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Film Independent Fellow Jonathan Sheldon

In the spirit of Griffin Mill’s question in The Player – “Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change?” – this interview is one in an occasional series in which Film Independent talks with filmmakers about their non-filmic creative pursuits. Making an independent film can take years, of course, and many filmmakers have creative energies that have to come out in other avenues. Sometimes those other creative pursuits supplant filmmaking altogether; at other times, they exist alongside the pursuit of filmmaking.

I recently talked with Film Independent Fellow Jonathan Sheldon about his work as a musician and his band American Bloomers, as well as about his work as a producer. A Film Independent Fellow, Jonathan is currently participating in Film Independent’s Producers Lab, with his project Televisionaries, the true story of Philo Farnsworth, a farmer’s son with a gift for science,...

CANNES -- Vincent D'Onofrio and Joe Pantoliano are teaming to star in "Little Victories", the feature directorial debut of film editor Leo Trombetta. Mark and Michael Polish, who collaborated with Trombetta on their films "Twin Falls Idaho" and the upcoming "Northfork", will produce along with Brigitte Mueller and Martin Scorsese's producing partner, Barbara De Fina, through Cappa Prods. Penned by Trombetta as a semiautobiographical tale, "Little Victories" centers on a 12-year-old boy whose world view is irrevocably altered when his gangster uncle comes to stay with him after being tossed out the house by his wife. Tony Manne is handling the foreign sales for "Victories" through his sales company Bristol Media, which is in Cannes for the first time after launching in March 2002. Bristol is also handling the recently announced "Brides", a co-production among Alco Films, Cappa Prods. and K.G Prods., which is being executive produced by Scorsese. Trombetta's editing credits include "Green Dragon", "Going All the Way" and "Amongst Friends".