It's Season 4, Episode 1 of the FanGirlHour! And, in this episode, could be called the FanGirlHour...& a little bit more, I interview my good friend, Ray Nomoto Robison who shares his life long love & journey with film-making. Ray shares how he fell into film-making and the reasons why, what influenced him including family, upbringing, favorite films, and just why he loves the art & creation of filmmaking that keeps bringing him back again and again!
Ray Nomoto Robison
Filmmaker
A Fine Arts major in college Robison decided half way through his freshman year that film should be his medium. After receiving his film degree he opted not to move to LA or any other metropolitan area preferring a more rural lifestyle. In Montana and Oregon Robison made a 20 year career of producing and directing local television commercials then began teaching at Southern Oregon University where his students reignited his passion for filmmaking. He began production on his first feature film in 2001. The ultra-low budget feature was sold to a small east coast US distributor allowing Robison to recoup some of his investment. He then began writing his second feature film and in 2007 he saw his first film festival screening (Dances with Films) with his film noir piece Sixes and the One Eyed King. The experience increased the momentum in his passion for filmmaking and he began work on the short film Model Rules which would be the first short film he had made since college. Numerous features and shorts followed and today Robison as a film director has over 100 film festival selections under his belt and continues independent filmmaking primarily in Oregon where he makes his home. He is currently in pre-production on a horror film And Evil Makes 8 which will be the first feature he will have directed in over 10 years.
Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/raynomoto/the-eve-of-may-0?ref=project_link&fbclid=IwAR3YD-C57fJArGbXMvm-gl-wz052QIr_gPOS53Kohh8uLdFVs1kqxk4gwOw
The Eve of May
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The Trunk https://youtu.be/4WPFzsq9Wdc AN AFFAIR REMAINS https://vimeo.com/272112071 Four Daughters https://youtu.be/vAWocL3YkVs DEAR FUTURE SELF https://vimeo.com/155446175
The Trunk
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https://tubitv.com/movies/694485/vampire-camp
Vampire Camp (2012)
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https://watch.plex.tv/movie/sixes-and-the-one-eyed-king
Sixes and the One Eyed King (2006)
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https://watch.plex.tv/movie/die-before-i-wake
Die Before I Wake (2007)
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https://tubitv.com/movies/464223/besetment?tracking=justwatch-feed&utm_source=justwatch-feed
Besetment (2017)
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The Reading of Hammer Ridge (2014)
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