Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker

About Me

I am a screenwriter and an independent filmmaker. I've worked with Five Clover Films, Sojourner Films and No Fun Films. Recently, my husband and I changed the name of our company from Schizo Studios to S.O.N. Films. We are working on martial arts shorts and currently have a short film in preproduction. I currently have a Capoeira documentary in preproduction. In my downtime, I write, work out or simply daydream of making an impact in this world ....Below is the trailer for a movie I did with one of my best friends, the talented Cate Caldwell, of Sojourner Films: "Snapshot." A great short movie with a timeless message ... "Snapshot" trailer

Add to My Profile | More VideosBelow is another "thing" I'm interested in, and that's stuntwork - cool martial arts stuff. You'll see me getting the business end of kicks and other stuff like that. I plan on having a few more videos up here soon to show you in that regard. I hope you enjoy! This_Space_Conquered

Add to My Profile | More Videos And last but definitely not least, here is a film in which I choreographed a short fight for: Sojourner Films, again, with a short called "Fall From Grace." Fall From Grace

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My Interests

Capoeira, writing, filmmaking

I'd like to meet:

Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Martin Scorsese, Lowell Bergman, Robert Evans, Ralph Fiennes, Al Pacino, Fernando Meirelles, Robert DeNiro, Wes Anderson, Lauren Bacall and Celeste Holm, to name a few.

Music:

All kinds - gotta have an open mind on this one ... I love Green Day, Chinese classical music, Brazilian music, and the list goes on and on ...

Movies:

Anything by Martin Scorsese, Robert Rodriguez, Ferdando Meirelles, Michael Mann, Frank Manciewicz, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Wilder, Erich Von Stroheim, F.W. Murnau and Wes Anderson, plus a host of other movies. I can't name just one!

Television:

This is easy - I don't watch it.

Books:

All sorts, all kinds. I love to read, and I check out anywhere from 5-7 books at a time from the library. I've earned a bit of notoriety because of my overdue fees, but they still let me check out things anyway.

Heroes:

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Mestre Bimba (of Capoeira Regionale) Marcelo Pereira (Mestre Caveirinha), Lowell Bergman, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, Morgan Freeman, Queen Latifah, and anyone who fought actively against bigotry, racism and the Holocaust ...

My Blog

Bill O’Reilly needs to die

This isn't about news and politics, this is about a parasite whose very existence should be annihilated. I've followed the story of sadistic kidnapper Michael Devlin closely, only because I've hoped ...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:43:00 PST

Shawshank Redemption and Freedom

I've just gotten over a nasty bout of food poisoning, so I was stuck watching movies all day. And while I've got a lot of stuff to do, I couldn't get this thought out of my head after I watched "Shaws...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:35:00 PST

Merde Antoinette

Oh dear God, where do I begin ... Well, I'm sure everyone's had those times where they've walked into a dvd rental place, and saw a movie that looked sort of interesting, and well, made a really, real...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:51:00 PST

Too busy to be content

This is short but not that sweet. Our new film group name: Students of Nolan. Our goal: film shorts. I have a documentary planned, but I have yet to do an interview. I have a screenplay in the works, ...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:48:00 PST

Getting a move on, but still feeling restless

I can't really say what mood I am in, but I felt an urge to write, mainly because I am restless. I've got new projects started but I am already putting new obstacles in my path. It's the nature of a b...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Thu, 11 May 2006 09:32:00 PST

Films, films and more films

OK, this is my first time doing this, but here it goes... I've finally done what I've wanted to do my entire life: direct a film. It's a short one, with a weird script, but hey, it's a start. At any r...
Posted by Gabrielle, Independent Filmmaker on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:41:00 PST