Bart Cameron

The Purpose of The Exercise Is Not To Defeat The Purpose Of The Exercise

The whole thing started when I wrote my first spec screenplay "Lucifer Quits," a calling-card script that was optioned three times, but never made.&nbsp; That sounds disappointing but realize at the time, 1995,&nbsp; I had dropped out of college on the sneaky suspicion that I might actually know what the hell I'm doing.&nbsp; Not knowing anyone from paint, I sent out a few query letters with some improvised p.r. At the end of the process, an Emmy award winning producer named Dusty Garza thought it was, in the old vernacular, "boffo."<br><br>A trip to Los Angeles and tuna fish sandwich later, my very first actual check for my work.&nbsp; I know I was supposed to photocopy it and frame it, but c'mon, sentiment only goes so far and it didn't bounce, what's the problem?&nbsp; Dusty later went on to try to cash in on the Chupacabra craze that later broke out, and I was then listed in the Hollywood Reporter as a genuine screenwriter, but that never got made as well.&nbsp; Didn't matter, I had proof that I, while not exactly swimming in that filthy lucre, had at least tasted of the spring, and free tuna sandwich.<br><br>At the time, I knew enough about computers and enough about movies to know that when the eventually two got together, there would be a lot of people in the room who didn't know, in the ancient vernacular, "doodly-squat" about either.&nbsp; My suspicions proven, many times over, I have since learned the high and dark arts of movie production, editing and directing for the sole purpose of making sure that my vision isn't left to the well-intentions and many thumbs of "the process."<br><br>I even worked in a movie theater, and tore a lot of tickets for a certain independent movie you might've heard of, "My Big Fat Greek Weeding."&nbsp; Given that my academic background is in sociology,I had one of those evil nerd moments of clarity where I realized, "I can do this and if I want to keep doing it, I'll do it for other people as well."<br><br>Which brings us to right now: I would like you to know that I'm really a nice guy who really enjoys making movies minus the drama and dumb [redacted] that many of you either know about, heard about, or might have experienced first hand.&nbsp; I have a seemingly mystic ability: a firm grasp of the obvious and an amazing propensity for working with creative people who really want to succeed at their crafts.&nbsp; My background in the arts stretches into visual art (photographs, especially), sound, music, film and theater and I really enjoy collaborating. Anything else, you wanna' know, just drop me a line.<br>

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