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Fstoppers Post: Why I Quit My Job To Do What I Love, And Why You Should Too

I just quit my full time job of six years as a video producer at a local college. A decent salary, good benefits, and the security that came with it… all gone. I’m now focusing on my dream project called Ascending India and I might go broke trying to make it. In this article I wrote for Fstoppers, I discuss why I made this decision, and how others can make it happen too.

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Ascending India, A Documentary Film Project

About a year ago, I met with an climber friend of mine who happens to be originally from India. He pitched to me the idea of creating a film that highlighted the climbing areas in India. That seed grew, and eventually sprouted into a story about his quest to bring greater awareness and access to the rock climbing scene in India.

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The John Sayles Collection: Video Edit for Michigan Creative

Acclaimed film director John Sayles recently donated over 300 boxes of documents and items to the University of Michigan library archive. His work will become the third part in the "Maverick Collection", which include Orson Welles and Robert Altman. Michigan Creative contracted with Mike Wilkinson to edit together a video that highlights this donation.

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Website Redesign, New Work Reel

Consider this a welcome message! For the last 5 years, I've been rocking a custom-made website that I built from the ground up using Dreamweaver. Much blood, sweat, and more blood were left in the wake of it's creation. I am not a huge fan of web design or coding. It's not my thing. 

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