Thursday, January 29, 2009

Drew Xanthopolous: Western brother's adventure story


Western brother’s adventure story

A young boy living in rural Texas constructs an adventure story incorporating family, friends, and the filmmaker. The boy is viewed through the lens of his imagined story as he both invents and enacts it. Blending elements of fiction and nonfiction, this short documentary is an unusual portrait of a 9 year old boy by way of his imagination.


After studying anthropology at the University of Florida, Drew worked for over a year in the Bay Area as an associate producer, editor, and camera operator. He was fortunate enough to have worked with distinguished filmmakers as Jed Riffe, Emiko Omori, Maureen Gosling, and Vicente Franco. He left the Bay for Missoula, MT where he worked for over a year as a commercial photographer's first assistant and where he also drafted works of his own. He is in his first year as an MFA film production student at the University of Texas at Austin.

www.bydrewx.com


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