Jimmy Tupper Vs. SXSW
South By Southwest Film, Music, and Interactive Festival, Austin TX. This was much cooler than I had anticipated. From past Austin visits I knew that it would be a fun week. Add in my best of friends, film premiers, actor/director panels, endless parties and receptions, all nighters, tech geek madness, and all the good music you can muster….. exhaustingly killer fun!
We were there supporting the cleverly titled “Jimmy Tupper Vs. The Goatman Of Bowie”. JTVTGOB literally came out of nowhere for me. One of my best friends, and production partners Andrew Bowser was temp living on the opposite side of the country as me. I was in town for a few days on a commercial photo shoot, when Bowser asks if I can DP a film project he is working on. Our conversation in a nutshell:
“Will you help me shoot a new feature while you are in town”? “I am only here for a few days”. “that is all it will take”. “For a feature length”!!?? I wasn’t sure what to expect. In the past we have worked arm in arm from start to finish on projects, but this was not the case. He had an idea. A “gimmicky” type of idea. Truth is I had always looked at this as a “fun” personal project of Bowsers. Never gave too much of a serious look to the project. Many many talented people lent a hand, and now it is Jimmy Tupper VS. the world!!
