jenniferfarfort

‘Perfection’ has been quite a journey a 2 1/2-year one to be exact.  How did it come together? It’s actually a longer journey than that but it did take us 2 1/2 years to finish principal photography after the script was nominated for Best Screenplay by The IFP Independent Film Projects in New York which is a wonderful resource for first-time directors. My producer Annette Murphy and I had several meetings with production companies that all liked the project but no one was willing to actually show us the money so we decided to just start shooting with whatever resources we had on the weekends. We were very lucky to put together an amazing and talented cast and crew who all showed up for the love of this project. We were very rich in that way. The IFP came on board again as we were involved in their rough cut labs and I was awarded 'The Adrienne Shelly Female Directing Grant' which helped finish our principal photography. What responses have you had f...

Cagefighting – 100 Word Screenplay In front of a bus shelter, seagulls on steroids peck at some food. A young Asian lad throws a chip at them. He looks at an older white man. LAD : I cage fight. The older man nods politely. LAD:  I can do two fights in a night! Easily. He stops to eat a chip. LAD : You thought about it? MAN : What? LAD : Cagefighting. The man smiles shyly shaking his head. LAD : Could teach ya. The man looks at his watch. LAD : (staring at him) I …I could ya know The man moves closer to the kerb as the bus pulls in. MAN : No it’s ok. He gets on the bus and sits at the front.  The younger man sits behind him.

His documentaries are thoughtful vignettes a narrative of colour portraits, that get to the heart of telling a story.   Over a cup of tea, I spoke to Cinematographer and Filmmaker Leo Leigh about video nasties, photography, and vivid dreams of burning hotels (his) and flying on a bike with Rick Wakeman (mine). WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT?  I’m making a film about an 81-year-old ping-pong veteran called Marty Reisman. He was an American Champion and a British Champion but he was never a world champion. He lives in New York and still hustles for money. He’s challenging a 17-year-old, it’s the life and times but where he’s at now. He’s got an amazing collection of old suits he had made in Saville Row.  He used to have money …well he used to have a lot more money than he does now. He’s an interesting character. I CAN IMAGINE. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE FILM ‘LOONY IN THE WOODS' We made it in about 2006 and I co-wrote it with ...