Griffin Dunne
Griffin Dunne
Thomas Griffin Dunne, known professionally as Griffin Dunne, is an American actor, film producer and film director...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1955
CityNew York City, NY
couple ownership produce projects
I still produce, by the way, a couple of projects that I'd like to produce and direct, because I have ownership of the material.
amy people putting talent together
Amy and I had a real talent for putting together the people who should know each other, putting together that party. That part I still love.
narrative documentaries inspired
Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.
reading cutting interesting
But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to notes.
mistake reality truthful
It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality.
party guy feelings
But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.
schizophrenic
I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.
independent community amy
In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.
directors
Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.
toronto benefits lines
I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.