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91: Paul Hoeprich
Paul Hoeprich discovered his love for video/film production with his first SONY Betamovie camcorder. He was 7 years old. He received a degree in broadcast production and currently teaches film/news production at Arcadia High School.
“Sharing my passion with youth is
an amazing experience and their new and fresh ideas sometimes can be
inspiring and amazing” says Hoeprich. “We have wonderful support at Arcadia for the
program from the district, administration, and community and business
leaders that really helps to put the program into a level of excellence
not seen at most high schools.”
Teaching allows him time
to work with his film company, Catbrain Film Factory, and to work
freelance gigs. Catbrain’s current
project, On a Plain, is a fictionalized account of Hoeprich’s life in
high schools in the mid-90’s. It tells the story of how the death of one of his generation’s
most notable spokesmen, Kurt Cobain, affected an entire generation of
youth.
The last film you …
cried during: Only film that has
brought me to tears is field of dreams…not sure
why. Americana,
baseball. Father-son relationships, it just gets me every time.
laughed during: Not sure … Films just don’t seem to be as funny as
they used to be.
fell asleep during: This is totally blasphemous considering the film was
directed by my favorite director? But, I fell asleep during a
showing of Weird Science at Valley Art. To my credit, I had watched
two other Hughes films prior to that one…
What was your last big project?
The current project On A Plain is
still two-years and counting.
What are you working on now?
Freelancing,
enjoying time with the family and continuing on pushing On A Plain.
What’s your biggest pet peeve in a movie theater?
Kids at inappropriate films…. Totally pisses me off.
What’s the
craziest thing you’ve ever done with a camera?
It was during a
car scene for our short, single. My PA, Jacob Sacks, drove his
mother’s Audi station wagon while I leaned over the back seat
and
grabbed our DO, Tony Perea, by the collar so he wouldn’t fall out of the
car as he got a tracking shot of another car that was following.
The Creatives, so far:
100. Fausto Fernandez
99. Brian Boner
98. Carol Panaro-Smith
97. Jane Reddin
96. Adam Dumper
95. Mayme Kratz
94. Daniel Tantalean
93. Yuri Artibise
92. Lisa Starry
