How did I wind up on screen in my own feature film? This post was written by Peter Callahan. I never wanted to be an actor. At least, that’s how it seemed for most of my life as I pursued writing and, later, directing some of the material I wrote over the course of three decades in the movie business. In truth, there was an actor in me from my very first childhood flirtation with filmmaking when I wrote, directed, and starred in a sadly never-finished 8mm silent"‘remake" of the hugely popular 1970s movie Walking Tall in eighth grade. Later, as a lost young man between high school and college, I took an acting class or two in nearby New York City. That interest was faint and faded fast, and later on in college, I found myself drawn to both fiction and nonfiction writing. That soon narrowed to screenwriting, and I tried my hand at the Hollywood script game for a few years with only fleeting success. That interest further narrowed to writing more personal screenplays, and a desire to direct them myself. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 18 May, 2023