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Filmmaker from Glasgow.
Director of 12 short films since 2001, TriggerStreet finalist and Lomond Audi Scottish Filmmaker of the Year 2004.
In pre-production on a new short film.
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- Jan 28, 11
Found after a search for cheapo follow focuses. Aka the I-spent-everything-I-had-on-lenses follow focus!
- Nov 16, 10
Always nice to see something getting blown up.
This one happened on July 20th, 2008, around 12.15 pm. Two multi-storey tower blocks in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, built in 1967, reduced to 16,000 tons of rubble in eight seconds by controlled explosions. The same area, 30th August 2009, around 12.15 pm. 1,000 charges were set off: Each 23-storey block cost £1m to build in 1967. Cost of razing: £1.5m. - Sep 19, 10
Hitchcock's wicked sense of humour is timeless. - Jul 25, 10
Day 1C of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event took place on Wednesday, 7th July. There were 2,313 players, including me:
http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/10878-1C-entrants.pdf If you wanted to avoid a big-name pro, those were good odds. At 11.40am, I walked into the huge Amazon Room of the Rio and took my seat. I showed my passport to the dealer and he said, "Welcome to the World Series of Poker. Here are your chips, sir." And he slid $30,000 worth of chips across the felt to me. Touching the chips calmed my nerves a bit. I chatted to the dealer, small talk. The room gradually filled up. Suddenly, the dealer leaned in to me and gestured to my right. There was a guy in a red t-shirt with his back to me.The dealer said, "Oh man, I know who THAT is. I'm not asking for his ID."
I looked over; the guy turned round.It was Johnny Chan.
The Orient Express, in the flesh. The dealer and I smiled at him and mumbled hellos. He grinned back. With the game barely ten minutes old, the player to my left went all-in with a set of 8s on a JT8 flop. Chan snap-called with TT, and doubled-up. I figured I should lower my expectations at that point. The Holy Grail for most of the players at the table was making it to Day 2. Live to fight another day, and all that. And I did, with $10,550 in chips. After a few hours on that day, and with about 9k left, I shoved with TT and the big blind woke up with JJ. Game over. It hurts going out of the Main Event. When you're still in it, you can walk the Bad Beat Corridors of the Rio with a bit of a swagger. You're a player in the World Series and it feels great. But when you go out? You're nobody. You're a spectator. Well, I didn't spectate or even think about poker for a few days after that. I still had a week in Vegas before my flight, so I did some sightseeing. It's an amazing place and I wasn't disappointed. Inevitably, the lure of the poker rooms got to me after a few days. I played a few side games and left with a profit of $150. Slightly shy of the millions being forked out at the Rio, but there's always next year. And I can say this: I played poker in Vegas with Johnny Chan. And survived! Johnny Chan photo by BJ Nemeth from http://www.facebook.com/worldseriesofpoker - Jun 19, 10
I'm enjoying this show (and I can call it studying). They have an amateur (the "Loose Cannon") up against some big guns, including Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak and Phil Hellmuth.
Highlights: Tony G on tilt; Hellmuth mentioning his 11 bracelets again (Negreanu, mock-innocent: "How many bracelets do you have, Phil?"); and one unbelievable hand.
- Jun 17, 10
$1,041,265,271 – total prize money awarded
525,000 -- # of individual poker chips deployed to run the WSOP each year347,868 – # of entrants that have competed in the WSOP
33,931 – # of entrants that have cashed 818 – # of 1st place finishers [same # of individual tournaments held]
43,473 – # of total entrants to compete in the WSOP Main Event 792 – # of gold bracelets awarded [In 1974, the Main Event winner received a bracelet. 1975 became the first year all event winners received a gold bracelet. In 1982, gold watches were awarded instead.]11 - # of bracelets won by Phil Hellmuth, the most of any player in history
168 - # of millionaires created by the WSOP $8,547,044 – Amount Joe Cada won for winning 2009 Main Event
$0 – Amount Johnny Moss won for winning 1970 Main Event [won a Silver Cup]
6,493 – # of people Cada beat in 2009 to become champion
6 – # of people Moss beat in 1970 to become champion [by vote of his peers]
96 – Age of Jack Ury in 2009, the oldest player ever to compete in a WSOP event
21 years, 11 months, 22 days – Age of Cada [The youngest Main Event champion in history]
115 – # of nations represented at the 2009 WSOP [82 nations competed in 2010 Winter Olympics]
1 – # of countries represented at the 1970 WSOP
$500 – Smallest buy-in for a WSOP bracelet event in 2010 [Event#1 – No Limit Hold’em]
$50,000 – Highest buy-in for a WSOP bracelet event in 2010 [Event#2 PPC 8-game Mix.]
