Today we’d like to introduce you to Mark Cabaroy.
Hi Mark, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I’ve been an independent filmmaker for 50 years, I started in high school and later attended college at the School of Visual Arts. I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked on a variety of projects in various capacities at present I write and direct short films.
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?
For me there was no direct path to being a filmmaker, although the passion to create had always been with me, gaining access to the equipment and facilities needed to make films was always a challenge. Finding ways to pay for things that were personal projects as opposed to working for a client that was providing funding sometimes inadequate proved to be daunting as well.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Because Filmmaker is a general term, it can refer to many people. That being said, it’s often used to refer to mostly Directors and Producers, as they’re typically the individuals who lead the making of a movie. Speaking for myself, I am mostly a writer-director but often will produce sometimes with another person on a specific project.
I started out as a writer, I wrote for the Children’s Television Workshop on shows like Sesame Street and the Electric Company in the 1980’s, switching to freelance projects for commercials, music videos, etc. Whenever the opportunity arose I would direct, after about ten years of this I took a break and worked in acadmeia for a decade returning to freelance projects during the transition from film to digital video.
In 2000 I started to make my own personal projects as digital technology made it more affordable to create projects. Years later as film festivals became more mainstream, I was able to enter projects into venues throughout the world, achieving recognition for my work.
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
The ability to adapt as society and technology changes and where possible embrace that change such as the introduction of A.I. that’s currently underway. Knowing that not everything comes easily and always being aware that sometimes despite your best efforts, you can’t always achieve what you want in a realistic timeframe. The hardest part about taking on an endeavor is knowing when to let go and move onto something else, putting something on the “back burner” so to speak and perhaps trying a different approach at a later date.
Currently, I’m working in a ten-episode online series called “I Married Nora” which I’ve been developing for over a year, it’s a passion project and will probably take me another year to complete. It’s something I’ve working on between other projects and I’m not guaranteed to finish it but I’ll keep at it.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.imarriednora.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imarriednora/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imarriednora
- Twitter: @imarriednora
