{"id":1186,"date":"2017-05-05T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/05\/05\/filmmaker-in-focus-series-texas-filmmakers-part-three\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:30:18","slug":"filmmaker-in-focus-series-texas-filmmakers-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/05\/05\/filmmaker-in-focus-series-texas-filmmakers-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker In Focus Series: Texas Filmmakers Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Next up in our Filmmaker In Focus<\/strong> Series are two Texas directors that reside in Austin, Bob Byington<\/strong> and Parker Smith<\/strong>. Byington is a SXSW <\/strong>Film alum many times over, his films, Olympia<\/em><\/strong> (1998), Registered Sex Offender<\/strong><\/em> (2008), Somebody Up There Likes Me<\/em><\/strong> (2012) and 7 Chinese Brothers<\/strong><\/em> (2015) have all premiered at our festival. Ramblin’
\nFreak<\/strong><\/em> marks Parker’s directorial debut. Find out more about these films below:<\/p>\n

Infinity Baby<\/h3>\n

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Q:<\/strong> Tell us a little about your film?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> “It’s a comedy about babies that don’t age.”<\/p>\n

Q: <\/strong>What motivated you to tell this story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> “Commitment issues.”<\/p>\n

Q:Tell us a random fact?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> “I premiered a film at SXSW in 2008 called Registered Sex Offender.”<\/p>\n

Ramblin’Freak<\/h3>\n

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Q:<\/strong> Tell us a little about your film?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong>“This is a movie about cats, minivans, muscles and family. I was tired of being a filmmaker without any films so I decided to buy a camera and document myself driving around the country with my cat. When the camera came in the mail I found a tape inside from the previous owner: Gregg Valentino, the man with the world’s biggest biceps. So instead of wandering around aimlessly, we took off to New York from Texas to meet him.”<\/p>\n

Q: <\/strong>What motivated you to tell this story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> “The moment I realized whose camera I had purchased, the film’s focus did a complete 180. What was originally a movie about running away from problems became the story of facing them head on.”<\/p>\n

Q:Tell us a random fact?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> “I’m a three-time film school dropout who’s been selling tacos in Austin for the last two and a half years.”<\/p>\n

Explore More Content From SXSW 2017<\/h3>\n

Get inspired by a multitude of diverse visionaries at SXSW \u2013 browse more 2017 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A\u2019s on our YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The post Filmmaker In Focus Series: Texas Filmmakers Part Three<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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