Filmmaker Profiles

Featured Filmmaker: Pete Schuermann
Before directing Haze, idiosyncratic indie-director Pete Schuermann was probably best known for a host of features and shorts, that in his own words, could best be described as "wacko." But after hearing Lynn "Gordie" Bailey's arresting and tragic story, Pete realized that a conventionally structured feature could be just as revolutionary as the experimental film he had pursued for most of his career. Rebecca Harper of Hulu sits down with Director Pete Schuermann and Executive Producer Michael Lanahan (also Gordie's stepfather) to discuss Haze.

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Featured Profiles

Ondi Timoner

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I wanted to shoot a documentary like a narrative. When I shot “DIG!,” no other documentary had been shot like a film and I think that’s the reason there was no mass audience for documentaries. People looked at documentaries as though they were history lessons or like eating spinach — they’re too good for you to be really entertaining. I thought that if I can shoot life as it’s unfolding, and recreate the serendipity, people will realize it’s way more entertaining.

Paul Perrier

“	The film cost me about $45 to make 90 percent of it. It was one hour, it was one tape, down the street from me. [But] when I looked at it, I went "Whoa."

Matthew Ogens

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He didn't love it. He really didn't like it and we had a little bit of a falling out. First he said the stuff about the mafia, then said we could not air certain parts because the mafia would come after us, and then we had a falling out and he felt that I edited the film to portray him a certain way. But if you watch the film, I can't put words in his mouth. The words clearly came out of his mouth; I can't edit that in. there's no way.

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