I co-run a production company, Dress Code, and direct commercials. I always thought I’d make a feature documentary “some day,” but the goal suddenly felt more urgent as I approached my 40th birthday. I pursued a few compelling subjects, but they fell through.Then our company was hired to make a short about artist Geoff McFetridge, whose work I’d admired for decades. I thought there might be a larger story to tell, so I proposed a feature to Geoff. He didn’t say yes, but he didn’t say no either. After letting us film for a couple years, he finally acknowledged we were making a movie.That's how we began production on Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life. Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life (Official Trailer) www.youtube.com In the beginning I thought Geoff’s image as this cool and positive family guy must be obscuring something darker, and I looked for the tortured artist stereotype. But over the course of making the film, I realized this wasn’t the case; I became as compelled by Geoff’s authentic approach to life as I was by his art. This helped push the film past the conventional “artist doc” and into exploring more universal ideas: how one decides what matters in life and how to balance creativity, family, and identity.During our first shoot, Geoff commented on how much gear we had, though it wasn’t much. After that we tried harder to fly under the radar. Mostly it was just three of us–a DP, sound, and me. The DP’s had to...
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