Author: Miley Yamamoto

Miley Yamamoto (pronounced Meelay) hails from sunny Southern California and started dipping her toes into acting during her teens. She wanted to learn more about her family and background so she moved to Tokyo for a couple of years(and may or may not have started up a singing career). After coming back to LA, she struggled against the lack of diversity in the industry and was prompted by her close friends to start writing and directing her own projects. When she's not acting, writing, producing or directing, she geeks out over sci-fi and games (mainly Starcraft) and enjoys a great cup of coffee.

I still remember that time I was sitting there with a DP who turned to me during a meeting and said, “Free is usually never free. And most of the time it ends up costing you more in the end then if you had decided to pay for it up front.” And boy was he right. Now in this day and age of endless “self producing” and so many people creating original content left and right, I’m sure you’ve heard one (or all) of your friends casually mention during pre-production, “Yeah, we have this guy with a camera who’s willing…

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