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Written by JJ Barnes
I interviewed independent filmmaker Patrick Cutler about his career, what inspires him in his work, and the creative work that has gone into his new feature film; REDGATE.
I’m a filmmaker from small town Montana. Have completed over 5 full-length indepentent feature films in my career. Spent 10 years in Alaska teaching filmmaking techniques to Native Alaskan students. Co-founded a theatre production company called “Cutler Bros. Productions” and co-created a traveling improv comedy group called Das Froot.
When I was 5 years old an first picked up my parents VHS camera and started recording home movies.
The camera shots and angles.
Film school for one semester, then studying and reading independent film books non-stop.
Never had one, I am entirely an independent filmmaker. Although I did get paid in Alaska for 10 years to produce films and various multimedia projects.
Working for a remote Alaskan school district producing multimedia for them.
Making the 2012 LA Comedy Festival for my independent film “The Cottonwood City Project”…it was a great experience screening the film in LA, meeting people and almost getting a major distribution deal for the film.
Overall just not landing a big distribution deal for a film, it can be a tough business.
REDGATE
Listening to local horror stories as a kid growing up in a small western town and this area known as Redgate.
Not knowing what is haunting this town and causing death and macabre in the Mountains surrounding it.
3 months.
9 months.
I wrote the film myself and enjoy writing my own films.
I found displaced actors and actress from the COVID-19 pandemic that were looking for work and couldn’t find any in LA or New York.
About 6 people. Yes, it worked very well for a small indepent film.
My brother hiked the locations the year before which are lakes located in the middle of nowhere in the Mountains in Montana.
No. 1 horror film in America. Create a multi-billion dollar entertainment empire. Win the World Series as owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Once you start doing it, the amount of people I’ve met that have zero clue about filmmaking or film distribution or anything film related. You’d think with as many movies that are produced and released every year that people would be quite familiar with the filmmaking processes, but sadly very few are.
Give me your social links so people can come and find you!
https://www.facebook.com/patrickwcutler
https://twitter.com/PatrickWCutler
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/patrickwcutler
https://www.linkedin.com/company/69915831
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXGRbVO9cmqOCtiaiADEb2Q
Thanks!
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