For my Jaws-aversary last weekend (anniversary of my first viewing of the film) I visited the AMPAS Museum, where they have a fantastic exhibition now playing, thru July 26: flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

My obituary on Con Pederson. I never had the opportunity to meet or interview him, but he was a fascinating man.

Thank you, pezscreenwriting.bsky.social for including my beloved Imagine Impact finalist eco-adventure story, THE DODO MAN, in the 2025 Maximum Z Script Showcase. maximumz.blog/2025/12/19/t...

Had a wonderful time speaking to these filmmakers, Gabrielle Brady and Michael Latham, about Australia's entry into the Best Documentary Feature race, with their moving and magical film "The Wolves Always Come at Night". theasc.com/articles/the...

For the first time in its history, American Cinematographer is offering a choice of covers in its December 2025 issue. Proud to see my coverage on GDT's "Frankenstein" will be one of those. Preview of the print mag at the link below. Additional online story coming soon 🌭🍺 theasc.com/news/america...

Tim Greiving’s new book about John Williams is a tsunami of love for movie music that pours out of its +500 pages. timgreiving.com/john-william... I’m halfway through, in the summer of 1982 (my own take, below). But it’s a monumental achievement. Highly recommended. img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/e3...

10 years ago, Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies” inspired one of my purple-prose Flashfilms reviews: shorturl.at/fHKJM Revisiting the film tonight, a scene jumped out at me where an FBI agent (Scott Shepherd) is pushing Hanks to violate his attorney/client oath. Resonant today: youtu.be/D2gLGW9w8Hk

There is nothing wrong with your television set... flic.kr/p/2rvXYZ2

I commissioned this beautiful conceptual painting by Miles Teves for "The Dodo Man" after my story received attention as finalist for Ron Howard's Imagine Impact. Unveiled here as part of my Flashfilms redux: flashfilms.us/the-dodo-man #ScriptSky #MilesTeves 🦤 flic.kr/p/2k43E1j

Few films have the power of this American cinema classic. #Redford #Hoffman #Holbrook #Goldman #Willis #Shire #Pakula

Poster for an animated short that I developed with some friends years ago, now featured as a screenplay link (with music) at flashfilms.us #ClaudeDebussy #animation #ScriptSky

Music for the wee hours… Sleepless Night, and three other cues, from maestro Laurent Watteau’s score to “The Glitch” — part of Flashfilms’ new special features. flashfilms.bandcamp.com/track/the-gl...

My latest creature creations: 🎼 Little Creatures. Creatures of lurrve… 🎶 flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

My Flashfilms website is now new and shiny. Details at the blog, or cut to the chase at flashfilms.us flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

Here’s my 4EVR collaborator Sergio Pinheiro making his feature film debut. We met at DragonCon where my short The Glitch was playing with Sergio’s The Procedure. Very proud to see him knocking it out of the park with this first trailer for Wormtown. Not for the feint of heart ❤️ 🐛 🪱 💀 😱

"Boys Go To Jupiter" is wonderful. www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

My little girl turned 13.

Happy 50th, old fish. My 25th anniversary video postcard to "Jaws" (26 mins): vimeo.com/1899878 #Jaws50

My old short film never had its IMDb, until now, when I realised its BBC TV appearance likely warranted that distinction. To my happy surprise, the IMDb staff agreed. It was surreal writing the synopsis to something I made 40+ years ago. www.imdb.com/title/tt3735...

Bravo, Gints!

Timeline cleanse. My happy girl.

More Williams birthday love, this struck me as particularly poignant today: my puppy happened to arrive in my life the same time as John’s sublime score for “Lincoln,” and its theme, ‘With Malice Toward None.’ m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjeR...

To celebrate John Williams turning 93 today, here’s my tribute eight years ago on his 85th, gathering some pretty silly toons, digital doodles, and a super geeky photo from one of my close encounters with the maestro over the years 🎶🔥🦈🚀👽🧚🦖🤠🪖🧙‍♂️🎩🐴🤖❤️🎶 flashfilms.us/Blog/Entries...

David Fitzsimmons’ beautifully written and chilling tribute to Ray Bradbury: The Temperature at Which Democracy Burns 🔥 davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/fahrenheit...

