Education:
I am an autodidact as far as film goes. I have been shooting
video for about eight or nine years. At first, film was
merely a way to escape teenage boredom for myself and
a few friends. In the past two years, I have become increasingly
serious about filmmaking. I am currently in the final
stages of the production of a short film, which I also
wrote.
|
Activity :
Whaley
began making "films" (on VHS-C) in
1995 at age 18, when he and his drunk friends
(like Damien Crisp) decided to produce a 30-minute
piece about a group of drunk friends (the resemblance
to reality is no accident) who carry out bizzare
LSD-tainted conversations and secret romantic
rendez-vous (that's plural, folks) while waiting
for a Chinese-food delivery boy to arrive.
Since Whaley and his friends were in an apartment
on Oak Street at the time, the group decided
to call themselves the Oak Street Players.
The OSP's would go on to produce similar comedic
improvisational "films" such as Stuie,
Cuba Run, UFO Night, Biscuit: the True Story
of Heinrich Hollreiser, Neighbors, and Roddy.
"I
am a self-funded filmmaker working primarily
with digital video. From time to
time, I act in my
own films, as well as in those of other local
filmmakers. I also design and build websites
in my spare time for extra money,
part of which goes toward funding my film
projects. I am currently involved in
an organization called Free Film Club,
which screens films that would otherwise
not be screened in
the Chattanooga, Tennessee area". Performance :
In 2002, Whaley began making films on his
own. Since then, he has made five films:
Dirty Urges, Old Faithful, The 6th Step,
Short Change, and Type. His next film,
Pieces, is currently in pre-production.
|
