Hi, I unlike most of you started to live my dream of creating at the age of 53. When I was younger I planned on running to Cal Arts but life happened and have spent most of my life as a Graphic Designer. Life had its ups and downs from raising 4 beautiful daughters, marrying my best friend to losing our home and stuck in the same job for 35 years with no raises for the last 17. But I had a vision one night. I was always told I was creative. I did acting locally for years but one night I took my idea for a short film and started developing it. I told my wife and said what do I do now. She said...go for it, your dreams dont stop because of age. So I did and it was a pretty successful short film but I knew that it should be a series for cable. So that is where we are now. We just finished episode 2 and I am getting ready to send this to a script doctor/consultant to help us make sure that this product is as awesome as we know it is. The best part of this story is that it is one of the most unique ideas around. Glad to be here in this group.
Introduce Yourself : Screenwriter / Director / Dreamer by Martin McGinley
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Welcome! My current project is a series I'm developing from a short too--so amazing where the creative road takes us if we are curious enough to follow. Good luck, and congrats on your success so far! =)
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Likewise, Marty. Studied product design, sidetracked to graphic, life happens... here I am. I believe our visual training is an asset in screenwriting. It's all good. Best of luck with your series and so on!
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Nice man, I started a bit late in my early 40's as well and I also came from a Graphic Design / Illustration background. I found having that background helped me with 3d animation and the production side of filmmaking or the editing, color grading because of your artistic eye. Best of luck to you man and keep it up.
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Well, I've been a composer for most of my working life, but over the past 10 years have made the transition into writing and development ...we'll see where this goes! I'm now a spring chicken aged 63, and I have saying ..."when do you know you've failed? The answer is simple ...when you've stopped trying! Until then ...you're in the game! All the very best, everyone!