The Young Executive

The top grossing director of all time. Check out the talk he gave at TED that inspired him to make his Hollywood blockbusters

Check it out: Cameron talking at TED

To see other talks by incredible people visit TED’s website : TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

There’s a lot of aspiring young directors around the world. Everyone tries to create their calling card with a really cool short. It’s a new generation of filmmaker out there that now has the capability to make visually stunning shorts. No company will just hand over a film to a director whose never made one before. Therefore a method people take is to be “godfathered” by a trusted creative player in the business. Consider Niell Blompkamp and Peter Jackson. Another is  Shane Acker who had Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro. The latest, Federico Alvarez has Sam Raimi. It’s important to know the cool shorts out there that are getting people excited.

• Neill Blompkamp had this short, Alive in Joberg that blew Peter Jackson away and of course as you know, the rest is history.
• Federico Alvarez created this short, Panic Attack! that caught the attention of Sam Raimi and now has a million dollar deal to create his feature debut.
• This guy has been described as a young Zack Snyder. Check out Gary Shore’s Cup of Tears Trailer.

Now the bar has been set by guys like these. It’s clear that when you look at these visually stunning shorts these guys know what a commerical movie should look like.

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Cup of Tears

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