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About Dov
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Dov
S-S Simens |
I never went to an
expensive film school. I graduated from Muhlenberg College
(Allentown, PA, 1965, BA-Economics) and spent 3 years in the army
(1st Lieutenant, Special Forces, '66 - '69). After Vietnam, I
owned a successful bookstore in Carmel, California.
In 1980, I sold the
store, took the cash and went to Hollywood with an idea and a
dream. I chased the deal, called agents, met studio heads, pitched
development execs, hustled bankable stars and foreign buyers. I
optioned books, true life stories and wrote scripts. Finally, I
put my money where my mouth is, wrote bank checks and made a
90-minute 35mm feature film that won festival awards.
I learned to make
movies from beginning to end... not from film school theory but
from street reality. Over the next five years I held jobs as a
Production Manager and Line Producer, and perfected my filmmaking
skills by writing those bank checks time and time again as I made
movie after movie for other companies.
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The 7 major Cable revenues
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In 1986, I presented
a class at UCLA on "How to Get High Quality with Low-Budgets". The
fee was $325, there were 256 students for a $86,125 gross, and I
was paid $125 per day. Duh! USC then asked me to give a course on
their campus. It was successful and I was paid $2,500. Then two
years later NYU offered me $5,000 plus flight and per diem for the
course - I was now a professional film instructor.
In 1989, a student
said, “Your act is together, why not take it on the road?" Thus
was born my acclaimed 2-Day Film School™. The course is
great. I present it 25 times per year and have an instantaneous
success rate of 3%. That is 3 out of 100 students who attend my
weekend course make a feature film within 6 months. To put 3% in
perspective, not a single graduate of the expensive 4 year film
schools have produced or directed a feature film within 6 months
of graduation... thus making my 3% success rate outrageously
high.
During the past 15
years, I have taught how to produce, write and direct with amazing
success (graduates to date have grossed over $8 Billion) and have
perfected my craft. I am proud of my teaching ability. I do not
present myself as a great producer or the great director, for I am
not! And the great producers and directors in Hollywood - the
Spielbergs and the Coppollas - you will discover are not great
teachers.
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But what I am, is
exactly what you want: A great film instructor who is proud to
give you the most amount of filmmaking information and education
for the least amount of money in the shortest period of time.
I have created the
2-Day Film School for you - someone who does not
want to spend $50,000 to $100,000, and take 2 to 4 years of theory
at a pretentious film school. I give you the facts, information
and knowledge you need to launch your career now. Get
into action! Take one of my 2-Day Film School classes or
purchase the 2-Day Film School on DVD now. Why wait?
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ON DVD:
DOV SIMENS'
2-DAY FILM SCHOOL |
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WHO'S ATTENDED: |
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Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs |
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Chris Nolan
Director, The Dark Knight |
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Guy Ritchie
Director, Snatch, RockNRolla |
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Will Smith
Hancock, I Am Legend |
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Baz Luhrman
Producer,
Moulin Rouge |
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Queen Latifah
Bringing Down the House |
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Kirk Jones
Director,
Waking Ned Devine |
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Emo Phillips
Producer,
Meet the Parents |
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Thousands More! |
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