[Watch the video interview on YouTube here]
Film Courage: Adam, you once said that 99% of filmmakers will never make a second film. How do you feel about this now?
Adam William Ward, Filmmaker/Actor: It’s crazy how much things have changed and how fast things have changed. Technology has made things so much easier. I talk about that a lot recently because back in 2007-2008, you couldn’t even get depth of field. You couldn’t even use lenses. Now it’s so much easier to make a film.
So as much as before if you made one film, you’re probably not going to make a second one. Now someone can make a first film, have no success and still make a second film. As to where the first time I said that it probably wasn’t the case because they had to spend a lot of money. You don’t have to anymore as much as you did I would say.
Film Courage: And when we talked to you about that before, you had only made one feature at that point?
Adam: I just made Wally Got Wasted so that was my first feature, yes. Now I’ve made a full TV series which has three features. Bad Advice is like three features. It’s four and a half hours worth of content so seven episodes. Each episode’s about 30 to 40 minutes long. I guess I didn’t follow that rule of never making another one.
I’m working on my second feature as well right now called Attachment Theory but the name might change.
It’s just a lot easier to make films nowadays. I do think probably the percentage of people that make a second film has gone up a lot…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
MORE VIDEOS WITH ADAM WILLIAM WARD
WATCH ‘BAD ADVICE’
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WATCH ‘WALLY GOT WASTED’
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About:
Adam is a Jewish-American born in Abington, Pennsylvania who grew up in Bucks County, PA. At age twelve his family relocated to Roseburg, Oregon; a new and unfamiliar small town. As the middle child of three, Adam realized he had to stand out to gain any measure of attention, if he wanted his rightful place at the dinner table. His antics started purely as a way to amuse his family, but quickly blossomed into a desire to entertain a bigger audience. This desire, however, was abated by a nearly crippling case of stage fright that lasted until he joined his high school’s drama program as a teenager. Through his teacher and classmates’ encouragement, Adam gradually let go and confronted his fear. It seemed to work. After receiving much local acclaim in his first year on stage, his high school named the A-Ward Award after him and it is still given annually to the most outstanding newcomer. It was because of this success Ward pursued his love of film as an undergrad at Hawaii Pacific University where he graduated with a Communications Degree. After graduating from college, Ward made his way to Hollywood! During his first day in town, he used his charm to land a position in post production at Dreamworks. From there, he segued to a gig working for Todd Phillips at Warner Brothers. But pursuing a career made him temporarily lose sight of his dream (dream of what?) It wasn’t until Ward bumped into Jimmy Smits at LAX that he was convinced to go back and study acting again. At Smits’ recommendation, he began studying at the Joanne Baron DW School of Acting during which he found time to star in eleven short films. The following year ward was a lead in three independent features. But it wasn’t until the year 2011 Ward, took his destiny in his own hands and wrote, directed and starred in a tv comedy called, “Three Guys and a Couch” (On Amazon Prime). In 2013 wrote Directed and Starred in “Parole Officers” another tv pilot. (On Amazon Prime). Later in 2014 Ward co-wrote a feature film called, “Wally Got Wasted”. [See more of Adam’s bio on IMDB]
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