40 – # of cameras ESPN uses to cover WSOP [CBS used 35 to cover Super Bowl XLIV]
1970 – Year that the first WSOP was held at Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas
2010 – Year that the 40th Anniversary WSOP will be held at the Rio in Las Vegas
Source: www.wsop.com - Jun 11, 10
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- Writing a new short film draft due to a location change. Every scene is better so far. Maybe I should do this every time…
- @Gizball Thought I only did the first series…can't mind for sure. Wee story about the viewing, will e-mail you.
- @Gizball Good stuff! Btw, I hear Sky Atlantic's showing Friday Night Lights from the beginning. Starting Feb 14
- @Gizball Haha, oh Laura! Yeah, she's a knockout. Subject of some great lines and stories later on…
- @momentsoffilm thanks! #ff
- @Gizball True Blood returns here next Sunday, I think. Witches and fairies this series.
- @Gizball Looking forward to reading it!
- @Gizball Carrie: "I can't make it, I've got prostitution and lapdancing all week."
- @Gizball I got it fine, so you're no that shiz!
- Glad I started watching The Fades, really enjoying it.
- @Gizball Oh man. I'm a terrible boker. I think I'm going to die, every time.
- @Gizball You no feeling well?
- Sticking a fiver on War Horse at the 3.30 at Chepstow.
- Just read The Shootist, cracking novel.
- Number 16 wins the 2011 Most Gratuitous Use of Guitar Award: http://t.co/Vb0Wwr16
- Homeland: 12 brilliant episodes out of 12. What a show.
- @Gizball Haha, well that's a new one on me!
- Great to see Bridesmaids popping up in the @SightSoundmag best of 2011 lists. Comedies deserve more love.
- Kieślowski directed the Colours trilogy in less than ten months: http://t.co/HVD16rZt
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Info
- Independent Motion Pictures and Film ProfessionalMotion Pictures and Film | Glasgow, United Kingdom, GBSummaryWorking on 2012 short film.
In 1999, won a place on the Edinburgh Film Festival's Mirrorball workshop led by Roman Coppola. Following that, worked as a camera operator and cinematographer on numerous short film crews.
Since then, written and directed 12 short films, working on the 13th for 2012.Specialties: Directing, writing, post-production, photography.Experience- 2010 - PresentUntitled Short Film (2012) / stephenkilkie.comPre-production complete, securing location. Shooting 2012.
- 2009 - 2009Boy Chemical Girl (2009) / stephenkilkie.com18 mins. A couple make their way to a rendezvous, unaware of danger.
Premiered at the 26th Annual Olympia Film Festival in Olympia, WA, on the 13th November, 2009. - 2005 - 2005Charnel (2005) / stephenkilkie.com13 mins. An airport worker returns home and investigates noises in his house.
Filmstock International Film Festival, Luton; Alameda Island Film Festival, California; Line Out Festival, Leicester. - 2004 - 2004Tormentum (2004) / stephenkilkie.com10 mins. A man held captive breaks fee from his tormentor.
Vrnjacka Banja Film Festival, Serbia; Filmstock International Film Festival, Luton. - 2002 - 2002The Strange Case of Patient X (2002) / stephenkilkie.com10 mins. A sleepwalker sets up cameras in his house to see what happens to him during the night.
TriggerStreet Top Ten Finalist (1st Festival); Tribeca Film Festival, New York; In The Can, Glasgow. - 2002 - 2002Murderama (2002) / stephenkilkie.com3 mins. A good Samaritan becomes the guest star of a gruesome performance.
Highlights: UrbanChillers 3-min Chiller. - 2002 - 2002One Less Rat (2002) / stephenkilkie.com5 mins. A man is driven to act on recurring events outside his window.
TriggerStreet Official Selection (2nd Festival); Super Shorts Film Festival. - 2002 - 2002Dial Up For Murder (2002) / stephenkilkie.com5 mins. The target of a deadly web site is revealed.
Lomond Audi Scottish Filmmaker 2004 Award; Cannes Film Festival. - 2002 - 2002Bio (2002) / stephenkilkie.com2 mins. A terrorist’s initiation kill.
UrbanChillers 2-min Chillers finalist. - 2001 - 2001Interactive (2001) / stephenkilkie.com12 mins. During a late night in front of the television, reality thins.
The Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester; Filmstock International Film Festival, Luton. - 2001 - 2001The Ryan Tape (2001) / stephenkilkie.com13 mins. A video diary shot by missing man Ryan Marcus is found, providing disturbing clues to his disappearance.
The Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester.
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Honors:2004 Lomond Audi Scottish Filmmaker of the Year, TriggerStreet Top Ten Finalist (1st Festival)
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Interests:filmmaking, editing, photography, music, design, technology, computing
