Jason Satterlund, Filmmaker: We all got into it because we have killer taste and we also felt like we can do this XYZ thing and then we start to create it and we realize there’s this gap between what we’re creating and what we like.
Film Courage: When did you begin to realize that if you poured all of your energy and passion into your art, one day someone would give you a job?
Jason: When did I realize?
Film Courage: Or that you’d be discovered?
Jason: That’s an interesting question because it comes down to the definition of the word discovered. What does discovered mean? I would say that as a kid, and I think probably every filmmaker watching this probably feels this way, you look at whatever Raiders of the Lost Ark and you go I could do that. I wonder if anyone else believes I can do that? I know I have to convince the world that I can actually do it. In my case the people that have believed in me and given me the shot have not been the people I expected. It’d be like a best friend who just happened to be in a position where they hire me and it just like came from back here and you’re like Wait, what? You’re going to…? It was one of those things where I always felt like I had something to contribute, something to give, I was just wondering how long it was going to take for anyone to actually notice. It’s almost the other way around. I think we’re all that way. We all feel that we have something special and you’re just waiting for the world to catch up to where we are. That can be a frustrating position especially if you feel like no one’s discovered you yet. But I have always found that when it does happen and no matter which level you’re on it does happen and that could mean a movie deal or it could mean getting a nice job…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Jason Satterlund is an award winning film director who has been working on films for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in all areas of production including directing, producing, writing, cinematography, and editing. He works all over the world directing, commercials, documentaries, music videos, and feature films.
Early on he developed his skills as a storyteller and uses them to this day on projects as diverse as sci-fi steampunk action films, high end commercials, underwater sea life in the tropics, television shows, top country music artists in Nashville, Tenn, and feature films. He is the only person ever to conduct a night shoot in the ancient city of Petra, and the first person in America to use film lenses on an HD camera.
Satterlund has done extensive work for clients such as Warner Brothers, Bon Jovi, Amazon, Microsoft, Jack White, CNN, Hallmark Entertainment, ABC, and the country of Jordan.
He is creator and director of the award winning feature film, “The Record Keeper,” which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London, and won the first annual Geekie Awards.
Satterlund’s latest film THE ABANDON (written by Dwain Worrell) features a wounded soldier awakening in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he attempts to find a way to escape against a ticking clock.
ABOUT THE ABANDON MOVIE:
U.S. soldier, Miles Willis, is shot and wounded during an intense firefight in Iraq. As he tries to radio for help, a sudden blinding light surrounds him, and he awakens to find himself trapped in a strange, colorless cube with nothing inside but his own combat gear. As time passes, the cube begins to change: fluctuating extreme temperatures, random shifts of gravity, and strange writing appearing on the walls. His only communication is with one person — a mystery woman who calls him on his satellite phone, claiming to be trapped in a similar space. As the clock ticks, the two of them must figure out who has them, why they were taken, and how to escape.
A film by Jason Satterlund
Written by Dwain Worrell
The film stars Jonathan Rosenthal, Tamara Perry, and Regis Terencio
Produced by Victoria Hadeler and Regis Terencio
Executive Produced by Jonathan Rosenthal and Jordan Foley
Edited by Jason Satterlund
Cinematography by Ray Huang
Music by Geoff Koch
From Mill House Motion Pictures
Runtime is 1 hour 36 Minutes
This drama/thriller film is not yet rated
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