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Richard Levien Interview
IndieHouse SF Podcast
This is the initial video in a series of interviews we will be doing to feature and highlight independent filmmakers from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. This video presentation is a little unfinished in our rush to support the now completed fundraising campaign for Richard’s first feature film: COLLISIONS, but we’re sure you’ll enjoy it. Thanks for watching.
IndieHouse SF Interview: Richard Levien
Richard Levien has been writing, directing and editing films over a decade, and is drawn to making films about issues that he cares about deeply.
His short Immersion, about a ten-year-old boy from Mexico who speaks no English and struggles to fit in at his new school in the U.S., premiered at Slamdance in 2009. Immersion won the “No Violence” award at the Ann Arbor film festival, and “Best Bay Area” short at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF).
First Thing
In prior lives, Richard was a biologist and a rock and roll band’s lead guitarist.
Media Minute
Collisions
Help Richard finish his film about a 12-year-old girl facing the arrest of her mom by immigration police!
Top 5 Things
- His wife, Zareen
- His two young children
- His creative life
- Working with really sweet and lovely people
Top 5 Films
- Star Wars (1977)
- Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
- Manos sucias (2014)
Useful links
- Fund Collisions’ Indiegogo campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/collisions - Some early work
http://www.immersionfilm.com
Store Wars – The Short - You can contact Richard via email
richard.levien@gmail.com
or on his site http://whybotherproductions.com
Love this. We’d love it if you featured some of our local indie filmmakers. We “produce” several every year, and would love to get you their details.
Thanks,
Mic
VP Communications
Hey Mic-
Thanks for the reply. Glad you liked it. We’d truly love to hear your suggestions for indie filmmakers. Please send us your ideas, and/or their contact info if you have it. You can email us at info@indiehousesf.com or use the contact page http://indiehousesf.com/contact
Cheers,
Jason
When’s the next interview coming out?
You again !!!! (LOL) – So … the next episode is due to drop early in January. It’s tentatively slated to be an interview with another local legend, Danny Plotnik! TTT CCC ;D
You can cyber stalk him here: http://j.mp/2gTwVYi