Channel: David Hoffman

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Description: So I was just graduating college when I saw this documentary which was made to encourage people to join the industry. One offer they made was to become a television "Page" where you took guests around the network offices in New York city and some time, undefined, in the future, you could move up in the industry. I didn't have patience and I knew I would be a bad page. Then the union offered a 10 year program to become a director. I just wanted a direct documentaries – to make them myself. 10 years? Seemed crazy. So I bought a Bolex 16mm wind-up camera and made my first documentary for $200 which some friends loaned me. And within a year, my 10 minute film was on national television, and so was I being interviewed as a "young filmmaker." I attempted to remain a young filmmaker for over 20 years calling myself that as I got job after job to make television documentaries. When I look at this documentary now it seems ancient. But on the other hand, so do early documentaries of a similar nature on the personal computer and even on the cell phone. Technology is changing so rapidly and I am excited for what comes next. I love YouTube and being a YouTube creator and work very hard to present to my subscribers videos that provoke their interest, comments, reactions, thoughts. My adult children don't watch TV much if at all. YouTube is their choice medium where they can select their programming rather than have it "force-fed" as they see it. But for me as an old timer, television remains the first wonderful medium where homes across America and the world could see my films. What a time! Join my channel and get access to my perks: youtube.com/channel/UC6wBro4B4pf9xnBh9Xi2zcQ/join