The Ugly File

Directed by: Mark Steensland
duration: 10:00

Photographer Roy Hubbard makes a living taking pictures of deformed children.

contact: msteensland@roadrunner.com
address: USA
email: msteensland@roadrunner.com
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Warstory

Guerilla filmmaking in the streets. The angle I wanted required the camera to be in the middle of on-coming traffic at the top of a blind hill and then zoomed in all the way. We couldn't tell when it was clear except via walkie-talkie. After we got the perfect shot, we realized we had left the magnetic sign off the side of the van and we had to shoot the whole thing over. But we got it.

Bio - Mark Steensland

Mark Steensland’s first professional publication came at the age of 18 in Jim Steranko's Prevue magazine. Since then, his byline has also appeared in such magazines as American Cinematographer, Millimeter and Kamera. He has directed two feature films: The Last Way Out (a crime drama) and The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick (a documentary). He has also written a book on the films of Michael Mann. The Ugly File, is based on the story by Ed Gorman, is on the circuit now where it has played in more than 20 festivals and won Best Short. He has also served as an advisor to Tom Savini's Digital Filmmaking Program, as the Vice President of the Eerie Horror Film Festival and as an officer with the Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania and the Northwest Pennsylvania Film Office.