{"id":1437,"date":"2025-01-28T12:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehonestfilmmaker.co.uk\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:26:40","slug":"from-iconic-movie-vfx-to-writing-and-directing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehonestfilmmaker.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/from-iconic-movie-vfx-to-writing-and-directing\/","title":{"rendered":"From Iconic Movie VFX to Writing and Directing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With John Schlag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2271184\/episodes\/16453986-from-iconic-movie-vfx-to-writing-directing-with-john-schlag?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title='The Honest Filmmaker, From Iconic Movie VFX to Writing &#038; Directing with John Schlag'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, I\u2019m thrilled to chat with visual effects guru and writer-director John Schlag and talk about how he went <strong><em>From Iconic Movie VFX to Writing and Directing. <\/em><\/strong>With a career spanning decades, John has worked on iconic films like\u00a0<em>Jurassic Park<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Death Becomes Her<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Forrest Gump<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Star Trek Generations.<\/em>\u00a0Now, he\u2019s taken on a new creative challenge: writing and directing his own short films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Iconic Movie VFX to Writing &amp; Directing with John Schlag\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9q6rf7ktMVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting in the Industry: Early Days and Sci-Fi Dreams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John didn\u2019t always know he\u2019d end up in film, but the journey began with curiosity and determination. 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