Today we’d like to introduce you to William Joseph Hill.
Hi William Joseph, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I started making films while in high school, growing up in Hawaii. I also began my martial arts training in Hawaii, studying Okinawan Karate. I still train regularly to this day and have used my skills in many different film/TV projects.
After moving to Hollywood, I began acting in film and TV projects. I’m an actor/writer and have penned my first novel “CYBER FIGHTER” which is currently available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, hardback, and as a comic book. I also recorded and produced the audiobook which is on Audible.
My wife Pamela and I met through a theatre company and together, we started our own production company Four Scorpio Productions. We create content for our own YouTube channel including our hit comedy web series “That Darn Girlfriend” which is an homage to classic 1960s/70s sitcoms. Currently, we’re developing a short film proof-of-concept for my sci-fi/action feature “CYBER FIGHTER”.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Many of the struggles we’ve had to deal with deal with having to juggle survival jobs while pursuing our careers in entertainment. I’ve had many different “day jobs” over the years, temping in many different industries. The benefit to this, other than helping to pay the bills, is in giving me a very diversified experience in a variety of different jobs from administrative work to data entry to teaching martial arts and even video game testing.
Being an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry is challenging because it is so competitive. Working to get your content noticed involves a lot of marketing and social media outreach, and it’s challenging to get seen and heard over the sheer volume of other content flooding the various platforms is very difficult. When you don’t have the benefit of a big studio behind you, you are the one responsible for getting your message out there.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m primarily an actor and also a writer. My wife Pamela and I are both mainly known for our web series “That Darn Girlfriend” — we’ve built up a very loyal fanbase over the years and are currently in our third season. The episodes are all on our YouTube channel.
My other project that I’ve become known for is CYBER FIGHTER, which is my big flagship project, taking advantage of my martial arts background and love for sci-fi. I originally wrote this as a feature film and am still in development with that. In the meantime, I adapted the screenplay into a novel which I published on Amazon. It’s been doing well, having garnered great reviews; so I’m excited to see that there’s an audience for it.
I’m also working on doing a short film version of it, and I also created a comic book adaptation based on the short film script. This short will be a proof-of-concept for the bigger feature movie, and we’re getting ready to launch an Indiegogo campaign. I’ve been creating unique behind-the-scenes digital content as reward for this, including books on the production design and story of the making of the film.
As a filmmaker, I’ve studied all aspects of production and so I’m able to do a lot myself, including VFX, storyboarding, editing and sound design. I really enjoy making movies — it’s what I dreamed of doing since my childhood.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
Persistence has definitely been the most important lesson I’ve learned. Being able to cultivate a sustainable career is the key to eventual success, in my opinion. So you need to keep plugging away, doing the work, creating and having faith that you will find your audience.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://williamjosephhill.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williamjosephhill/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CyberFighterMovie
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-joseph-hill-609b971a/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fourscorpio
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/fourscorpio
- Other: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081SJRMJ1
Image Credits
2 Single Headshots courtesy of Lesley Bohm Photography.