Sometimes these blog entries just write themselves, y’know? In this case I’m able to do the ‘ole cut-n-paste trick and simply publish an email update directly from its source.

This update comes from the FilmSchoolSF alum Jared Brick who is back in the Bay Area after a stint in Maui.

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I thought I would update you all on the randomness of life!

I attended the FilmSchoolSF Fiction film class in early 2007 and made “Shooting Samsara” which was entered into a few festivals actually! Then my career and life fell back into itself and in early 2009, I left my job in travel sales to pursue a career in the environmental business. I always draw on my skills from FilmSchoolSF and have produced some small promo pieces along the way. Ideally I would love to work with Free Range Studios, making powerful short eco-based films.

In late 2009, my wife and I went over to Maui to work on an organic farm there as Wwoof’ers and loved it so much we stayed for 9 months!  She got pregnant and I was doing odd jobs. An old friend and film maker from NYC was on the island and was about to produce the local film called “Get A Job” and asked me to be Key Set PA on the indie film.

I spent the next 5 weeks busting my ass, literally, on the small budget feature comedy drama set on Maui with mostly all local actors and extras, with some amazing cameos too. I was there before everyone and left last… what a world? It was great, hard, exhausting, exciting, boring, tiring, fun, long, creative, new and all things in between. I hope the film gets good distribution and makes it to California this year?

The life lesson is once you have some skills and can network a bit, film is always available to anyone trained.  I am now back in Berkeley with a newborn son and back in school for my Sustainability MBA at the Presidio Grad School of SF!  I know film will be in and out of my life forever and with a baby now to document and create with!

Life takes some interesting turns for sure!