certainly qualify.

Looks like you've acquired quite a bit of teaching experience along the way, Ron. What drew you to make the Vietnam/Iraq project?

I'm a Vietnam veteran and when the war in Iraq started it brought back memories of my military service.

Sounds like a very strong motivation to make the film.

Hello,

I am Shlomo Hazan, from Israel, a filmmaker (directing, editing, producing, waterboying) and an editing teacher.
After some casual swimming beside the "good ship D-Word", as Doug said above, it is time for me to climb aboard and join the fun.
Glad to be here.

Climbing aboard? We hope you're not a pirate! (Too much about them in the news recently, I guess.)

Welcome on our ship, Water Boy! :-)

Hello all. I'm a publisher and now hopefully a film maker as well.

I have traveled the world writing and interviewing people + places + stories over many years and now would like to capture some of the same on film.

My first of a short series will be filmed in Edinburgh, August/September,

I appreciate D-Word... it's been great reading the posts and I look forward to being a part of this community.

Cheers G.

Welcome to the rapidly-growing group of D-Word Enthusiasts! (And I love Edinburgh!)

Me, too! Welcome, Georgi and Shlomo.

Hi! I'm a recent college grad and currently work as a reporter for the CBS/NBC affiliate in Northern California. I want to start a career in the documentary film industry. I love my job telling people's stories everyday but I want to tell longer stories with bigger themes. I'm moving back home to Los Angeles as soon as I get a job so if anyone knows of anything please tell me! Thanks!

Unlike fiction film & TV, I'm not sure that documentary is an industry anywhere, Jennifer, but if you love it enough, it might well become a life-long addiction! Good luck with your endeavours.

Think of it as a very serious, very expensive hobby. Glad you googled and found us, though, Jennifer.

It kind-of depends on how you define documentary also.

I would say that there is a non-fiction television industry here in DC, but only a fraction of this production (IMO) can truly be called documentary.

Of course, lots of people have day jobs in the industry than hustle (and borrow equipment from employers) to do their own doc projects.

Let's not forget the "factual entertainment" industry

Nor reality television, corporate video, and weddings.

All legit ways to build your skills and pay the bills.

Oh ok. That makes sense because a lot of the postings on craigslist are non-paid and short durations. I guess I'm having a hard time figuring out if I should leave my stable job to pursue jobs in TV and film in Los Angeles (my hometown). Documentary would be my number one love.. It's scary to go into the unknown!

Hi there. Director of Photography, studied with Mr Burgan at the NFTS way back in the late 80's/early 90's, and have been lucky since graduating to have been shooting docs since then. Given the way the broadcast industry is at the moment, not sure if i will be able to continue making a living from docs, hence trying to move into drama.

The venerable Mr Gray! Good to see you here, mate. Let's have a drink in London next month sometime and catch up on the last, er, 17 years or so...

Hi Folks,
Great to see a forum like this :)
I just thought I'd take a moment to say hi and see if there are any doc filmmakers living/ working in Mumbai.
I'm from Canada but have lived/ worked/ adventured in India/ Asia for half of the last 15 years. I work as a D.P. and am currently developing a project here in Mumbai.