TORONTO ‘06 DISCOVERY INTERVIEW: Daniel Sanchez Arevalo: “I became a filmmaker out of boredom.” by indieWIRE (September 8, 2006)
A scene from Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's "DarkBlue-AlmostBlack." Photo courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Every day through the end of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, indieWIRE will be publishing interviews with filmmakers in the Discovery section of the festival, which TIFF describes as “provocative feature films by new and emerging directors.” Nineteen filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions. Director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo is at Toronto with his feature film, “DarkBlue-AlmostBlack,” a film that explores generational politics in Spain through the story of Jorge, who is forced to put his career on hold when his father suffers a stroke. Where and when were you born? I was born in Madrid on June 24th, 1970. What were the circumstances that lead you to become a filmmaker? Well, I am not one of those that shot films with a Super 8 Camera at a tender age - no, nothing like that. I wish. I became a filmmaker out of boredom. I had just obtained a degree in Business Administration, and in the summer of 1993, while I was looking for a job, going from interview to interview, from insurance company to insurance company, I started writing short stories and short films just to kill time. I ended up finding a job as a screenwriter before I was hired as a sales manager. Lucky me, I guess. I never had any artistic interests before the age of 23. Although I must admit that my whole family is closely related to art. My father is a painter, my mother an actress, my brother works for television and my sister is a ballet dancer. So I guess it ran in my veins, and sooner or later it had to sprout. Did you go to film school? Or how did you learn about filmmaking? I consider myself a screenwriter above all. All my background on film is a consequence of my writing of television. After 7 years of writing tv, I had an urge to explore my own stories and to get a formal film education, since I was writing out of intuition. So I applied for a Fulbright Scholarship, got it (on the second try) and went to Columbia Film School. There, I became a director as a natural process following screenwriting - I felt as if I needed to be in full control of the whole process. What are your goals for the Toronto International Film Festival?
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