After being a local sports celebrity with screaming fans in Elmira, New York, Tom O'Brien naturally became an actor. A few years in, he decided to start making work for himself and began writing plays at a theater company in New York (All Seasons, run by John McCormack). There, he met actor Chris Messina ("Six Feet Under") and after working together sur la stade, the pair developed "Fairhaven" for O'Brien's debut into film. O'Brien says people thought his plays were like movies, and now say his screenplays are like stage plays. "Sometimes I think people just like to say things," he says, "But I’m really interested in the medium of film now. I find it fascinating. I love to blur the lines between fiction and documentary and between actor and character. I think that’s the direction I’d love to take if I’m lucky enough to make another one.
- 4/3/2012
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
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