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Galadriel
Thompson - Director
Dance, and fine art have
always been in my life, and then I found theater to place words to my
dancing collages. Finding film was just the final stop in my search
for some complete use of my body and brain. Although my starting
points for a piece will always begin with dance and visual images.
Four years ago I got
serious about devoting myself to film, and met my
husband/collaborator, Tony Bono. Since than we’ve been able to get
more done than either of us have ever been able to do before. We
write the scripts together, and if I direct the piece he will shoot
it, and if he directs it I design it, and basically stand by each
others side through every point of the process. What turns out is
some melting of beautiful images and haunting stories.
In the last four years I’ve
been heavily working in the art department on feature films in order
to pay bills. I’ve worked in different positions and with many
different budgets; from production designer to art assistant – 100
million dollar productions to 10,000 dollar ones. In between the jobs
I’ve directed many shorts and completed two screenplays.
The work that can be seen
recently is “Trailer Trash”, a short inspired by old Heavy Metal comic
magazines: a combination of sex and guilt and violence churning
through a mobius strip. And this short film “Crashing”, inspired by
sixties photography full of the bitterness of nostalgia.
Currently we’re in
devlopment with our feature script “Down By The River”, and if all
continues to go as planned, should be shooting it next summer.
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