Hello World, I Want to Make Movies

I can’t tell you what year I started first grade, but I know it was the year ‘Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure’ came out.

My name is Michael Robert Brown and as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a filmmaker. I have a tape of myself, from when I was three years old, reciting the opening monologue from Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’. My childhood memories are all movie-centric. I can’t tell you what year I started first grade, but I know it was the year ‘Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure’ came out.

I am starting this blog because it is time to follow my dream. I’m now 30 years old & 3 years sober and realize that the only way to reach my dream is to start. This blog is a tool for keeping myself accountable.

This is my starting point:

• I live at my folks’ house in Los Gatos, CA
• I was laid off from a contract job at Facebook last Friday
• I am enrolled in a local acting class, First Take
• I have a small collection of cameras including a DSLR, GoPro, HandiCam and my iPhone
• I have a movie review podcast that gets about 300 downloads per week, ‘Monday Movie Munchie Madness’
• I have a MasterClass subscription and am currently taking Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting class
• I have a great group of friends that are also passionate about entertainment
• I’ve got a little money saved up, a blue coupe and a head full of ideas

The first step I’ve taken is starting this blog, which will also have a podcast component.

Thanks for joining me on this journey from zero to filmmaker!

Update soon,

Michael