Another update from a former FilmSchoolSF聽student. This time, we caught up with filmmaker Gretchen Olivero whose short film, The Disgruntled Worker, won a Grand Festival Award at the .
“I created this fun, quirky film at the 5 Week Filmmaking Workshop in the of 2008. I had studied film at a previous film program, directed and worked on some student films, as well as some professional films, but what I found key about the SFSDF workshop was the challenge, the access to equipment, James (Savoca’s), Rick (Wise’s) and Steven’s (Kopels’s) guidance during the process. I was surprised how quickly and cohesive my vision about a Kafka-esque type of workplace was pulled off for the amount of time given.”
Recently, Gretchen worked on the short film, , as the script supervisor for the Sundance award winning director, . She suffered through long, hard hours and was nearly overwhelmed by the extensive fog effects on a small set but did an amazing job of helping to keep dialog and continuity perfect.
Gretchen also recently directed a well-funded, 11 minute HD short film in 2009 called , that is currently been submitted to many festivals.
“I am also finishing the final details on my next dramady; a 16 minute short film in which I hope to get in pre-production early 2010 with a larger budget and a name actor. Finally, I have also been writing my feature debut, a drama with comedic elements, in which I hope to be in production in 2011. Of course I am still working as an actor when opportunity arises.”