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“My first teacher was Steven Spielberg. I worked on Amazing Stories. That was my first job, as a writer and as a story editor. Watching him and his command of the tools of filmmaking, and his admiration for writing and the story itself, was the greatest lesson I ever had.”

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Mick Garris

Mick Garris, born on December 4, 1951, is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his work in the horror genre, particularly for his collaborations with Stephen King. Garris began his career in the 1980s, with his works including 'The Lost Boys' and the 'Friday the 13th' franchise. more

“When I started, every film got a full theatrical distribution. Today, almost no low budget films, maybe two or three a year, will get a full theatrical distribution. We've been frozen out of that, which means they must be aware that for a full theatrical distribution it either has to be something like Saw or some exploitation film of today or an extremely well made personal film.”

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Author:Roger Corman

“I love the process of making films and an incidental satisfaction is the fact that most of them made money.”

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Author:Roger Corman

“There are eleven or twelve or thirteen cities in China with populations of over 10 million people and most people in the West have never even heard of these cities.”

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Author:Roger Corman

“I'm not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it's counterproductive. I think you're going to have people stumbling around after a couple of weeks.”

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Author:Roger Corman

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