Honest. Brutal. Inspiring.

If I had to distill my life into three words, those are the ones. Not because they sound poetic together, but because they are the only ones that fit. The only ones that carry the weight and the wounds and the weird, incredible hope of the life I’ve lived so far.

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Independent Filmmaking for Writers: Say More

An indie filmmaker is someone who makes movies without a studio holding the purse strings or calling the shots. As I quickly discovered making The Parables, it’s freedom and chaos in equal measure. Budgets are small, crews are tight, and if the script calls for a helicopter, you're rewriting it to a bike ride before lunch.

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MONTE ALBERS DE LEON IS REWRITING THE APOCALYPSE—ONE SCREENPLAY AT A TIME

Monte Albers de Leon didn’t set out to become a filmmaker. For over two decades, he was a corporate attorney, working in a world of…

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