Jon Paul (EXCLUSIVE) Interview INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2024

2024 June 24

Jon Paul (EXCLUSIVE) Interview INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2024

-What has been the greatest difficulty you faced in producing your project?

I would say putting together the cast, coordinating the dates, and checking on everyone in the cast and crew to make sure everyone was taken care of and was doing their part efficiently.

-Do you think the film industry today has been damaged by political correctness?

I would say at least the mainstream film industry but for independent filmmakers and anyone involved in the independent film market political correctness doesn’t matter and what matters more is making original films with great story telling that the audience seeks in cinema. 

-What was the greatest source of inspiration for creating your project?

My greatest source of inspiration for creating “Dojo” was a combination of my favorite films of all time, and its story; such as “The Last Samurai”, “The Matrix”, and “Blood Sport”, as well as my own background experience in martial arts training and competition, and to bring everything together to create a unique story of my own to recapture the cinematic mysticism that the audience wants. 

-If you could ask a question to a great director from the past, who would you like to talk to and what would you ask them?

I would talk to director Tony Scott and ask him how he would think and vision on how his movies would flow as he directs his films.

-What do you think of the Wild Filmmaker platform?

I believe the Wild Filmmaker platform is doing a great job by showing amazing independent films out there for the world to see and that they are expanding as a film festival network all around in many countries.