“Let It Begin! A Filmmaker’s Journey” won AUDIENCE CHOICE and the BEST DIRECTOR Awards at the Zaki Gordon Shorts Film Festival in Sedona, AZ on Memorial Day Weekend.  The film was also nominated for “Best Picture” (Best Producer). Watch Trailer….

ZGI Founder Dan Gordon stated that “Let It Begin! A Filmmaker’s Journey” exemplifies the quality of film that his son, Zaki, in whose memory the ZGI Film Institute was created, believed could be accomplished in his vision of a hands-on film school! (more…)

Here it is… the TRAILER…
First Screenings at Zaki Gordon Institute Shorts Film Festival MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND-Sat., May 29 at 3:05 pm & Sun., May 30 at 11:45 am See the trailer here

Come be one of the FIRST to see Tami’s film at the ZAKI Gordon Institute Shorts Film Festival on

SATURDAY, MAY 29 at 3pm and SUNDAY, MAY 30 at 11:45 pm.

‘Let It Begin! A Filmmaker’s Journey’ is an uplifting documentary that will encourage you to find your ‘OZ’! Filmmaker Tami Pivnick journeys down her yellow brick road as she takes a behind-the-scenes look at a film festival which becomes an eye-opening and heartfelt journey for this 50 year old as she realizes that our human connection inspires her to fulfill her passion. Through Tami’s personal conversations with film lovers, filmmakers, Michael Moore, Jerry Stiller, Doris Roberts, Anne Meara, Connie Stevens, David Rasche, and many others, we experience how we all touch the lives of others. Be prepared to laugh and cry as this film will touch your heart and your soul as Tami Pivnick finds “home.” (more…)

I’ve seemingly disappeared from my own Purplog! In reality, my “technical support”, the Purple People VP of Production took a leave of absence from Purple People (mostly, she dropped in occasionally!) to attend film school this past year.

Happily, I became part of that journey and was the Executive Producer, Co-Producer, Co-Writer and Director of the 2nd Unit of Tami Pivnick’s thesis film, “Let It Begin! A Filmmaker’s Journey!” In an effort to keep this “welcome back” message brief, I’ll save detailing that experience for future Purplogs, and yes, I promise to stay more current. (Tami fixed my technical problem that was preventing me from writing on my PURPLOG (more…)