New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Joseph Nybyk, "The Arithmetic of Survival"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? I've always been passionate about the arts. My mother worked on stage and made a point to expose...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Nicolaus Taylor, "Mir"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? I've always loved that movies can transport you away from reality. You are in the filmmakers...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Jack Beckett Cohen, "Bodywork"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? I started just making spoof movies with friends in backyards growing up. I never thought it...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Anouk Meissner , "Nobody Owns Me"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? To tell stories on people or subjects that we don't talk about. I'm interested in the taboos of...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Minh Huynh, "Dead Of The Night"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? The TV was my best friend growing up in the 90s. I'd record movies and music videos and, watch...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Daniel Angelus, "The Lights of Dawn"
What inspired you to become a musical composer? I got into the music industry to apply my personal traumas and emotion to my own projects...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Danh C Nguyen, "HMU - Hit Me Up"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? My path as a filmmaker began with a simple yet powerful goal: to uplift Vietnam's often...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Ella West Jerrier, "Wait For It"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? When I was 11, I played the lead role in a Lifetime TV Movie called "Terror In The Woods". I was...
New York Film Awards
Nov 19, 2023
Meet the Finalist: Luke Bond, "Fire With Fire"
What inspired you to become a filmmaker? I’ve always been passionate about collaborative story telling, and with film, there are infinite...