Short Films
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Freiheit
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Freiheit Freiheit (German for “freedom”) is a 1966 short film by George Lucas, made while he was a student at the University of Southern California’s film school. His third film, it was the first to contain a narrative. The film follows a student’s attempt to escape to freedom. This student…
Read MoreDarren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Fortune Cookie
Darren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Fortune Cookie After Aronofsky’s graduation from Harvard in 1991, he moved to Los Angeles to obtain his MFA in directing from the prestigious American Film Institute. The two-year program resulted in the creation of two short films, the first of which is 1991’s FORTUNE COOKIE— an absurdist comedy inspired by…
Read MoreDarren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: No Time
Darren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: No Time Aronofsky’s fourth short from this era– 1994’s NO TIME — appears to have been made after his graduation from AFI, and adopts the brazen Generation X attitude that marked pop culture in the 90’s. At first glance, the film appears to be a slacker riff on improv comedy…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB is a 1967 social science-fiction short film written and directed by George Lucas while he attended the University of Southern California’s film school. The short was reworked as the 1971 theatrical feature THX 1138. Lucas had had an idea for a…
Read MoreJohn Wick Director’s iPhone Action Short Film: Snowbrawl
John Wick Director’s iPhone Action Short Film: Snowbrawl David Leitch, the director behind John Wick and Deadpool 2 decided to direct an EPIC short film using just an iPhone. The short film is called Snowbrawl and it is REMARKABLE. I wanted to highlight this because it just goes to show you you do not need…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is a 1963 short film that Martin Scorsese created while a student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It is a comedic piece…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave The Big Shave is a 1967 six-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is also known as Viet ’67. Peter Bernuth stars as the recipient of the title shave, repeatedly shaving away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene. – Wikipedia Download…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Geometria
Guillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget First Film: Geometria I had the pleasure of meeting Guillermo del Toro on multiple occasions through my journies in Los Angeles. He is by far one of the most down to earth film directors I’ve ever met. He is a certified cinematic genius. From the magical Pan’s Labyrinth to the Oscar-winning Shape of Water…
Read MoreTim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel
Tim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel For you obscure media fans, here is one of legendary filmmaker Tim Burton’s early efforts in collaboration with The Disney Channel that aired only once on Halloween night in 1983. This is Burton’s unique, twisted, Burtonesque version of the classic Grimm Fairy Tale featuring an all Asian cast.…
Read MoreWes Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Bottle Rocket
Wes Anderson’s Micro-Budget First Film: Bottle Rocket Bottle Rocket, which was written by Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson, was the first micro-budget film the accomplished Wes Anderson directed. Screening at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, Bottle Rocket is loved and hated by many people. You can see the origins of Wes Anderson’s unique directing and…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Rare Micro-Budget Short Film: Filmmaker – A Diary
George Lucas’ Rare Micro-Budget Short Film: Filmmaker – A Diary Even the legendary filmmaker George Lucas had to start somewhere. Filmmaker: A Diary by George Lucas. This 30 min documentary is an intimate portrait of another legend in the film industry Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas filmed and recorded sound for the documentary himself, using an…
Read MorePaul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Dirk Diggler Story
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Micro-Budget First Film: The Dirk Diggler Story I can remember when a young director by the name Paul Thomas Anderson released a remarkably good film called Boogie Nights back in 1997. The film was kind of a small bomb going off in the film industry. Anderson made by far the best feature film about the groove porn business of…
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