Community Highlights: Meet Jules East of Jules East Productions

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jules East.

Hi Jules, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. 
It all started with my dissatisfaction with the limited choices of movies that are out there. I flipped through hundreds of channels and a lot of times ended up with nothing to watch. Therefore, I started to write screenplays. I entered my first screenplay to the Hollywood Screenplay Award and won a silver prize for sci-fi category. After that, for the consecutive year, I won a grand prize again for a sci-fi horror and an official selection for a family adventure script all written by me. When I get a call from someone who’s interested to option my script, I know I’m on to something. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area; hence, we have a lot of independent filmmakers around here up to the Sacramento area. I find that they need a smaller budgeted script because they are not Hollywood Studios; therefore, for the first few years, I have been writing low-cost indie film scripts and sold them for a little bit of money since they would be changing the scripts so much, I did not want the credit. After doing this for a while, I went to their film set to see how my story unfolded. A few years later, I’ve gained enough experience and confidence to make my own film. This year, I will be releasing two films. First “River of Ghosts”, a thriller, which is already released in January 9 this year, available on all cables, satellite, and streaming channels; my second film, “Alone in Venice,” which was screened in the 80th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy last year will also be released this, Summer. 

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I consider my journey to be quite smooth, however of course there are a few bumps along the way. After my films have won some awards in Hollywood, I started to get to know some bigger production companies and more seasoned producers. I was being invited to parties, meetings, and social gatherings in LA, but I could not attend all of them because I am up in San Francisco. I might be moving down to LA in this couple of years to fully leverage opportunities in town and get to know more people that can help to grow my filmmaking endeavor in a faster speed and a better way. 

Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about Jules East Productions LLC?
I established Jules East Productions LLC in 2019 to produce independent feature films. I intend for this firm to make only original stories, with concentration on the genres of thriller, horror, and art house drama. I operate in a very lean and efficient team, producing low cost and high-quality original feature films that can be distributed by all channels. I am constantly looking for talents and crews- production and postproduction crews. 

What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I might set up a bigger, more general company and make Jules East Production just a wing of it. Because I am thinking of having a content house for other types of productions such as TV series, web series, and gaming app as well. I am seeing a very good web series potential as everyone is looking at their phones. 

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