Ian Leer

Ian Leer wins Final Draft app for his surreal short “8:20”

Los Angeles mobile moviemaker Ian Leer has won the People’s Choice Award in the Preview 2020 Video Contest. Shot on an iPhone 11 Pro, the 60-second movie predicts that stress and anxiety will remain with us as we rush into the future. Leer’s prize is a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software, a tool favored…

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Documentary explores the human-canine relationship

“Like Us” combines documentary and fictive techniques to illuminate the core values of human-canine friendship. Based in Los Angeles, Ian Leer shot the footage over many years, and then shaped it into a memorable movie. He talks about the process in an interview below. Interview with Ian Leer MMM: What made you want to be…

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