We connect with our music video directors a number of different ways — some cold call us to get involved, others we hunt down based on filmmaker recommendations. This month’s director for Amplify This w/ The Wigg Report, Louis Bekoe of Distorted Rumble Studios, falls into the latter group.
Let’s get to know the man behind the lens.
DMP: We know people that worked with you at your video production job with the N&R. What was that gig like?
Michael McQueen, your last music video director, pretty much taught me all the stuff I know about news video. As for the gig, I was the one who went out to night clubs where people mistook me for Girls Gone Wild. Ha! Some videos did actually contain nudity, but I was able to block them out… except for one that actually did make it online for all of 5 minutes.
DMP: Ok, so no more clubbing videos. What are you working on now?
LB: I’m working on a movie about beer pong that will go into production in September.
DMP: Nice! Haha! So I’m guessing that you’ve got a pretty particular sense of humor you want to bring out in your films?
LB: I guess so. I really look forward to making a movie where i get to blow things up or smash a car or flip it without using After Effects or one of those programs. And yes, I would love to have my own crew like Broken Lizard for ridiculous comedies one day.
DMP: How long have you been in the film industry?
LB: Actually, I’ve never directed before, unless you count the product commercials I did for my senior project in high school. I haven’t even been so much as a production assistant on a set, so everyday I have to think to myself, “It’s not that hard, is it?”
DMP: That’s the way to be. Thanks for your time, Louis. See you tomorrow night at the show!
LB: You got it.
