{"title": "How did the director's First Films were made?", "timestamp": 1786899409.9812715, "description": "Somehow film-makers stop being nobodies and become somebodies. There is always the first film. There is always something that puts you under the spotlight, allowing you to make the movie you've always wanted to make. Let's look at those first films and how they got to be made. And analyze the patterns. And hopefully find a clue of what to do ourselves.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film \"Moria's Race\" and the lead developer of it's game sequel \"Dani's Race\".\r\n\r\n[My Story](/about/who_is_blender_dumbass_)\r\n\r\nMore links to me ( view page source to see how I did those ):\r\n\r\n![internetarchive](https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22J.Y.Amihud%22) ![imdb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15214305) ![notabug](http://notabug.org/jyamihud) ![odysee](https://odysee.com/@blenderdumbass:f) ![codeberg](https://codeberg.org/blenderdumbass/)", "invited": ["AngryAlien", "Erwinjitsu", "trueauracoral", "Cricetus", "elban", "Troler", "johny", "RowdyJoe", "adgbeveridge", "doublelion", "alkyilcycloalke", "jedi66", "WanchaiMike", "Trolli123", "ddd", "ByteBlast", "dolphinana", "Madiator2011", "Uriel_Cohen", "mk-la", "TestUser", "Mr._MotherFucker", "MorsMortium", "cptbichez", "dbbs", "Xavi", "test", "Ozoned", "Tcll", "FranzoPow"], "invited_by": "blenderdumbass", "title": "Blender Dumbass", "website": "blenderdumbass.org", "mastodon": "@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online", "username": "blenderdumbass", "activity_pub": {"pub": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAupr+zzHFZXpPvayAbk8R\na3Yp2k+ymoI6IbfMkekWv5rTjrCBQRa1tcoy8o1cgxdFo/QYPb++s8+q4R/Xl4zV\nvSp40z1M6tI7zDQZv4BGInEqKgLpR5ahjqYVL4GVpYaw+FfQ3tc0J9Ui8/y/3HBX\nN5YzyaOpp0oxEW+tnnDHhHZSQ7G32MMWVL5DIZZKEAqxdgtw1s3sa2iAqcb3TSib\nCA1OvYQmPOicQS07/CVY+1OwKVKKV7CPNFk4SBYyCZ/CyC3Uujngl05jw9TpVR7T\n0WwVFijfMSSVFiBQmOQLFG0e4g8/XP+HvKDD8dB1PwreEAq+jrOBv6GvOgMOlGxi\nOQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"}, "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/account/blenderdumbass"}, "thumbnail": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/thumbs/directors.jpg", "license": "cc-by-sa", "views": {"amount": 16, "dates": {"2026-08-16": 5, "2026-08-17": 1, "2026-08-20": 3, "2026-08-21": 2, "2026-08-24": 3, "2026-08-27": 1, "2026-09-06": 1}}, "recording": "", "comments": {"comments": [{"text": "Of all the directors, none of them started out in 2020s. Where's my man [Kane Parsons]()? Where's [David F. Sandberg]()? Where's [Markiplier]()?", "username": "Troler", "id": 0, "timestamp": 1786913030.9094024, "p_index": {}}, {"text": "> The first documented case of Spielberg ever directing something ( according to wikipedia ) would be The Last Gun from 1959 ( 15 whole years before that ).\r\n\r\nAccording to [The Fabelmans]() that is true.", "username": "Troler", "id": 1, "timestamp": 1786913107.2814457, "p_index": {"2": 10}}, {"text": "> In 1969 Steven Spielberg directed a part of a pilot episode of a TV show called Night Gallery which was produced by Universal. How the hell, a young 21 year old Jewish boy who made little funny videos with his sisters, suddenly directs a TV episode?\r\n\r\nWell, he is Jewish.", "username": "Troler", "id": 2, "timestamp": 1786913164.3182175, "p_index": {"2": 14}}, {"text": "I really want you to analyze how the hell [John Carpenter]() got into the industry by getting his friends to make [Dark Star]()", "username": "Troler", "id": 3, "timestamp": 1786913658.1086652, "p_index": {}}, {"text": "> Similarly to people like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino did not go to a proper film-school. And instead made short films on his own money with friends. One of which My Best Friend's Birthday is partially survived. But that doesn't mean that he didn't do any professional film learning either.\r\n\r\nSpielberg did go to a film school, after he made Saving Private Ryan", "username": "Troler", "id": 4, "timestamp": 1786914323.6260188, "p_index": {"2": 83}}]}, "collections": [], "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["filmmaking", "film", "filming", "directors", "stevenspielberg", "jamescameron", "michalbay", "quentintarantino", "cinema", "hollywood"], "not_ai_proof": "", "warning": "", "lemmy": [""], "tab": "articles", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/how_did_the_director_s_first_films_were_made_", "likes": ["blenderdumbass", "https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass", "https://fosstodon.org/users/samvarma", "Troler"], "boosts": ["https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass"]}