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The Filmmaker's Life with Mike Camoin - 05/16/24 The Filmmaker's Life
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Our guest this week was documentary filmmaker Mike Camoin. Mike produces and co-produces films that focus on untold stories, such as "Benedict Arnold:Hero Betrayed," narrated by Martin Sheen; "Sallie Mae Not" the story of how the US Government set up a system of greed that gutted student loan lending of consumer protections and "The
Saratoga Battles DVD" which is a highly popular educational tool found in schools throughout the Northeast. He's currently in post-production on the documentary "Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball", the story of the smallest NCAA college basketball program ever to reach the
Final Four.
Here's the trailer for "Sallie Mae Not"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MLOnTTRfkI and "Benedict Arnold:Hero
Betrayed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y6GeqiOIugTo obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at
https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home . Enter your name and email address at the bottom right of the page to register. You will then receive a welcome email with the relevant Zoom information.Mike Camoin is a documentary filmmaker who has been in the industry for over 30 years. In 1995, Camoin led the independent film movement in northeastern New York co-founding the Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network, a salon of the Association of Independent Video and Film
(AIVF). Mike pushed for talks to fuel New York’s first Film Tax rebate program to prevent runaway productions. He studied directing with Judith Weston and has worked various roles on feature films that have screened at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance such award-winning films "As
You Are", "We the Animals", HBO Films "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" and Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines" starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendez and Bradley Cooper. Aside from working on other people's productions he's produced and directed several documentaries of his own including "Inside the Blue Line: Leadley’s
Legacy," the story of an aging Adirondack woodsman’s hunt to preserve the wilderness which aired on PBS - NORTHEAST and Canada. In 2021, his production company, Videos For Change Productions, produced the documentary "Sallie Mae Not: Exposing America's Student Loan Scam" which won the Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival's Audience Choice AwardMike's currently in post-production on the documentary
"Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball" and in development of several other projects.
Our guest this week was documentary filmmaker Mike Camoin. Mike produces and co-produces films that focus on untold stories, such as "Benedict Arnold:Hero Betrayed," narrated by Martin Sheen; "Sallie Mae Not" the story of how the US Government set up a system of greed that gutted student loan lending of consumer protections and "The
Saratoga Battles DVD" which is a highly popular educational tool found in schools throughout the Northeast. He's currently in post-production on the documentary "Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball", the story of the smallest NCAA college basketball program ever to reach the
Final Four.
Here's the trailer for "Sallie Mae Not"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MLOnTTRfkI and "Benedict Arnold:Hero
Betrayed" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y6GeqiOIugTo obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at
https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home . Enter your name and email address at the bottom right of the page to register. You will then receive a welcome email with the relevant Zoom information.Mike Camoin is a documentary filmmaker who has been in the industry for over 30 years. In 1995, Camoin led the independent film movement in northeastern New York co-founding the Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network, a salon of the Association of Independent Video and Film
(AIVF). Mike pushed for talks to fuel New York’s first Film Tax rebate program to prevent runaway productions. He studied directing with Judith Weston and has worked various roles on feature films that have screened at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance such award-winning films "As
You Are", "We the Animals", HBO Films "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" and Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines" starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendez and Bradley Cooper. Aside from working on other people's productions he's produced and directed several documentaries of his own including "Inside the Blue Line: Leadley’s
Legacy," the story of an aging Adirondack woodsman’s hunt to preserve the wilderness which aired on PBS - NORTHEAST and Canada. In 2021, his production company, Videos For Change Productions, produced the documentary "Sallie Mae Not: Exposing America's Student Loan Scam" which won the Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival's Audience Choice AwardMike's currently in post-production on the documentary
"Brown N White: The Heart of Bona’s Basketball" and in development of several other projects.
1 hr 10 min