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What Makes You Unique as a Director?

My Mulan directing partner, Barry Cook, grew up in the backwoods of Kentucky which was evident if you spent more than 10 minutes with him. He is the smartest good-hearted hick I have ever known. On a daily basis, he kept me in stitches with a different funny story about one of his crazy, country relatives. It did not matter what phase of production we were in, what important subject we were discussing, without fail, he would break into a story about “Uncle Zeb” or “Granny Gertrude” or some such character from his childhood. Besides always being good for a laugh to break up the tension of ...

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