© 2012 Phil Abatecola. All rights reserved.
I can’t count how many friends of mine have recommended that I read Save the Cat. I’d read Syd Field, Robert McKee’s Story and a few other books on screenwriting, and to be honest, I was burned out on reading … Continue reading
© 2012 Phil Abatecola. All rights reserved.
One part psychic, one part detective, two parts remote and creepy location, 3 parts murder, shake and stir and you get… THE DEAD FILES! Now entering its second season on the Travel Channel, I have the honor of producing with … Continue reading
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Last March, I had the opportunity to co-produce a documentary by Jason Gurvitz and the Seattle Anesthesia Outreach Organization that documents the tragic conditions of Ethiopia’s largest hospital, and their efforts to modernize it. After decades of poverty and overwhelming … Continue reading
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Our new collection of Los Angeles stock footage will be available on our Pond5 store in the coming weeks, and just to wet everyone’s appetites, here is a some of the incredible footage in a fun montage Jeremy put together … Continue reading
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Sharmila Ray, the production designer for my short film Deceit, has just released the teaser for her evolving documentary about a friend’s quest to find her biological parents, called “You Follow: A Search For One’s Past“. From the website: A … Continue reading
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As many of you know, my friend, and fellow director Jeremy Weiss, and I have been compiling interesting and high quality stock footage for sale on Pond5… and just because we love making movies. Just the other night, we set … Continue reading