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Hello, all,
My name is Juliet Dervin and I've been working on documentary films and interactive
media for over four years here in Austin, Texas. I'm looking forward to learning from the
community, especially now that I'm about to launch into my own work, transition from
working for others (as associate producer, grant writer, researcher, story producer) and
proceed apace with my own stories (my development file needs to
be cleaned out!). Thanks for the opportunity to share and learn.
Julie

Hi,

My name is Austyn Steelman and I was recommended to the D-Word forum through my
cousin, a documentary filmmaker who has found the forum to be a great resource
throughout the production of her film. I am an independent filmmaker from California
and am in the process of launching my own documentary which will focus on the work of
two very talented musicians from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This documentary will be the
biggest project that I have worked on so far so I am happy to have found this resource. I
look forward to gathering knowledge through the forum as well as contributing what
knowledge I can.

Talk to you soon,
Austyn

Welcome to The D-Word Forum, Juliet and Austyn.

hello everyone
I am a filmmaker based in new delhi, india. 12 years back i stared my
journey in films with a expose' on the malpractices of Delhi
development authority- an organisation responsible for development of
Delhi. Since than it has been a exciting and a very charged trip. I
got the oppurtunity to show my films on the national television also-
censorship has now become a greater evil than what it was earlier on
TV. Though with digital tech the budgets have come down but the funds
have virtually disappeared for making the kind of film one wants to
make. International funding and invite to the film festival too is
not without it's politics and networking. but we go on. would like to
share my experiences and learn more from this place.
umesh

welcome, umesh. be sure to join the d-word community, where the
professional doc makers hang out: www.d-word.com/community/join

oops, just discovered you've already joined ;-)

thanks dough
shall keep in touch thru this wonderful d-world community

Hi, I am a documentary director from South Africa, working in
Johannesburg on development issues. I have made a few films on
HIV/AIDS and how it affects communities. I also make a lot of
educational films for broadcast. At the moment I am making a short on
mental disability. I would love to chat to other directors about
interesting ways of structuring doccies, as I think the classic
interview/ cut-away style can become quite staid. Looking forward to
hear from you all!
Alette

welcome, alette. best way to do that is to join the d-word
community: www.d-word.com/community/join

Hello,

Scholtens is my name, and I live in Brooklyn, NY. I ran across this
forum searching for info on interview techniques--I am in the pre-
production phase of a documentary on landmines.

My background is in narrative, experimental, and animated film. I have
examples of the latter posted on the web at
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~nws202. My favorite filmmaker and
greatest influence is P. P. Pasolini (whose fictional work would
sometimes border on the documentary--"Accatone"--and whose one
endeavor in the cinema verite was, sadly, at any given moment either
un-poetic or overly intellectual--but still worth checking out--
"Comizi d'Amore").

You can reach me at n_in_scioltezza@hotmail.com. I am always happy
to meet people in person, so don't be shy you New Yorkers!!! My home
base is a SOHO editing house called Subvoyant.

NWScholtens