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LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival 2011: Final Day Wrap-up

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Yesterday was the last day of the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival. In a sea of film festivals that take themselves very seriously, it is refreshing to see a group of people and filmmakers that are so comfortable in having a little bit of fun, while still being serious about their crafts. And have fun [...]

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What’s Merrel up to April 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

But, I’m just a dude who loves his craft(s), and has his hand in 15 little fires at any given moment. I’m out to learn from the world. What does it take to keep my engine running? I’m excited to share some of the things I’ve been working on, will be working on, and where you can see me in LA this month:

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WTF!? 10 Lessons I Learned about the Entertainment Industry in 2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010

2010 was a wild year of personal sacrifice and amazing professional growth. I’ve endeavored to live a life that seems glamorous to the arm-chair filmmakers. (It’s not.) I’ve emerge embattled the last year with the following thoughts and reflections on life in Los Angeles and the entertainment industry at large

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What’s Merrel Up To?

Friday, May 15, 2009

Oh no, here comes another life update! Since February, I’ve been doing production work on two hours of documentary television which will air next month on the National Geographic channel. I’m excited, as this will be my first on screen television credit. I’ll post more details about the program as the air date nears, it’s [...]

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Full Steam Ahead

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Apologies for the lack of updates the past two weeks. Things have been busy, but I finally broke free. So! What’s going on? Script Writing I recently finished a four month intensive screenplay workshop at the New York Film Academy. The endeavor proved fruitful. In February, I finished my the first draft of my still [...]

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Here’s my Card

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Keeping in line with the aesthetic of my site, I made up some business cards. Like my splash page, I conjured up my graphic design prowess and hand drew the design. Purdy, eh? I tested the waters with them over at the IFP Script to Screen conference last week. They were a hit. So, what’s [...]

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New York Life: Seven Months Later

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Quick Life update post. As usual, feel free to gloss over this entry. So here I am. I’ve been living and working in New York for seven months. It feels much longer. I think that is largely because so much has happened. In July 2008, I began working for a small web production company. Lots [...]

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Painted Clouds

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I’m back from Miami. The weather, as expected, was great. A nice breezy 80 degrees each day. It’s a treat to wear shorts comfortably in December when you live in the North. It was an interesting week. I mainly played the role of silent cameraman, while everything went on around me. (Plenty went on, I’ve [...]

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Pain. Will You Return it? I’ll Say It Again. Pain!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Hello. I’m actually very good at keeping up on other blogs I maintain. It’s just this one I can’t seem to update. Oh and pardon the post title – StrangeLove has been running through my head all day. So what’s going on? Work: I’m in the thick of producing a web-tv show – it’s a [...]

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Ugh, I want to play some keys!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Warning! Life Post: I put my MIDI controllers and my upright piano into storage before heading to New York and I’m hurting now. I’m in a temporary living situation and I wasn’t about to bring the whole calvary. And in true Merrel fashion, I’m scattered as usual! Entrenched in multiple creative endeavors, but now I [...]

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