J S Mayank Talks About Sci-Fi Short EMIT

Writer and director JS Mayank came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about making his sci-fi short film EMIT. The interview was originally broadcast on August 28, 2012. You can hear a recording of the interview on iTunes

Center Stage with Mark Gordon airs Tuesdays at 7PM (PST) on KXLU Los Angeles, 88.9 FM and streaming live at http://www.live365.com/stations/kxlu1?site=pro 

 J S Mayank is a British-Indian filmmaker. His first sci-fi feature script – SLATE earned him a spot on the 2009 BLOODLIST (the horror/sci-fi/thriller Blacklist). He was also invited by Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival to the prestigious 2010 Tribeca All Access Program for his feature script MARATHON. For his directorial debut, Mayank was granted an opportunity by the band Radiohead to create a concept music video for their song WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI. He worked alongside visual artist extraordinaire John Langdon (Angels & Demons) to design special ambigrams for the video. It played at numerous festivals, including London Film festival, Cinegear, Reynolda, and many others. His recent film SUPERNUMERARY is currently on the festival circuit, having premiered at the Newport Beach film festival, and winning three major awards (Best Musical, Best Soundtrack and Best VFX short) at the Action on Film Festival. Mayank’s script for the sci-fi short EMIT won the Grand Prize at the Table Read My Screenplay, beating out over 1200 scripts, and taking him to Sundance, where a table-read of it was performed. Since then, he’s directed the film starring actor Jack Coleman (Heroes, The Office). Mayank has an MFA in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University and an MA in Communication & Film from Wake Forest University.

Center Stage with Mark Gordon airs Tuesdays at 7PM (PST) on KXLU Los Angeles, 88.9 FM and streaming live on the internet at www.kxlu.com

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