Into the DIrector's chair ...

After 30 years as a Cinematographer in the US,  my good mate Rob Draper ACS has moved into the Director's chair. We used to work together at RVN 2 Wagga Wagga in the Riverina area of New South Wales, Australia.
His first feature is 'Nicaea' - the story of the Emperor Constantine and his coming to power at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. Constantine's victory led to the Holy Roman Empire.
As Rob says in the Skype interview on my web site (it's here), this is one of a number of feature films with religious or Christian themes in production or pre-production in Hollywood.
According to Rob, the producers of Nicaea see a lot of parallels between what happened in 305 – 325 AD and today. “They wanted to produce a film that wasn’t about ‘blow them up, shoot them up and crash them up’, but rather had a positive message that despite the problems we’re facing today, we can pull ourselves out of them,” Rob said. I think the fact that people want films to make them think (as well as be entertaining) is shown by the success of Les Miserables,” Rob said. “It’s a great film and deserves the Academy Award nominations it’s received,” he said.
The interview and press release are here.