Here I am. What in the world was I thinking about here? I don't know. Hilary stars in "Bittersweet Lies" Thugs chase the detective down when he tries to steal the mind control program. The sketchboard drawings come to life and talk in "Counterfeit Treasures"

Every filmmaker today talks about the super 8 movie films they made as a kid... and I am no different. In middle school I was making James Bond parodies, and then I plastered the inside of my friend's garage with newspapers, and spray painted them all to make a "brain set" for a movie I showed in my biology class about how our minds work. I grew up in Glendale - a suburb of Los Angeles, majored in Cinema/Theater at USC. I held weekly acting workshops in my little apartment where a bunch of actors chipped in a doollar each per session and we practiced our acting and directing. I soon started directing stage plays at theaters such as Burbank Little Theater, taught acting workshops there, and at times even had to write plays with roles specific to the individuals in the theater group... and taking place on the last set a theater company left behind. Then... I wrote and directed my first 35mm feature - a suspense thriller called "Secret Sins". The big crew grew even bigger and soon we were going overbudget on a production getting bigger and bigger still, but it was a tremendous experience for all of us, and the movie turned out really nice. I worked under several company names, then came up with CraniumCandy.com, since the movies were such "brain candy"... I did some shorts like the Supernatural "Into Thin Air" about a girl who casts a spell to make her ex husband vanish, but it backfires, creating disasterous results. I am currently in post on a drama, "Lemon Drops" about girls who have a reunion, and go to a psychic for fun. The psychic warns them about dangers that start coming true for the girls. Well, I've learned to overcome huge obstabcles during a low budget shoot, but have I mentioned the "force" behind these movies really coming together? I have been blessed with incredible and dedicated talent (well, a few nightmares too, but that's for another webpage story sometime). On all my projects, the hardworking actors and actresses have really pulled through. I mainly funded my own movies, so I could spend my time making movies instead of drafting business proposals, but now am seeking funding. Having a budget that also includes adequate marketing and advertising can be a potential for good exposure and sales. Then when I shot "Wacky Adventures of 5 Florida Ballot Counters" after the 2000 election fiasco, that was number one on Robofilms.com for several months. The next few projects were short movies, "Susan Goes Psycho" - a comedy which was featured on internet movie sites. I did a short called "Counterfeit Treasures" where the drawings on a girls' sketchboard talks back to her. This took countless hours, and I was so excited to see that it worked really well. (See this in the MONTAGE preview). It took lots of time, but I could create dynamic effects for next to no money. Although I mainly ran the video camera, I did some stills too. I took actors' headshots for awhile, but I like having someone else shoot the stills on my movie sets. In the meantime, I wrote a more serious dramatic piece about teens locked in a facility together, centering on an identity theft scam. I was thrilled that it won Best Feature in the Golden Palmetto International Film Competition out of Miami. I am currently editing a short and a steamy feature called "Naked Shadows" which should be out this summer. I have been bouncing back and forth from editing, shooting features, to doing model video shoots. Do take a look at my movie previews... your comments and suggestions are always appreciated. Thanks, Kirk Bowman kirkfilms@hotmail.com BACK