"We're all in this trip together. Keep at It." Celebrate with The David Lynch Foundation and Dr. Tony Nader, Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:30 am Pacific / 1:30 pm Eastern: www.youtube.com/@DrTonyNader www.instagram.com/drtonynader/ www.facebook.com/DrTonyNader

Paying our respects to the ever-increasing cavalcade of cherry pies, cigarettes, donuts and other sweet tributes to maestro David Lynch at Bob's Boy Boy, Toluca Lake. My favorite: a can of Heineken, inscribed: "F**k that shit!"

Noon Monday (PST), be there, or be square.

Sad that I never got to meet him. Dogspeed, David. www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/david-ly...

Patti bought me a beautiful book of paintings by this artist, Emma Howarth. Here's a sample, accompanied by the sublime voice of Jeremy Irons reading from a T.S. Elliot poem that inspired the piece. Despite our ongoing shitshow, there is still magic in this world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQr...

A conversation with one of the greats, Mr. Dennis Muren, ASC: theasc.com/articles/den...

78 today. Exultate Juști! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN2S...

Hard to believe it's been 21 yrs since my gigantic story on "The Return of the King" (58 pages, Cinefex 96). Below is an old blog recalling that experience while wrestling other Hobbits. Pic is me in Forbidden Planet, London, Dec. 2003. flic.kr/p/g4eWpJ ⚔️🧙‍♂️🐉🧌🐘 www.flashfilms.us/Offline_page...

This eerie and spellbinding animated feature "Flow" is now playing. Highly recommended for all who appreciate animal life, imagination, and the possibilities of animation. It was fascinating speaking with the filmmaker. #flowmovie2024 🐈‍⬛🦮🐭🐒🐦🌊

Trekkers, art- and film-lovers, my friend VFX supervisor Adam Howard – multi-Emmy nominee for Deep Space Nine and Enterprise, and Emmy winner for Voyager and TNG – is also a gifted portraitist. He's available for commission. Paintings take a week, digital media printed on metal: www.adamhoward.art

Gathered all my stories for American Cinematographer in one place. A couple more coming soon 🦖🚀⚔️🎥 flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

Just noticed this helpful page, for anyone still pondering their migration here. I departed like Bishop piloting the dropship in "Aliens," I double-clicked the red 'destroy everything' button, and vamoosed as the nukes exploded behind me. For a gentler exit: www.bluesky-migrate.com

Three months ago, I got to cover this beautiful documentary about artists in Ukraine. I can imagine its impact now will be even more profound. Opens later this month. Slava Ukraini.

In the ongoing cognitive quest for identity... here's my one book 📚, one movie 🎥, one album 💿, one TV show 📺 (man, shark, person, island) #Filmsky #Scriptsky

Twittercide this morning: 2009-2024. Writer, sometimes filmmaker, former Cinefex scribe, currently making words for freelance film books and other outlets, including ASC. Not prone to personal and or political outbursts, but deeply sad today. So, here is Lucy echoing my mood.

Tribute to Ernest Vincze, BSC HSC, cinematographer of "Dogplant." flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

My tribute to film producer Robert Watts, who took time out of his day to give a struggling filmmaker some words of encouragement many moons ago. flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...

A powerful and moving documentary about Anya Stasenko and Slava Leontyev, ceramic artists in Ukraine. #PorcelainWar www.cartoonbrew.com/documentary-...

I always think of my Dad on Moon Landing Day. He woke me up in the wee hours of July 20 1969 when I was five and held me on his knee to watch Armstrong step out. Years later, it all came flooding back when I covered "First Man" for Cinefex; and I made this little model: flic.kr/s/aHsmohGd28

A labor of love, nearly five decades in the making – my story, for Cartoon Brew, on the making of David Allen's "The Primevals" now streaming at Amazon Prime: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

Some recent work: "Ultraman Rising" at Cartoon Brew www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film... "Civil War" at American Cinematographer theasc.com/articles/civ...

A friend gifted me a model kit of a weird Soviet WWII vehicle. I noted the kit was made in Ukraine, so decided to update to modern day – imagining Ukrainian soldiers had liberated this museum piece and were taking it into action on the front line. #SlavaUkraini #MiniArt_Models flic.kr/s/aHBqjBg4Lt

Happy Picard book day! Titan Books' “Star Trek: Picard - The Art and Making of the Series” – covering three seasons of the Saturn-Award-winning TV Series – is here: 🖖 flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p... #startrek #picard #makeitso #LLAP

Tribute to my friend, visual effects artist Alex Frisch. flashfilms8.wixsite.com/flashfilms/p...