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Lennie

If you build it, they will come.

About Me

Hey there! My name is Lennie Appelquist. I live in Topanga California. Really, just about the best place one could possibly live if you have to live in Los Angeles. . .

I am an Assistant Director in the Film Biz. You can see my credits at the Internet Movie Database .

I am a web designer. Here is my design page if you want to take a look: Topanga Surf Company , FreeMarket Design

I am also an entrepreneur. I own and operate (and built) the film industry website Assistantdirectors.com

Check out Film School by Phone .


Film School by Phone - Back in Session!

Sign up NOW for this compelling teleclass series featuring top working film pros

"Making your own Film - the interview series "

I will be hosting interviews and talks with indy filmmakers, Directors, DP's, Art Directors, any of my friends (read as industry pros) who will get on these calls.

Click the link below to be notified about the next call of my ongoing tele-class series titled: "Film School by Phone".

Film School by Phone

Did I mention that this class is free.

You can also check out my personal site: LennieAppelquist.com
Seems sometimes like my feet never stop moving. . . But they do. there is always time in the day for contemplation. . . Spiritual renewal, if you will. One reason I stay busy and work hard to create new income streams is I believe that the poor (or the "broke") don't fund the charities and foster real change in this world, the rich do. If you want to save a forest you have 2 choices: Lie down in front of a tractor or make a lot of money and buy the forest. Me, I'm opting for choice ..2!
But wait there's more.

My Interests

Making a lot of money, helping others attain their financial goals, movies, great food, great wine, travel, great health. . .

Softkey Left softkey Right

I'd like to meet:

Filmmakers, Artists, Designers, Philosophers, Musicians, Free Spirits & Entrepreneurs who are being underserved by their web presence!

Anyone following me on Twitter


follow lenapple at http://twitter.com The Video below just blew me away! The world needs more of this!

Music:

Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss, Anugama, Blue Horses, Buddaheads, Carlos Nakai, Darol Anger & Barbara Higbie, Days of the New, Disturbed, Erik Satie, Garmarna, Green Day, Guns & Roses, Hedningarna, Henryk Gorecki, Jeff Healey, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jo Jo Gunne, Jonathan Elias, Karen Single Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kid Rock, Liz Story, Los Lonely Boys, Ofra Haza, Raging Slab, Solas, The Spittin' Cobras, Strunz & Farah, Ted Nugent, Tchaikovsky, The Beatles, The Donnas, The English Beat, Tim McGraw, Van Halen

Movies:

Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Maltese Falcon, Point Break, Something About Mary, Star Wars Episode IV (the original), Jaws, The Bicycle Thief, Casablanca, First Blood, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sin City, LA Confidential, Gladiator, Mother Lode

Television:

Survivor, Lost, CSI, Commander in Chief, Law and Order (SVU & CI), Ghost Whisperer, Threshold, Deadwood

Books:

Everything by Tom Brown Jr. (We all must be Stewards of Mother Earth!), The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen Covey, The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker, LOTR, Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Heroes:

T. Harv Eker, My Dad, Bruce Chapman, Magic Johnson, Bill Clinton, Stephen Covey, My Mom, My Sisters (Christina, Annie & Liz)

My Blog

Leveraging the Power of Zaadz

Zaadz is a social network like Facebook or Myspace. People can open an account, meet others, write blogs, build a list of friends and lots of other things. What Zaadz does a little differently is that...
Posted by Lennie on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

The Truth About Facebook

There are a bunch of social networking platforms that you can join today like Plaxo and Linked In, and they all have their pluses and minuses. The best way to choose a social networking site to join i...
Posted by Lennie on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:42:00 PST

Check out this event: Chris Howards Breakthrough to Success

Hosted By: Lennie AppelquistWhen: Friday Sep 21, 2007 at 8:00 AMWhere: Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90001United StatesDescription:Lennie Appelquist Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Lennie on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:53:00 PST

Film School by Phone (The art of Pre-production)

In this 8 part series I will be talking about shooting your own film (short or indy). I will cover all aspects, including the pitfalls (and the extreme importance) of pre-production, production workfl...
Posted by Lennie on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:36:00 PST

MySpace problems. . .

This profile shows up as deleted. . . Boy that sucks. I am not able to post comments, send messages or post an event. But I still can post blogs. . . Go figure.If you would like to help me out, plea...
Posted by Lennie on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:14:00 PST

The real Abby Singer

Film School by Phone - Next class Tuesday February 27th at 5:30 PM PST."Set etiquette and the real Abby Singer "Next call Tuesday February 27th at 5:30 PM PST. On this call I will be giving a quick r...
Posted by Lennie on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:11:00 PST

Film School by Phone Audio (Feb. 6th)

Film School by Phone"Getting Your First Job" The audio of the call is now available available. Thanks for showing up because as they say, half the battle is simply showing up.Here's the link: February...
Posted by Lennie on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:54:00 PST

Film School by Phone call 1/23

Just want to talk a little about tonight's call. It was called surviving as a freelancer part 2. What I covered were several techinques you can use to stay in contact with people and make new conta...
Posted by Lennie on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:24:00 PST

Top 10 Movies for Monday January 22

Top 10 Box OfficeMonday 1/22/07 1. Stomp the Yard 2. Night at the Museum3. The Pursuit of Happyness 4. Dreamgirls5. Freedom Writers6. Pan's Labyrinth 7. The Queen 8. Children of Men 9. Arthur and t...
Posted by Lennie on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:01:00 PST

Top 10 movies this week (January 14th)

Top 10 Box OfficeMonday 1/15/071. Stomp the Yard 2. Night at the Museum3. The Pursuit of Happyness 4. Dreamgirls5. Freedom Writers6. Children of Men 7. Alpha Dog 8. Arthur and the Invisibles 9. The Go...
Posted by Lennie on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:41:00 PST