Casey Krugman - Growing up in New Jersey, I have always been a fan of films that has an emotional effect on the audience either through the emotions or the general visceral experience of the film as a whole.  I am a big fan of Film Noir not only for it's interesting visuals, but also the portrayal of the characters not as good or evil, but realistically as a combination of the two.  The inner emotional conflict of characters of film has always been the most interesting part of films for me.

My interest in film started at a very young age.  When I was younger, I was heavily involved in theater not only on stage as an actor, but behind the scenes as a writer as well as part of the tech crews making the show happen.  Soon however, i realized that in theater there was only so much that one could do.  Then my attention turned to film.

At first, I tried writing screenplays, and I was instantly hooked.  After that, I realized all the things that you could do in film to truly manipulate and mold each aspect of the film in order to evoke an extreme and real emotional response out of an audience that was very different from the world of theater.  Small movements in film as well as quiet moments can come across bigger than any special effect could ever have.  After taking my first classes at High-School, and writing and directing my first stage-play, I knew that this is what I had to do for the rest of my life.  Eventually, I attended the New York Film Academy for their 1 year Filmmaking program.  I worked with a variety of cameras, film stocks, and learned how to push all the elements of film to the limits and truly get what I want out of an image.  Also, while I was there, I learned how to schedule and budget effeciently.  While everyone else in my class was taking a full week to short their short films, I shot mine in two days.

I now work at the New York Film Academy as a TA, which gives me the oppurtunity to discuss ideas with budding and professional filmmakers, as well as stay up to date on all the new technologies on and off set.  I am an editor by trade, so I know the importance of "Shooting to Edit".