#RUST CREEK NETFLIX PROFESSIONAL#
And many of those connections made with former students blossomed into meaningful professional collaborations on Rust Creek. That’s part of the energy that fueled me to get back in the game. I learned some things as well of course, including that I had knowledge and experience that a younger generation could benefit from.Īnd the great thing about film is that, in many respects, as soon as your students leave your classroom they become your creative peers. But getting into teaching was life changing. The business had taken a pretty good toll on me and I wasn’t sure I was going to keep at it. The opportunity to teach came at an ideal time. If I hadn't started teaching here, Lunacy and Rust Creek wouldn't exist. So this film was born at USC? It was bred, born, and practically reared at USC.
I pitched her a story about a young person’s first extended brush with mortality and Julie ran with it. We met at the SCA Coffee Bean and when she told me she didn’t have concrete plans post graduation I asked her if she’d be interested in writing something for hire. Julie on to attend the USC Screenwriting program and as she was finishing up, I was starting to teach 507. She started sending me short scripts she was working on and I remember always liking what I read. We kept in touch after she graduated and moved to LA. How did your relationship with Julie come together? I met Julie when she was a senior at Middlebury College and I was guest lecturing and screening a film I directed called Keep Your Distance. While we’ve been involved with several films that have been released recently, including And Then I Go and This Is Home, Rust Creek is the first we’ve completed that we developed and produced completely in house. He’s a gifted writer himself and he works directly with a wide variety of screenwriters on all the projects in our slate, many of which have strong USC ties. Our Director of Development is Harris McCabe, who is also an alum (and a former student). The basic idea is to avoid having all our eggs in one basket. The new model allows us to run more like a mini studio - we have an allowance for overhead, we selectively invest in other projects, and we develop our own material. The current iteration was founded a little over three years ago to get away from the "one at a time" feature film model which is insanely challenging. Can you tell me about that? Lunacy has been the moniker of my creative endeavors for the better part of twenty-five years.
#RUST CREEK NETFLIX MOVIE#
The movie was produced through your company Lunacy.
It’s a survival thriller about a college senior who’s got the world on a string, but in a matter of moments, falls from that perch of youthful invulnerability and is fighting for her life in the frozen woods of rural Kentucky. Rust Creek is a film directed by fellow USC alum Jen McGowan and written by USC alum Julie Lipson. In the Spring, I’m co-teaching a class at USC called Organizing Creativity: Entertainment Industry Decision Making. I'm an alum and faculty at the University of Southern California and Film Independent. What’s your name and title? SP: My name is Stu Pollard and I'm the producer of the new film Rust Creek. Lunacy is a Trojan Family affair and SCA Family stories sat down with Pollard to chat about his journey.įor more information on Rust Creek, please visit. Most recently, Pollard has been running his independent film company Lunacy Productions which screened their film Rust Creek at USC on the 6th of December in advance of a January 4th theatrical and VOD release via IFC Midnight. The Trojan family is a blend of students, faculty, staff, supporters, parents, and alumni who come together to make one of the best film schools in the world (number one according to the Hollywood Reporter.) Pollard graduated with his MFA in 1995 and returned to his alma mater to teach film production years later. Stu Pollard is a Trojan in more ways than one. Rust Creek opened theatrically and on VOD via IFC Midnight on January 4th.
UPDATE: Rust Creek was released on Netflix on 11/30/20, where it immediately gained popularity, spending its entire first week in Netflix's Top Ten Movies in the U.S. Mitchell Business of Cinematic Arts ProgramĭecemSCA Family Stories: Stu Pollard '95 The Producer of Rust Creek on his Time Inside and Outside of USCĪlumni Jen McGowan, Stu Pollard, and Julie Lipson
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